North Yorkshire farmer prosecuted after worker loses limb
A hired farm worker’s leg had to be amputated after he attempted to clear a blockage on a harvesting machine while the blades were still rotating. The man, 23, from Whitby, who does not wish to be named, was employed to help cut forage maize at Skipsters Hagg Farm at Appleton-le-Moors, near Pickering, on 9 […]
Spaldings introduce hydraulic dual bead breaker to their vehicle equipment range
Designed exclusively for Spaldings the hydraulic dual bead breaker allows for tyre beads to be broken without removing the tyre from the vehicle Lincoln, 25th October 2010 Spaldings today announced the introduction of a dual bead breaker to their vehicle equipment range. The bead breaker is hydraulically operated to quickly and efficiently break the inner […]
Hat Trick Success for Phil and Sharon Sellers and Lady Big Bucks
It was a hat trick for Phil and Sharon Sellers who took the Supreme Beef Championship at this weekends Countryside Live at the Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate. (Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 October) The Sellers, who made the journey up from Belper, Derbys, took the championship title with Lady Big Bucks, a British Blue cross […]
Specialist grain maize variety harvested a month early
Growing a specialist variety of grain maize and managing it according to specific advice from leading grain maize experts Nickerson Direct has resulted in North Cornwall farmers Michael and Anthony Grills being able to start harvesting an excellent crop of Lorado on 14th October, four weeks earlier than traditional forage maize. Continuing pressure on the […]
Stop-start drilling dictates field-by-field decision making
Spraying at short notice and on a field-by-field basis will be the best way to complete black-grass control programmes this autumn, says Bayer CropScience. Changeable weather during the past month, coupled with stop-start drilling and wide variations in pre-emergence treatments, have conspired to leave growers facing a number of different scenarios particularly as conditions have […]
Morrissons invests in it’s own farm to develop British farming
Morrisons, one of Britains largest food retailers, is joining up with one of The Prince of Waless charities to develop a blueprint for profitable and sustainable British farming at its farm in Ayrshire, Scotland. The Morrisons Farm at Dumfries House, Ayrshire will become the home of the retailers applied research into farming sustainability. Morrisons is […]
Agricultural engineering from Vogelsang at EuroTier 2010
Essen (Oldb.)/Germany, 22nd October 2010 At the EuroTier 2010 exhibition (Hanover, 16th to 19th November), the company Hugo Vogelsang Maschinenbau GmbH, an established specialist provider of pumping, shredding, distribution and manure spreading technology for agriculture, industry and municipalities, will be presenting a further innovation for distribution and dosing technology using a dribble bar. The new […]
FUW highlights EID penalty concerns to Commission officials
The Farmers’ Union of Wales has joined farming organisations from across the UK in highlighting to European Commission officials the need for sheep tagging rules to reflect the shortcomings of EID technology. During a visit by officials from the EC departments responsible for animal health and agriculture to Penrith Market in Cumbria, and a subsequent […]
NFU urges European Commission to look at controversial sheep tagging rules
During a meeting with commissioners from the EU, the NFU has raised concerns over the impact of the controversial electronic tagging (EID) rules for sheep which were introduced at the beginning of this year. Prior to the meeting with industry, held in Penrith, yesterday Wednesday, officials saw first hand the practical implications of implementing EID […]
