Delivering local milk for 80 years!
Laceys Farm has recently been awarded a LEADER grant to purchase a new bottling plant and van. The demand for their delicious Guernsey milk has grown rapidly. Having started delivering to locals over the years the milk is now so popular that many local shops are demanding a daily supply. Laceys Guernsey cows are having […]
Northumberland farmer scoops national prize
Northumberland farmer Tony Rutherford is the lucky winner of a brand new Honda Foreman AT 2/4wd Quad Bike. Mr Rutherford, who farms a total of 1,600 hectares of mainly arable crops from Burnt House Farm, Bedlington near Morpeth, received the prize at a recent trials evening in the area, after scooping it in a top, […]
Fertilizer industry sees solid upturn in fertilizer demand and sustained growth of production capacity by 2014
Paris, France: 2 July 2010 – The International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA) released publicly today its Fertilizer Outlook 2010 – 2014. The report highlights that, after a gloomy year in 2009, fertilizer demand is seen firmly rebounding in 2010 and growing at sustained rates in the next four years. On the fertilizer supply side, the […]
All new Range Rover Evoque
First image of all-new compact Range Rover released Officially named Range Rover Evoque 1,000 new jobs created at award winning manufacturing plant Halewood, Liverpool Global car to be sold in over 160 countries Design stays true to LRX concept car Smallest, lightest, most fuel efficient Range Rover ever Available in both 4WD and 2WD and […]
Local children join MP for fact-finding farm visit
Andrew Percy, MP for Brigg and Goole, is supporting the first ever Co-operatives fortnight (19 June to 3 July), by joining children from Bowmandale Primary School, Bowmandale school in Barton-on-Humber, on a visit to a farm in Goole owned by The Co-operative Farms. The Co-operative Farms is Britain’s biggest farmer. It is committed to farming […]
UK to have share of 30 million euro support for the promotion of agricultural products
The UK is one of 14 EU Member States to have programmes approved by the European Commission to receive 30m euro (24.7m GBP) support for the promotion of agricultural products. In all, 19 programmes in 14 countries (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, France, Greece, Italy, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Spain and the United […]
Climate Change Committee recognises complex challenge ahead for agriculture
The joint agricultural Climate Change Task Force has agreed with the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) that complex challenges lie ahead for the agriculture industry as it increases its efforts to tackle greenhouse gas emissions. The independent CCC, established to advise successive UK governments under the Climate Change Act 2008, delivered its 2nd Progress Report […]
New Holland grows its Goodwill Department
New Holland has recruited a new member to its after sales team with the appointment of Paul Alcock. Paul took up his new post in time to join his colleagues at this years Cereals event, in Royston, Cambridgeshire. Paul, who has extensive experience in the agricultural sector having worked previously for Massey Ferguson, will be […]
Farmer to steer 1.5 million funding programme
Farmer, Geoff Payne, has been appointed to spearhead a 1.5million funding project in the East Midlands to boost the profits of farming and forestry businesses. LandSkills East Midlands, which is managed by Lantra Sector Skills Council on behalf of the east midlands development agency (emda), has appointed Geoff as Programme Manager to help agricultural, horticultural […]
