Cheshire County Show is a record breaker
A RECORD attendance of over 85,000 people attended this years Cheshire Show, which was a celebration of all that is great and good about the county. Crowds were greeted by temperatures of 24 degrees and a range of exciting attractions including the Bold Dog Lings motorcycle display team, The Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas […]
Royal Highland Show Shatters Attendance Record
The 2010 Royal Highland Show has set a new attendance record of 187,644 – an increase of more than 11,000 on last year’s record of 176,522. The show, which closed on Sunday night, recorded increased visitor numbers on all four days including an all time daily high of 57,754 on Saturday. Show Manager David Dunsmuir […]
Tourists know least about E. coli O157 study reveals
Two thirds of visitors to the countryside have never heard of E. coli O157, new findings have revealed. In the study by researchers from the Universities of Aberdeen and Bangor two thirds of rural residents and country visitors who had heard of E. coli O157 said they acted to reduce their risk of the potentially […]
Expert advice on egg shell quality
Delegates from the poultry industry were invited to share the knowledge of one of the industrys most respected figures, Professor Sally Solomon, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow. The egg examination workshop hosted last week (15th June) by leading animal healthcare company Alltech was part of the companys 30th birthday celebrations in 2010. […]
Badger vaccine trial cuts
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) welcomes the Government’s intention to reassess its TB strategy promising to look at both vaccine and culling options as part of a science led policy of badger control in TB prevalent areas. However the BVA has some concerns that Defra’s announcement to restrict the Badger Vaccine Deployment Project (BVDP) could […]
Gleadell Fertiliser Report
Urea prices have gone up again this week at several origination points. July is now mostly sold out and producers have moved prices up a further $10/tonne for August offers, says Calum Findlay, Gleadell Agricultures fertiliser trader. Demand from Europe is high as interest continues to increase on the back of higher Ammonium Nitrate and […]
Moy Park picks up two Craigavon Business Awards
Moy Park, Northern Ireland’s largest food processing company has won two awards at the 2010 Craigavon Business Awards. The awards were: The Manufacturing Excellence Award The Outstanding Contribution to the Local Economy (jointly won with Shankill (Lurgan) Community Projects Ltd) Organised by Craigavon Borough Councils Development Department, in association with Portadown Chamber of Commerce, the […]
Gleadell Market Update
FEED WHEAT ABARE raised its estimate of the Australian 2010 wheat crop to 22.14mln/t. While Strategie Grains raises its 2010 EU-27 soft wheat production forecast to 133.1mln/t, but lowered barley and maize estimates, reporting that dry spring weather had cost the EU 2mln/t in grain output, says David Sheppard, managing director, Gleadell Agriculture. Coceral trimmed […]
Graham’s Scottish Butter champions at Royal Highland Show
Less than 24 hours after celebrity chef Nick Nairn helped launch its melt-in-the-mouth range of flavoured ice-cream, Grahams The Family Dairy has been given another reason for celebration after its Grahams Churned Scottish Butter Slightly Salted (250g) was named by judges of the Royal Highland Show as Champion Butter Exhibit. It is the first time […]
