Dairy UK Environmental Workshop
Dairy UK, Camco and the Carbon Trust are to host a workshop on Wednesday 16th June which will look at the potential of new technologies to offer emissions reductions in processing over the next 20 years. The workshop, to be hosted at Harper Adams College, is in support of the Industrial Energy Efficiency Accelerator programme […]
Planning for the future of your farm
Everyone is advised to make a will and revise it regularly. But that message is all the more important for farmers as succession planning can be complex and costly if not looked at carefully, warned Lantra Sector Skills Council today (19 May 2010). The majority of farming businesses are family based, and the careful planning […]
New Kleber Gripker
Kleber has launched the new 65-series Gripker tyre for 80 to 180 hp tractors. The new tyre is the latest addition to Klebers range of tractor tyres and the Gripker name was selected after 3,000 farmers voted for it at the SIMA 2009 trade show. Particularly suited to mixed crop farming and livestock operations, the […]
Lloyds offers Yorkshire and Cumbrian farmers a healthy challenge
Lloyds have launched a range of dairy feeds which contain their unique Health Pack which incorporates Alltechs revolutionary Sel-Plex selenium and Bioplex organic minerals. Farmers will be given the chance to measure the selenium status of the herd via their bulk milk tank before and after the inclusion of the Health Pack. The correct levels […]
Campaign launched to help “mend” the farming ladder
The farming ladder the traditional route into the industry for new entrants is now in grave danger of being permanently broken, making it harder to attract bright young entrepreneurs into farming. Thats the view of Sir Don Curry, policy advisor to the last Government. His concern has led him to launch an appeal to all […]
Spaldings get smart with arboriculture tool range expansion
The new Smart wood saw horse and Smart splitter promise safe, easy and eco-friendly log splitting Lincoln, 18th May 2010 Spaldings today announced the expansion of its arboricultural range with the introduction of the Smart log splitter and the Smart holder saw horse. The new additions are quick and easy to set up and are […]
New guidance on oak tree disease published
New advice for woodland owners worried that their oak trees might besuffering from acute oak decline disease has been published by theForestry Commission. Symptoms of acute oak decline include dark fluid bleeding from splits inthe bark on tree trunks, and as affected trees approach death there is anotable deterioration of the canopy, or tree tops, […]
McDonalds unveils commitments to British farming in build up to London 2012 Olympic Games
McDonalds will today announce how it will use the London 2012 Olympic Games to boost British agriculture. In a programme to be outlined to farming leaders, the company will commit to raise awareness of the key role British farms will play in providing produce for the Olympic Games, and to promote the very best practice […]
Xergi Breakthrough in the Scottish Anaerobic Digestion Market
Denmarks market leading supplier of AD technology is to build a large AD plant in Scotland. The agreement which amounts to approximately 8.0 million euros has been entered into with one of the largest energy companies in the UK, Scottish and Southern Energy. The Scottish AD plant will be built at Barkip, North Ayrshire. It […]
