JCB Donates $150,000 Worth Of Diggers To Haiti Quake DIsaster
JCB, the worlds third largest manufacturer of construction equipment, is donating diggers worth $150,000 to help the disaster relief effort in Haiti following the devastating earthquake that is feared to have killed tens of thousands of people. The gift of two 3CX backhoe loaders is being made by JCB Chairman Sir Anthony Bamford in response […]
Hallmark Tractors Launches Farmers One Stop Shop Service For British Wind Turbine At LAMMA
14th January 2010, Loughborough Farmers across the UK wanting to reduce their power bills and their carbon footprint will welcome a new service from Hallmark Tractors that is being launched at LAMMA (20th – 21st January 2010, Newark and Nottinghamshire Showground). The service not only offers farmers the British made Iskra R9000 5Kw wind turbine from […]
Industry Backing For Education Project Grows
Grow Your Own Potatoes, the largest primary school growing project from the potato industry, is well on its way to smash targets for 2010! But there is still time for industry to recruit local schools before registration closes on 5 February 2010. Over 10,000 primary schools have already registered at www.potatoesforschools.org.uk to take part in […]
Clearer Labelling Starts On Farm With Red Tractor
Assured Food Standards (AFS) has completed a major project to deliver a more joined up approach and clearer labelling to the Red Tractor farm assurance schemes. From April this year the schemes 45,000 farmers and growers will implement these standards that are aligned across all farm sectors for the first time. The review is designed […]
FUW Welcomes Final Seal Of Approval For Badger Cull
UNDEB AMAETHWYR CYMRU FARMERS’ UNION OF WALES The Farmers Union of Wales (FUW) has welcomed Rural Affairs Minister Elin Joness confirmation today that the Welsh Assembly Government intends to proceed with a badger cull to combat bovine Tuberculosis (bTB) in Wales. The decision to cull badgers in a limited Intensive Action Pilot Area (IAPA) in […]
Landmark Systems: Proud To Diversify As Much As It’s Clients
Celebrating 22 years in business Landmark Systems Limited has grown into a leading supplier of software for any size of rural business and has been there every step of the way as its clients diversified within the agriculture sector. Through the softwares brand name KEY Landmark has remained committed to providing business solutions for the […]
Popular Distilling Barley Variety Celebrates 15 Years On Recommended List
A SPRING malting barley variety originally launched for brewing and distilling use and which has remained one of the most-purchased varieties in Scotland for much of the last decade is to celebrate fifteen years as a Recommended List variety in 2010. Optic spring barley was first recommended in 1995, says breeder Syngenta Seeds, when it […]
Keeping Alive – A New Years Resolution For Farmers
Farmers are being encouraged to make their New Years resolution a promise to come home safe from the fields. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched the next phase in its Make the Promise campaign with the stark message that people are still dying in needless farm accidents. Across Great Britain, 38 workers lost […]
Need A Helping Hand Sticking To That New Years Resolution?
At the stroke of Midnight on January 1st 2010 over 28 millions Britains pledged to be fitter, thinner and healthier as their New Years resolution, however research states that within just a few months that pledge will be broken. There is always a solution to the problem though and now thanks to Charlie Fermor, a […]
