Bernard Matthews Gets Internet Bandwidth To Remote Turkey Farms
CI-Net is piping Internet connectivity to 40 turkey farms including hard-to-reach locations where other service providers have failed. Leading turkey farmer, Bernard Matthews Farms, has chosen fully managed wide area networks, hosting and internet solutions company, CI-Net, to roll out a managed ADSL Internet connectivity service to 40 farms in Norfolk, Suffolk and Lincolnshire. The […]
BCPC Supports Drive To New Crop Protection Research
In order to help the agricultural supply chain meet the challenges of increasing crop productivity and reducing environmental impact, the Technology Strategy Board in collaboration with Defra and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) has announced the launch of a 13m R&D funding initiative. New EU regulations mean that some widely used crop […]
NMR Developing Central Database For WAG Agricultural Scheme
National Milk Records Plc, the PLUS-quoted provider of livestock services, through its wholly owned subsidiary National Livestock Records (‘NLR’), is being funded by the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) to develop a central database to assist Welsh sheep farmers to comply with new EU legislation, stating that all sheep in Europe must be electronically identifiable by […]
FUW Issues Bogus Chainsaw Salesman Warning
The Farmers’ Union of Wales today warned farmers throughout Wales to be on their guard if a bogus salesman calls on them offering cheap chainsaws for sale. Farmers from as far afield as Caernarfonshire, Denbighshire and Carmarthenshire have complained to the union that a man in a black Ford car speaking with a foreign accent […]
The CLA Attacks CISCO Survey’s Claim That UK Broadband Meets Today’s Needs
The CLA today (Thursday, 1 October) said it disagreed with Ciscos broadband survey that states the UKs broadband is meeting todays needs. The survey by Cisco found that only nine countries were ready for next-generation broadband. CLA President Henry Aubrey-Fletcher said: While it is true that UK broadband is absolutely not fit for the future […]
1m Award To Address Honeybee Decline
Scientists at Rothamsted Research and Warwick University have been awarded 1Mby the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) inpartnership with Syngenta, to research the decline of honeybees. UK government figures suggest bee numbers have fallen by 10-15% over the last 2years; the British Beekeepers Association (BBKA) quotes a figure nearer 30% for2008. Since the […]
Vets Welcome Steps Towards Badger Cull In Wales
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has welcomed the TB Eradication (Wales) Order 2009, laid today, which will give the Welsh Assembly Government the legal powers to use culling and vaccination of badgers as part of the tuberculosis eradication programme in Wales. The move comes after a 14-week public consultation carried out by the Welsh Assembly […]
RSPCA Responds To People’s Hunger For Free-Range Eggs
The RSPCA has announced today that it will be increasing the maximum permitted outside range stocking density for free-range hens under the Freedom Food assurance scheme. This decision will help meet the rising demand for British free-range eggs. In recent years the UK has seen an explosion in the popularity of free-range eggs thanks in […]
Compass Celebrates A Fruitful Season With 100% English Apples & Pears
Compass Group UK is celebrating the best of the English apples and pears harvest by sourcing 100 percent of their apples and pears from the UK during October and November when the season is providing the best quality produce. Over the October-November period, more than 1.5 million apples (210,000 kilograms) and 240,000 pears (36,000 kilograms) […]
