Cargill’s Machester Wheat Plant Reaches 1 Million Tonne Milestone
Cargill is celebrating a milestone after processing one million tonnes of wheat at its Manchester plant. This achievement follows a 75 million investment to convert the plant from processing imported maize to domestic wheat in 2008. Since then the plant has become the hub for Cargills UK food ingredients business, employing more than 300 people. […]
New GreenStar 1800 Display From John Deere
The latest member of the John Deere display family is the all-new AMS GreenStar 1800. It has been designed as the optimum solution for customers using guidance applications on John Deere or non-Deere equipment, especially when teamed with the AutoTrac Universal 200 steering kit. Its comprehensive guidance options include Parallel Tracking, AutoTrac and AutoTrac Universal. […]
Dairy Prices Begin To Recover – Industry Report
The beginning of a global economic recovery is having a positive impact on international dairy prices, according to Rabobanks recently-released Dairy Quarterly report. However, while prices are beginning to improve, there remain potential roadblocks, the report says. Report author Tim Hunt says that the recent price support had come from a combination of tighter fundamentals […]
Katie Price At Horse Of The Year Show
Katie Price has confirmed she will be attending Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) on Friday 9th and Saturday 10th October to take part in signings to promote her range of equestrian clothing, KP Equestrian. The signings are due to take place in the HOYS Retail Village on the Derby House Stand at: 6pm on […]
NFU Says EBLEX Report Shows Boost For Sheep Sector
The NFU has said the Eblex business pointers report for sheep illustrates a step in the right direction after it showed improved production cost performance. Provisional headline sheep figures from the 2009 EBLEX Business Pointers report, ahead of the full publication in October, reveal that top third lowland sheep producers are investing 1.48 per kg […]
Shifts In Global Dairy Trade Dynamics
Recent years have seen shifts in global dairy trade in terms of both origin and destination. The 2009 edition of the Rabobank World Dairy Map launched today shows a dairy trade landscape that has changed considerably since 2005. The map shows international dairy trade flows, examining milk production figures, export destinations, consumption and processor consolidation. […]
An Education In Low Carbon Energy Centre Design
Two schools in Nottingham have become landmark institutions by delivering the highest level of carbon reduction through renewable integration seen to date, as part of the Building Schools for the Future programme in the UK. Building Schools for the Future (BSF) is the biggest-ever school buildings investment programme. The aim is to rebuild or renew […]
Canada Wins The Yves Boutonnat IMP Trophy 2009
Berlin, 21, September 2009 – This years International Milk Promotions (IMP) trophy was presented to Dairy Farmers of Canada. The winning campaign Building Milk Volume Five Seconds at a Time was developed by Ian MacDonald and features relevant, innovative ways to communicate healthy and natural dairy foods to teens in five seconds or less via […]
SAC Seeks Farmers Help Over Mystery Calf Disease
SAC vets are seeking help with their investigations into an unexplained upsurge of a little known, but fatal disease of young calves. The scientists at SAC, together with colleagues at the Royal (Dick) Veterinary School and the Veterinary Laboratories Agency are currently trying to discover what lies behind Bleeding Calf Syndrome, which affects calves aged […]
