Gleadell Market Update
FEED WHEAT by David Sheppard. Telephone 01427 421222 or emaildavid.sheppard@gleadell.co.uk The UK wheat futures market has moved lower this week following last weeks gains. However, due to farmer retention – not only across the UK but all around Europe – and the weaker /, spot levels remain supported, says David Sheppard, managing director, Gleadell Agriculture. […]
TAG finds fungicide-resistant Septoria tritici in UK
The Arable Group (TAG) has been monitoring DMI (including the triazoles)resistant phenotypes (the observable physical or biochemical characteristics ofan organism, as determined by both genetic makeup and environmental influences)of Septoria tritici for the last three seasons, with samples from key trialtreatments being analysed by the French agricultural research body, INRA. The situation over the last […]
Pulse Market Update
Summary Salvador Potter, Chief Executive of PGRO reports: A quiet trading period as traders focus on likely harvest outcomes. Early reports are mainly positive on yields, but the quality of early samples is mixed with some staining/bleaching related to the initial catchy harvest period. As expected, Bruchid incidence is the highest for 3 years and […]
Thousands Sign Petition To Stop Fuel Duty Increase
The nations motorists are being priced off the road says Used Car Expert, the car buyers advice magazine. Used Car Expert has received an overwhelming level of support from motorists for the publications campaign to reduce fuel duty on petrol and diesel. Used Car Expert received nearly 7,000 signatures on the publications website which have […]
Local Sourcing Trend Boosted By SALSA Scheme
Farmers and growers looking to join the trend for local sourcing are being urged to contact SALSA which now boasts more than 500 major buyers on its lists. The Safe and Local Supplier Approval scheme has gone from strength to strength since it was launched in 2007 by the food industrys largest trade associations including […]
UK Poultry Producers Must Have Same Rules As Europe
The NFU has today responded to calls from the RSPCA and other welfare organisations for Defra not to allow UK producers to use the same legal stocking densities as European counterparts. The Broiler Welfare Directive, which came into European law in 2007 and will be implemented in the UK in 2010, sets stocking limits for […]
Beet Growers Called To Price Meeting
Sugar growers are being encouraged to show solidarity by attending a price meeting early next month. The meeting, hosted by the NFU, will take place on September 2 at the East of England showground, to discuss the recent collapse in talks with British Sugar and the price for 2010. Negotiations, which stalled last week, have […]
OMSCO Launch Million Pound Consumer Campaign
The Organic Milk Supplier Cooperative (OMSCo) this month launches its new million pound consumer engagement campaign to encourage families to change to organic milk for as little as 1 a week. The print campaign launches mid August appearing in key womens monthly food and lifestyle titles with the TV advertisement breaking on the 31st of […]
Top Education Awards For The Co-Operative Farms
The Co-operative Farms has been awarded a prestigious new quality accreditation for the education it provides for visiting schoolchildren at three of its sites. Farms at Tillington, near Hereford, Swinefleet, near Goole, and Ashby St Ledgers, near Rugby, have earned the newly-launched Quality Badge for Learning Outside the Classroom (LOTC), in recognition of their commitment […]
