First 1 million RDPE Investment Boosts Region’s Potato Supply Chain
Yorkshire Forward has approved its first 1million RDPE investment in a potato marketing company, supporting Yorkshire and Humbers potato growers by establishing supply chains with British supermarkets. York based Cockerills, which already supplies potatoes from growers in the region to two discount retailers, will be expanding its packhouse operation which washes grades and packs potatoes. […]
Gleadell Malting Barley Market Update
WINTER MALTING BARLEY HARVEST ALL BUT COMPLETE WITH VERY GOODQUALITY AND ABOVE AVERAGE YIELDS TheUKwinter malting barley is all but complete and can be described as very good quality and yielding above average, reportsStuart Shand, Gleadell Agriculture’s sales director. We have seen very little protein above 11.5%, while colour and grain size is excellent. Winter […]
FUW Rewards Young Dairy Farmer Who Acieved 20-Year Ambition
A young farmer who achieved a 20-year ambition to run his own dairy farm when his local council offered him a holding has won the Farmers Union of Wales Pembrokeshire branchs annual Countryside Award. Thirty-three-year-old Julian Nicholas, of Lower Coxhill Farm, Narberth, who has worked in agriculture all his life, was presented with the award […]
Finalists For Pfizer Poultry Trainee Of The Year Award
Three poultry workers from Lincolnshire and Norfolk have been chosen as finalists competing for the 2009 Pfizer Poultry Trainee of the Year Award. Now in its third year, the award recognises the importance of training in helping poultry producers meet increasingly demanding market standards as well as in developing individual careers. It is sponsored by […]
Cuts In Welsh Assembly Funding Will Decimate Farm Incomes
The leading representative group of organic livestock farmers in Wales has written an open letter to the Minister for Rural Affairs to warn that controversial new funding arrangements threaten to decimate the income of many family farms and jeopardise the wildlife habitats created by a decade of environmentally friendly farming. Graig Producers a marketing group […]
Branston Doubles Up At Potatoes In Practice
Branston Ltd is taking a double-sized plot at this years Potatoes in Practice event to showcase its exclusive potato varieties. With the growth of its Seed team and expansion into the processing sector, the UKs leading supplier of potatoes has broadened its variety portfolio considerably this year. Members of the Branston Seed and Agronomy teams […]
Sitec Completes Grand Design For Wind Turbine
The first residential Skyrota vertical axis wind turbine installation byCambridge-based, Sitec Infrastructure Services Ltd, is to be featured on aforthcoming episode of Channel 4s Grand Designs. The unique two-blade vertical axis turbine, which is designed for use inurban and rural locations and can collect wind from all directions, wasrecently installed within the garden of Dr […]
Exports Make Good Start Despite Stop-Start Harvest
Although it is stop-start for the UK harvest so far, our 2009-10 export campaign is very much in start mode as the first ships leave UK coast ports with new crop barley, saysDavid Sheppard, managing director of Gleadell Agriculture. For example, we have just loaded 3,108mt of feed barley onto MV Arklow Surf (pictured above), […]
Farmers Integral Role In Future Food Policy Development Must Be Recognised
The package of food policy measures announced by Defra today (Mon) is a positive step but the integral role of British farmers and growers in the development and delivery of future policy must be recognised. The documents, which analyse in detail the security and sustainability of the UK food supply, the Government’s progress against the […]
