Launch of the Kent Countryside Award 2015
The search is now on to find Kent’s farmers, growers, food producers and rural businesses contributing to the benefit of the Kent countryside. The 2015 Kent Countryside Award, part of Produced in Kent’s Taste of Kent Awards, was launched at the Kent County Show on Friday 11 July. The award, which is sponsored by the […]
Kids reconnect with nature and get down and dirty at Food and Farming Day 2014
The second annual Kids’ Country Food and Farming event was hailed a success with over 5,500 children from schools across the Eastern region, coming together to learn where food comes from and the importance of agriculture. Staged at the Peterborough Showground on Friday 11th July, the free one-day event, organised by the East of England […]
Contribution of the countryside is under valued says Prince’s Countryside Fund
Rural and “opportunity” are words not often associated together, but with 5.5 million people employed in the rural economy, and domestic food and drink contributing £22 billion to the UK economy, The Prince’s Countryside Fund says it’s time to rethink how we view the value of the countryside. Recent research conducted by The Prince’s Countryside […]
Growers to watch regional fusarium risk after May’s wet weather
With the winter wheat harvest drawing near, growers are being urged to pay close attention to completing their mycotoxin risk assessment following variations in regional rainfall over the early flowering period. HGCA recently funded ADAS to carry out a pilot project looking at specific fusarium monitoring during the flowering period (GS59-GS69). This monitoring has indicated […]
Sunday sees 100th Ashby Show
Ashby Show is celebrating its centenary in style with a member of the Royal Family conducting the official opening, a BBC presenter judging livestock classes and a world-class motocross stunt team wowing the crowds. The Show opens to the public at 8.30am on Sunday 13th July, at Cattows Farm, Heather in North West Leicestershire. His […]
Government plans for rural economic growth undermined by planning U-turn
The CLA today (11 July) welcomed the decision to abolish the London Borough of Islington’s Article 4 Direction – preventing the conversion of offices into homes – which contradicted Government plans to liberalise the planning rules. The organisation urged the Government to replicate this decision when considering an Article 4 Direction imposed by the Yorkshire […]
Sunshine brings 156th Great Yorkshire Show to a close
Organisers announced a gate figure of 130,949, compared with last year’s 134,837. HRH The Princess Royal and HRH The Countess of Wessex toured England’s premier agricultural event meeting visitors, seeing top class livestock and enjoying the diversity of rural life showcased at the event. Bill Cowling said: We’ve had an exceptional three days with super […]
Agricultural Shows: What’s the impact?
Greg Thomas, a postgraduate researcher at Aberystwyth University, will be investigating this year’s Royal Welsh Agricultural Show to see the impact it has on modern day rural Wales. The 2014 Royal Welsh Agricultural Show will see the launch of an exciting PhD research project entitled “Agricultural Shows: Driving and Displaying Rural Change”, and mark the […]
Bobcat celebrates 1 million Compact Loader milestone
As part of events worldwide this year, the 2014 Bobcat Convention in Prague in the Czech Republic at the end of May saw the start of celebrations in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region to celebrate production of the company’s one millionth compact loader. For the company that created the compact plant industry […]
