LEAF organisers declare Open Farm Sunday 2014 the best one yet
Farmers and their helpers were celebrating this weekend as the response to Open Farm Sunday was overwhelmingly positive. National organisers, LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming), have reported that a record number of visitors attended an Open Farm Sunday event on Sunday 8 June. While final figures are still being obtained, LEAF estimates that visitor numbers […]
£30k scheme launched looking for future food growers
A new £30k pilot scheme aimed at encouraging enterprise in the food growing industry and providing people across the UK and Ireland with the opportunity to create a sustainable livelihood has been launched. The joint ‘Growing Livelihoods’ initiative between philanthropic organisation, Carnegie UK Trust, the Plunkett Foundation and the Land Settlement Association Charitable Trust (LSACT), […]
Bayer CropScience announces new wheat testing in the UK
Bayer CropScience is delighted to announce that it will commence wheat variety testing in the UK. Andrew Orme, Managing Director of Bayer CropScience in the UK said: “The UK Government now has a positive policy on modern, productive, and sustainable agriculture for the first time in years and we are responding in what is an […]
How the crop protection industry protects more than just crops
Meeting over the next two days in Belgrade, Serbia, a delegation of more than 50 crop protection industry and authority representatives will share information and discuss ways to ensure the sustainable and safe use of pesticide products, an important tool for Europe’s farmers. Each year the SUI conference is organised in one of the countries […]
EU Council vote pushes GM crop decision to Parliament
Campaign group GM Freeze expressed disappointment today as the European Union Environment Council voted “Yes” on a controversial proposal that could see GM crops planted in UK fields as early as next year. The UK Government strongly favours GM technology, but the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales are opposed. With two varieties of Roundup […]
Bridgestone makes emphatic entry onto premium agricultural tyre market
Bridgestone is making an emphatic entrance into the agricultural market for premium tyres with the launch of its long-awaited VT-TRACTOR tyre. While all radial agricultural tyres previously manufactured by the Bridgestone Group were sold under the Firestone brand, this newly developed tyre signals a clear declaration of intent on the part of Bridgestone to compete […]
Defra’s septic tank review takes CLA concerns on board
The CLA has said that government proposals to replace the current registration system for septic tanks with a more risk-based system are a step in the right direction for more than half a million people with rural properties and businesses not connected to mains sewerage networks. The Association has welcomed the deregulatory proposal from Defra, […]
UK food production ‘flat lining’ as EU over-regulation continues
The UK’s crop production toolbox is becoming worryingly depleted at a time when we need to be producing more crops, not less, the NFU said today. A new report ‘Healthy Harvest’ has been launched by the NFU at the Cereals Event today (Wednesday) in response to concerns that already flat lining UK crop production will […]
CAP decision is sensible compromise for farming and environment
Farmers have today learned that planting nitrogen fixing crops such as peas and beans will count towards their greening measures under the new Common Agriculture Policy rules, something long-argued for by the NFU. Defra has released further details on how CAP will be implemented from 2015, including an announcement that limited landscape features will count […]
