British Wool Marketing Board keen to meet wool producers at The Royal Highland Show
Wool producers will have the chance to meet British Wool Marketing Board (BWMB) Board members and staff to discuss both wool prices and the work of the BWMB at the upcoming Royal Highland Show. BWMB is active at every stage in the wool supply chain and is the only central marketing board still in operation […]
Maintain beet gene spread to include proven performance
Beet growers should select varieties that will maintain genetic diversity across their area for the 2015 growing season, advised Syngenta Technical Manager, James Evans. He warned against over reliance on a limited gene pool from one single breeder, which would increase expose to the risk of resistance or adverse conditions. “Industry advisors have countenanced caution […]
Weidemann Wheeled Loader finds friends in Wales
When Geraint Powell recently decided to try a Weidemann articulated loader as a replacement for a tractor/loader for all routine feeding and cleaning jobs around his mixed livestock farm near Newtown in Powys, his 18 year old son Lloyd was initially very sceptical. “I had never heard of Weidemann before”, said Lloyd, “And I really […]
Farmer to drive 150 mile on combine harvester for charity
Judi James, 54, a farmer from Littlebreddy in Dorchester and the winner of Dickies sponsored UK Worker of the Year 2013, will be driving a combine harvester from Wimbledon to Dorset to raise money for Breast Cancer Awareness. Judi will set off on her journey from Wimbledon on the 9th June, reaching her hometown in […]
R-Biopharm Rhône helps make Liquorice safer
Is black liqorice bad for you? R-Biopharm Rhône, the pioneering Scottish science company, has moved to the forefront of EU attempts to make some of Britain’s favourite sweets as safe as they can possibly be. Its initiative comes in the wake of a case which was revealed in Worcester recently (April) in which a pensioner […]
Comments are invited for a new CPA document-Ground Conditions for Construction Plant
Failure of the ground on which construction plant stands and moves is a frequent cause of minor incidents and near misses on sites, together with a significant number of serious injuries and fatalities. The new guidance deals with ground bearing pressures and loadings from mobile plant, and assessment and engineering of the ground’s capability to […]
Welsh Government refusal to allow corrections to moorland map slammed by farmers
Farmers have branded as “illogical, unobjective and unfair” the Welsh Government’s refusal to allow appeals against the incorrect categorisation of their land as moorland. In January this year, natural and food minister Alun Davies announced that payments in the moorland area would fall to around 10% of the rates payable in areas outside the moorland […]
Guttridge Ltd delivers multiple orders for expansion at Kenana Sugar Company
Guttridge Ltd (Spalding, UK), a leading UK supplier of bulk materials handling equipment, has won multiple orders to supply Kenana Sugar Company (KSC: Khartoum, Sudan), one of the world’s largest, integrated sugar processing complexes, with mobile conveying equipment for its expanding operations. Guttridge is also supplying spares to KSC on a regular basis to efficiently […]
Tasmanian pasture experiment of global significance for future plant production
The results of a 12-year experiment by University of Tasmania School of Biological Science researcher Associate Professor Mark Hovenden could lead to major changes in the way farmers irrigate and fertilise the land – especially if they want to increase production by up to 90 per cent. On plots of pasture at Pontville in south-eastern […]
