UK tractor registrations for 2013
In the main there was not a huge variation in relative performance amongst regions with the major exceptions that the East held steady at exactly the same number as in 2012, making it the best performing region, and at the other end of the spectrum, the North East and the West Midlands saw declines of […]
HGCA wants more talk
Following the success of its Meet the Processor and Meet the Exporter events, HGCA is encouraging growers to join them at one of 14 events already planned for spring 2014. The initiative, which is open to participation from all processors, this year includes visits to three millers, a feed mill, three maltsters and seven exporter […]
UK MEPs vote to hide GM pollen in honey
The report adopted, brought from the Environment Committee by UK MEP Julie Girling, upholds Commission attempts to redefine pollen as a “constituent” of honey, rather than an ingredient as ruled by the European Court of Justice. Of the 673 MEP votes, 430 (64%) supported the report. [2] Of 73 UK MEPs total, only 15 voted […]
European Parliament’s pollen vote
In 2011 Europe’s highest court ruled that pollen is an ingredient of honey, in direct contradiction to all understanding and practices in the sector. The judge’s decision will cost EU honey producers an estimated £2.7 million in re-labelling jars of honey to indicate that they contain pollen, potentially undermining consumer confidence in honey. MEPs will […]
Abu Dhabi to host world experts at ‘game changing’ agricultural forum
The Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture (GFIA), the world’s largest showcase of game-changing innovations in sustainable agriculture, is to be held in Abu Dhabi from February 3-5 2014, under the theme ‘Driving Innovation for an Agricultural Revolution.’ The world will have to feed 9 billion people by 2050. To do so will require a […]
Limited period 0% offer from Polaris
The world leader and European No.1 in ATV and Side x Side utility vehicles, Polaris has the widest choice of proven All-Terrain options and accessories. Business users can arrange interest-free finance on all new Polaris ATVs and Rangers through Polaris finance partners Rural Finance. The scheme offers payments over 24 months at 0% up to […]
Wool prices continue to improve
Strong clearances at British Wool Marketing Board (BWMB) auctions are continuing and the hope is this increased demand can be maintained through the remainder of the 2013/2014 selling season, BWMB Chairman Malcolm Corbett will tell farmers attending this year’s NSA Winter Fair at Melton Mowbray Livestock Market on Friday 31st January 2014. An increasing level […]
British Cattle Conference 2014
The packed programme for the two-and-a-half day event begins with a beef workshop on Monday afternoon. Tuesday’s programme focuses on beef, with a parallel dairy workshop held in the afternoon, while Wednesday is ‘dairy day.’ Throughout the conference, which is focused on the subject of ‘Breeding Healthy Food in a Hungry World,’ leaders in the […]
MP Zahawi ‘barking up the wrong tree’
CLA President Henry Robinson said Mr Zahawi, MP for Stratford-upon-Avon, was “barking up the wrong tree” to suggest the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) will harm the English countryside and backfire on the Government. Mr Robinson said: “I am afraid to say Mr Zahawi is misguided. In many areas, the NPPF is currently the only […]
