Benefit of co-operative wool marketing and the improvement in prices to be explained at Agri-Expo 2013 event
The BWMB stand is being organised jointly with the Campaign for Wool (CfW) and will cover the work done by the organisation at every stage of the wool supply chain. It will feature a full range of information about the organisation’s work both with farmers and further up the wool supply chain, explains BWMB Chairman […]
John Deere brand leaps ahead
According to the latest report, John Deere’s assessed brand value stands at US$4.865 billion, a further 15 per cent increase compared to the previous year. The company is now ranked in 80th place, having moved up from 85 in 2012 and 97 on its first appearance in the top 100 in 2011. This continues to […]
Elveden Farms joins network of LEAF Demonstration Farms
The farm joins over 40 other farms across the country set up to showcase the very best of sustainable farming practices. Based in East Anglia, on the Norfolk-Suffolk border, Elveden Farms is one of the largest single farm units in lowland Britain, extending to 9,100 hectares, specialising in the production of vegetables, including potatoes, onions, […]
Food skills summit leads to launch of quest for new recruits
Over 100 representatives from across the industry, from farmers unions through to food manufacturers, were present as the ‘Future Skills… food for thought’ campaign was officially unveiled. Leading local restaurateur and food writer Simon Wright has shown his support to the Welsh Food & Drink Skills Project campaign to find 75,000 Welsh recruits to plug […]
Open Farm Sunday 2014 … join in the celebrations
This theme reflects the growing interest by consumers in buying British and an increasing demand to know more about how their food is grown and produced. The announcement comes following the annual Open Farm Sunday ‘Sharing Successes’ event held in London last week (9th October 2013). During the day, the LEAF team reflected on the […]
Vigilance key to disease control in oilseed rape
Updated risk forecasts for both diseases in the 2013/14 season are now available from Rothamsted Research. Overall, the predicted risk of disease is lower than in recent years, however, the stage of crop development in the field may result in high disease pressure. Early sown crops, which are now well established with fairly large plants […]
Openfield loads 50,000 tonnes of barley for Saudi Arabia
Increased plantings in Autumn 2012 and Spring 2013 has left the UK with a larger than average surplus to export throughout the 2013-14 marketing year. Some of this season’s UK barley surplus has already been shipped to North Africa, principally Tunisia and Libya, but direct sales to Saudi Arabia are a rarity given the Kingdom’s […]
Multi-million pound boost for innovation in agricultural technology
Agricultural science and technology is one of the world’s fastest-growing markets. It is driven by global changes: a rising population, climate change, the rapid development of emerging economies, and growing geopolitical instability around shortages of land, water and energy. Breakthroughs in nutrition, informatics, satellite imaging, remote sensing, meteorology and precision farming mean that there are […]
DuPont Pioneer expands herbicide tolerant sunflower line-up
DuPont Pioneer announced today the signing of a non-exclusive multi-year agreement with BASF, in which BASF will license Clearfield® Plus herbicide tolerance for sunflowers to DuPont Pioneer. The agreement allows DuPont Pioneer and its affiliates to develop hybrids tolerant to BASF Clearfield® Plus herbicides for commercialization in Europe, Africa, Asia, North America and South America. […]
