The PM should be consistent with tax payer funded benefits cap
Mr George urged the PM to cap payments to wealthy landowners. Mr George asked the Prime Minister: “Of course, any Government should seek to introduce a reasonable cap on very high claims for tax payer funded benefits. But if ‘we’re all in it together’, why is the Government resisting the introduction of a cap on […]
Wayland Show helps local causes
The evening raised a total of £11,800 for the chosen charity, for which many thanks to everyone who contributed so generously and to Barclays for their match funding contribution. Natalie Moulton from Barclays said: “We were pleased to be able to support this event and to raise through Barclays community fund matching scheme, over £3,000 […]
Land Rover creates ‘Dive Centre’ Defender
Marine explorer Monty Halls presented Land Rover with an unprecedented challenge to design and engineer a “Dive Centre” Defender. A dual purpose Land Rover Defender specially equipped to provide not just transport for his diving and film crews, but also to serve as a mobile base camp and dive centre in remote, off-road locations. Halls, […]
Study into local meat production results announced
A survey of local farmers demonstrated that although there are likely to be enough animals to generate demand for a local abattoir, the challenges of sourcing enough funding to build the abattoir coupled with the sector’s low profit margins make it unlikely to gain sufficient returns on investment. The study was carried out by consultants […]
FUW slams Tesco beef labelling plans
According to media reports, beef from cattle imported from Ireland for fattening in the UK could be labelled “Irish-born, British-finished” in order to circumvent current labelling rules and allow a country flag to be placed on the label. “Apart from undermining UK farmers and the UK market in general, the plans would simply add to […]
Organic information service back in business: join the conversation at the Royal Welsh Show
Situated in their annual position within the Countryside Care area (Stand CCA793), OCW will be delivering elements of the new advisory contract, as well as featuring displays on recent supply chain projects, and will again be joined by organic certification bodies. In addition OCW will be delivering daily cooking demonstrations as part of their Better […]
Young Co-operative farmers meet Ministers to help tackle youth unemployment
Michael Simmons, who works at The Co-operative Farms’ Highland Court estate, near Canterbury, and Colin Schenk and Kamil Peno, from The Co-operative’s fruit farm in Tillington, Hereford, joined Nick Folland, The Co-operative’s Group Director, External Affairs; Richard Quinn, Head of The Co-operative Farms, along with other retail industry delegates who attended the event in Westminster […]
The world’s first UTV with Power Take Off
Based on the Polaris RANGER, BRUTUS comprises three models – BRUTUS, BRUTUS HD and BRUTUS HD PTO. The line was built to be the most versatile, most capable and most comfortable side-by-side utility vehicles ever created, enabling users to complete more tasks without spending more time and energy. The new BRUTUS models are specifically engineered […]
UK Government ‘support’ for agriculture is empty rhetoric
The UK government’s decision to hand over more CAP Pillar 2 funds than any other EU member state showed its professed support for rural development is empty rhetoric and that the UK had effectively negotiated against the interests of its own agricultural industry, Farmers’ Union of Wales policy director Nick Fenwick told the Westminster Food […]
