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 […]
Farm Business Innovation 2013
Farm Business Innovation 2013 is almost upon us, and event organisers, Prysm Group already have a bumper crop of exhibitors and visitors. The show’s debut is well on track to fulfil its amazing potential with incredible support from the top names in diversification. With 120 exhibitors scheduled to take part in the Olympia London event, […]
LEAF conference highlights the economic benefits of sustainable farming
Speakers at LEAF’s annual President’s Event on 5th November entitled “Sustainable Agriculture: Show me the money”, highlighted the multiple ways in which farmers can maximise the three pillars of sustainability – economic performance , environmental quality and social health – to drive their businesses forward. Key note speaker Gregor Henderson, Public Health England challenged farmers […]
HGCA Agronomists’ Conference: input management for 2014 and beyond
Taking place at Peterborough Arena on 10 December, the full-day technical conference includes the latest fungicide performance figures and several papers on resistance management. Susannah Bolton, HGCA Head of Research and Knowledge Transfer, said: “Market and weather volatility mean that growers are increasingly looking at input costs. These are more amenable to control by growers […]
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 […]
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 […]
Solar Energy UK
Solar Energy UK: in less than 4 weeks time… Can you mix agriculture and solar energy harvesting? Yes – you can combine agriculture with solar harvesting and retain grants Is it possible to maintain biodiversity? Yes – Creating a solar farm is like making a nature reserve that gets better over the 25 year […]
Paris to host the 53rd European Commodities Exchange
On 10 and 11 October 2013, Paris will become the host city of the international grain sector. Taking place annually in a different European metropolis, the European Commodities Exchange is the largest international event for the grain trade. More than 3,000 international professionals from 50 countries are expected in the French capital in 14 days […]
Berkshire Show hits new heights
Perhaps most encouraging of all was the fact that, with livestock entries hitting a new high and agricultural stands back in prominence, the industry on which the show is based was back in positive mood after years of recession and poor harvests. With the show’s online ticketing service cutting in to full effect, attendance over […]
