The Princess Royal to visit Cheshire County Show
The Princess will visit the Tabley Showground for the second day of the two-day event on Wednesday, June 19th. Tony Garnett, Chairman of the Cheshire Show, said: “We are thrilled to announce HRH the Princess Royal as president of this year’s Cheshire County Show and it will be an honour and delight to welcome her […]
Lincolnshire Rural Charities Race Day
The Lincolnshire Rural Support Network (LRSN), Lincolnshire Federation of Young Farmers Clubs (LFYFC) and the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (R.A.B.I.) have raised approx. £13,000 to support their work in Lincolnshire following a successful raceday at Market Rasen race course. Thanks to the incredible support of the race course, local businesses, companies and friends of the […]
John Deere supports Open Farm Sunday 2013
Organised by LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming), Open Farm Sunday is the industry’s annual event that gives everyone across Britain a chance to meet the farmers who grow their food and care for the countryside. “I think it’s very important that people see all aspects of farming, and they have a much greater understanding as […]
Kenilworth Show ready to ‘milk’ new theme
Coventry and Warwickshire’s biggest one-day agricultural show will have a new theme this year – and organisers will be ‘milking it for all it’s worth’. The Kenilworth Show is returning to the show grounds opposite Stoneleigh Park on Saturday, June 1 and will have a dairy theme for its 70th year. Organisers, the Kenilworth and […]
Minimal grass growth forces cancellation of ScotGrass
Due to minimal grass growth the ScotGrass event at the SRUC Crichton Royal Farm at Acrehead Farm, Crichton Royal, Dumfries planned for Tuesday 14 May 2013 has had to be cancelled. Duncan Russell, Services Manager at event organiser AEA said that sadly the fields intended to host the event had experienced practically no grass growth […]
Syngenta tomato wins Best New Variety Award
One of the exciting new tomato varieties from Syngenta has won the UK’s Best New Variety of the Year at the prestigious Grower Awards, presented in London last week (20 March 2013). Edioso is grown by Flavourfresh Salads and marketed exclusively by ASDA as ‘Tomkin’ in the company’s Extra Special range, renowned for bringing its […]
Resilience, safety and security of UK food imports highlighted in new Global Food Security report and public exhibition
Partners in the Global Food Security (GFS) Research Partnership came together with thought-leaders, scientists and experts in the field to contribute to the report via a Public Policy Seminar on ‘Global Food Systems and UK Food Imports’. The seminar provided a welcome opportunity for scientists and non-scientists to discuss the broad range of factors […]
Industry feedback sets the Pig & Poultry LIVE agenda
According to the research from delegates from previous events, 60% ranked recruiting the right calibre of people as a ‘very important’ issue facing the industry. This was closely followed by encouraging the younger generation into the sector, which was deemed ‘very important’ by 54%. Angela Booth, Technical Development and Assurance Director at ABN, believes that […]
Farming charity named ‘Great British Beef Week’ charity
Farming charity R.A.B.I. (Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution) is to benefit from fundraising during this year’s Great British Beef Week. The event takes place between April 21 and 28 and aims to promote the quality and versatility of British beef, and the importance of the ‘Red Tractor’ assurance scheme. The scheme, with its easily recognisable logo, […]
