BP2011 something for everyone, including BASIS points
Follow the Potato Council knowledge trail at BP2011 and gain up to 18 BASIS points! There are lots of reasons to register now for your free entry to the event, to be held in Harrogate, Yorkshire on November 23 and 24. Areas of interest include market intelligence news and updates on the different […]
British Wool Marketing Boards work to be highlighted at Royal Welsh Winter Fair
Farmers and visitors to this month’s Royal Welsh Winter Fair, Builth Wells, on 28 and 29 November will have the chance to gain a full and complete understanding of the work done on their behalf by the British Wool Marketing Board. The BWMB stand at the leading primestock show and pre-Christmas event will […]
Potato Council marketing and corporate affairs at BP2011
Visit the team at BP2011, Harrogate, Yorkshire, November 23 and 24, to find out more about the marketing strategy to sustain potato consumption, see campaign highlights and the positive results to date, and learn about how the industry can get involved in promotions such as ‘Potato Week 2012’. The media centre will give […]
We must all work together for food & conservation, farmers told at Agricultural Society Conference
Nearly 200 farmers and land owners gathered at the South of England Agricultural Society last week to hear an impassioned debate on how farming and conservation can work together for the good of all who care about farming and the great British countryside. The SEAS Autumn Farming Conference was a good-hearted affair […]
Leading agricultural and rural charity supports food and drink award
The Devon County Show and Westpoint Arena are delighted that Dartmoor Farmers were winners of a prestigious award jointly sponsored for the first time this year by the two sectors of the Devon County Agricultural Association. The Carol Trewin South West Producer of the Year award was a category in the 2011 Taste of […]
UK Grain provides top grain marketing advice
The only certainty in the current grain market is that it will remain volatile, visitors to the UK Grain event learned last week. But after visiting the Event’s renowned seminar programme farmers will have come away with a better grasp on how to best protect themselves from this unstable situation. Alongside the exhibition […]
Crimestoppers join seminar to close the gate on rural crime this week
Crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers, the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), and members of rural communities will soon join forces in a key seminar called “Closing the Gate on Criminality” to combat rural crime. Thursday 10 November will see an all-day event at the Kettering Conference Centre at the ACPO Rural Crime Seminar, featuring a key […]
Can we expect farmers to bear all the responsibility for the health of livestock? asks NFU Vice President
“Over 80% of red meat sold in our supermarkets is now British, a statistic which emphasises the importance of farmed livestock for our economy and food supplies. The importance of grazing livestock in managing the ecology and environment of our countryside cannot be ignored either. These represent some of the public goods attributed to livestock […]
Concerns about food supplies should trump environmental worries, says leading farmer
It’s time we took food security seriously, according to Mark Tinsley, who farms in Lincolnshire and chairs the Commercial Farmers Group. He said: “Environmental change is a reality that few farmers would deny and the UK is also having to deal with an uncertain global economic future. This has serious implications for our […]
