URALCHEM product portfolio for the UK and Irish markets well received by the trade at the Cereals Event 2011 in Lincolnshire, UK
URALCHEM, the second largest ammonium nitrate producer in the world and full member of the Agricultural Industries Confederation of the UK, reinforced its commitment to the UK and Irish agriculture and fertiliser businesses by again exhibiting at Cereals, the largest agricultural event intheUnited Kingdom. The companys product portfolio for the UK and Irish markets was […]
Royal Visit Announced for the 2011 Great Yorkshire Show
HRH The Prince of Wales and HRH The Duchess of Cornwall are to visit the Great Yorkshire Show on Wednesday 13 July, 2011. The Prince of Wales is Patron of the Yorkshire Agricultural Society, which organises the event. Bill Cowling, Honorary Show Director said: We are absolutely delighted with the news, and a programme for […]
International barley workshop in Dundee
Delegates from 16 countries around the world will be in Dundee next week to attend an international workshop hosted by The James Hutton Institute. The 4th International Workshop on Barley Leaf Blights is being held at the West Park Centre and has attracted more than 70 delegates from as far afield as Australia and Uruguay. […]
McCain Foods boss and Asda category director to speak at East Midlands Potato Day
McCain Foods regional CEO Nick Vermont and Asda category director Rick Bourne will be speaking at this year’s East Midlands Potato Day, offering industry delegates a unique opportunity to hear about recent developments in the processing and fresh sectors. At the event to be held at QV Foods, Holbeach Hurn, Lincolnshire, on July 5, Mr […]
Investment boost for Lincolnshire venue
Lincolnshire Agricultural Society has announced that it will be making further investment in its major conference and events centre on the Showground site at Grange de Lings. As the Showground makes ready for the annual County Show on 22nd-23rd June, the Society has confirmed it will be releasing investment funds to support the Show itself, […]
New candidate winter cereal varieties unveiled by Syngenta at Cereals Event
Three new winter cereal varieties, currently in HGCA candidate trials, were unveiled to growers by Syngenta at this years Cereals Event (15 and 16 June, Boothby Graffoe, Lincolnshire). Two out of the three have potential for the quality end of the market, says company cereal variety specialist Samantha Brooke, with one being a potential biscuit-making […]
The future looks bright for malting barley with the announcement of export opportunities for Concerto at Cereals
Concerto, the spring malting barley from Limagrain UK, has been accepted onto the French CBMO list making it the only UK spring malting barley variety to have IBD approval for malting, distilling and to have this additional export marketing opportunity. This is the first variety since Optic, and now the only variety, to be approved […]
BBC Gardeners’ World Live and BBC Good Food Show Summer opened today
BBC Gardeners’ World Live and The BBC Good Food Show Summer opened its doors today for five days of inspirational, award winning gardens, celebrity chef demonstrations, gardening experts and hundreds of exhibitors. With over 50 celebrities and experts performing across five different stages, the Show is already proving to be a huge success to its […]
Rural communities need sustainability to face unprecedented challenges
Rural communities are facing unprecedented social and economic challenges which need to be addressed to prevent them becoming dormitory communities without schools or local services and marginal enterprise activity, according to an expert in rural entrepreneurship. Professor Gerard McElwee, professor of Entrepreneurship at Nottingham Business School, is highlighting the serious issues facing rural communities ahead […]
