Hat Trick Success for Phil and Sharon Sellers and Lady Big Bucks
It was a hat trick for Phil and Sharon Sellers who took the Supreme Beef Championship at this weekends Countryside Live at the Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate. (Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 October) The Sellers, who made the journey up from Belper, Derbys, took the championship title with Lady Big Bucks, a British Blue cross […]
Agricultural engineering from Vogelsang at EuroTier 2010
Essen (Oldb.)/Germany, 22nd October 2010 At the EuroTier 2010 exhibition (Hanover, 16th to 19th November), the company Hugo Vogelsang Maschinenbau GmbH, an established specialist provider of pumping, shredding, distribution and manure spreading technology for agriculture, industry and municipalities, will be presenting a further innovation for distribution and dosing technology using a dribble bar. The new […]
North Wales farmer picks up Welsh Dairy Show award
This year’s popular and worthy winner of the Farmers’ Union of Wales-HSBC Bank plc award for outstanding service to the Welsh dairy industry received the trophy during today’s Welsh Dairy Show at Carmarthen. Dairy farmer Terrig Goronwy Morgan MBE BSc (Hons) FRAgS, of Carreg-y-Llech, Treuddyn, Mold, has spent the past 45 years heavily involved in […]
BBC Good Food Show Winter Producers Bursary Award winners announced
Today BBC Haymarket Exhibitions announced the winners of its Producers Bursary Award Scheme for the BBC Good Food Show Winter. For the past 6 months a dedicated team from BBC Haymarket has been scouring the country to find the very best, most deserving and outstanding producers to award them with bursaries to attend the BBC […]
Inaugural Northern Farming Conference hailed a great success
Speaking after the inaugural Northern Farming Conference, held on Friday 15 October, Harry Chrisp – farmer, solicitor and Chairman of the organising Committee – said: We had well over 200 people attend the event today at Newcastle racecourse. They were treated to a range of expert and entertaining speakers, providing policy, technical and practical advice […]
Dairy farmers encouraged to break into ice-cream market
Dairy farmers are enjoying huge success in diversifying into the ice cream market and there is plenty of room for expansion according to the Ice Cream Alliance Ice cream manufacturing has become a popular route for hard pressed dairy farmers looking for higher yields from their milk. And according to Zelica Carr – Chief Executive […]
Celebration of wool with Savile Row Field Day
…IN SUPPORT OF THE CAMPAIGN FOR WOOL, PATRON HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES Sheep will graze in the worlds most prestigious tailoring location as the housesopen their hallowed doors to promote wool as the cloth of choice for bespokeluxury clothing Savile Row Bespoke Association (SRB), Woolmark International, West Country woollen mill Fox Brothers and Dormeuil […]
Conflict or Consensus? The Next Decade of Rural Policy
Sir Donald Curry, Chair of the Sustainable Farming and Food Delivery Group and author of the influential Curry Report, will be speaking at a major rural policy conference in Gloucestershire on 19 October entitled Conflict or Consensus? The Next Decade of Rural Policy. This high profile event is organised by the Countryside and Community Research […]
High sugar grasses: benefits to profitability and carbon footprint
Tuesday the 19th of October 2010 1.30pm 3.30pm Demonstration farm open day at Rhosferig Farm, Rhosferig, Builth Wells, Powys, LD2 3PT Mr Rob Powell and his family will open their farm gates so that others can learn from their experiences of establishing and managing high sugar grasses. It will be an excellent opportunity for those […]
