Over $4 billion of development funding represented at GFIA 2014
The Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture has confirmed the participation of over 20 major NGOs in the event, to be held in Abu Dhabi from 3-5 February. The latest announcement underlines GFIA’s status as a truly global event bringing together the best ideas, top international experts and key policy-makers from the public, private and […]
HGCA wants more talk
Following the success of its Meet the Processor and Meet the Exporter events, HGCA is encouraging growers to join them at one of 14 events already planned for spring 2014. The initiative, which is open to participation from all processors, this year includes visits to three millers, a feed mill, three maltsters and seven exporter […]
Abu Dhabi to host world experts at ‘game changing’ agricultural forum
The Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture (GFIA), the world’s largest showcase of game-changing innovations in sustainable agriculture, is to be held in Abu Dhabi from February 3-5 2014, under the theme ‘Driving Innovation for an Agricultural Revolution.’ The world will have to feed 9 billion people by 2050. To do so will require a […]
Wool prices continue to improve
Strong clearances at British Wool Marketing Board (BWMB) auctions are continuing and the hope is this increased demand can be maintained through the remainder of the 2013/2014 selling season, BWMB Chairman Malcolm Corbett will tell farmers attending this year’s NSA Winter Fair at Melton Mowbray Livestock Market on Friday 31st January 2014. An increasing level […]
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 […]
