Harper Adams student establishes pedigree sheep enterprise
A young farmer from Welshpool has taken a side step from his family’s commercial business to establish his own pedigree sheep flock, which has already led to success at livestock sales. 20-year-old Joe Powell rears pedigree Charollias rams from his farm at home, which also boasts a 700-head commercial sheep flock and 120-head dairy herd. Joe, […]
DigitalCity companies hold preview of completed farming documentary
Two previews of the independent documentary Addicted to Sheep have been held for stakeholders and members of the local community in Upper Teesdale. The film documents a year in the life of Tom and Kay Hutchinson and their three school age children as they farm a flock of pedigree Swaledale sheep in beautiful, but remote, […]
Globe-trotting students Master sustainable agriculture
The Marshal Papworth Fund has helped seven new students cross continents to begin their Masters Degrees at a number of leading UK universities. The students, who will be studying courses on food security, development, climate change, agriculture and land management, have spoken out about why they have chosen their subjects, how it will affect their […]
Dealer apprentices graduate with honours
AGCO celebrated recently with the latest group of technicians to graduate from the Dealer Apprentice Scheme at a special awards event held at Warwickshire College. 2014 sees the fifteenth crop of students to graduate from a scheme that has seen over two hundred future technicians develop their skills and go on to successful careers in […]
Rural education initiative celebrates milestone
An initiative to encourage children and young people to consider careers in the countryside is celebrating a landmark milestone just four months after it was launched. Routes to Rural Employment (R2RE), spearheaded by the Scottish Countryside Alliance (SCA), has had almost 1000 primary school teaching resources downloaded from its website this term. Charlie Shentall […]
Young farmers get business ready with NatWest
Agriculture experts at NatWest have teamed up with the National Federation of Young Farmers Clubs to deliver business specific training to budding farmers and entrepreneurs. The training, which will be delivered across the UK, will cover basic skills in business management from making a business plan, cash management and tenancy training. Ian Burrow, head of […]
Sector Skills Councils unite to boost agriculture in India
Staff from Lantra Sector Skills Council recently paid a visit to the Agriculture Skills Council of India as part of a jointly funded programme with the UK India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI). The aim of this joint venture is to establish how SSCs can learn from each other with regards to the development of […]
AGCO signs up to nationally-recognised Land-based Training Accreditation Scheme
The Land-based Education and Training Committee (LETEC), which is made up of IAgrE, AEA and BAGMA, is delighted to welcome AGCO to the Land-based Training Accreditation scheme. The scheme established in 2007, aims to establish a clear career path for technicians through the achievement of four qualification levels, Entry (LTA1), Standard (LTA2), Advanced (LTA3) and […]
Research to improve soil management in Africa
African farmers will be able to improve their soil management thanks to new technical guidelines that are being produced through work by Harper Adams University. The investigation is being led by postgraduate research student, Joseph Martlew, and is sponsored by AGCO Corporation – which is establishing a training farm in Zambia. Soil is damaged […]
