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EU presses for animal welfare standards in trade agreements

EU presses for animal welfare standards in trade agreements
05-12-2011 11:31 AM | Pigs, Poultry, News
Organic diet for organic pigs and poultry
You may think it strange that organic pork chops, eggs and poultry are not already produced from diets that are 100 percent organic. The difficulty ha...
05-12-2011 11:30 AM | Pigs, News
Measuring amino acids in pigs ’ new method on the way
New methods of measuring the amino acid requirement of pigs aim to reduce feed use, protect the environment and improve the economy for farmers. Me...
05-12-2011 10:41 AM | LAMMA, Machinery and Spares, News
UK debut for AXION 900 at LAMMA
Making its UK debut at the LAMMA show will be the new CLAAS AXION 900 range of tractors which have power outputs from 320hp up to 410hp. A total of...
05-12-2011 09:47 AM | Dairy, News
Cheshire farmers crowned Wiseman champions
Cheshire farmers Stephen and Isobel Moore of Byley Hall Farm, Middlewich, Cheshire, are celebrating having been crowned champions at the annual Robert...
05-12-2011 09:43 AM | News
No time for ’blame game’ as all sides seek to boost farmland bird numbers
Environmental schemes need to be more focused on outcomes and less a case on simply ticking boxes in order to bring about the improvements in wildlife...
05-12-2011 09:35 AM | News, Renewable Energy
Farmer insists that solar is still an investable opportunity
A Dorset Farmer is urging the farming industry to press ahead with investment in solar power despite Government cuts to the green subsidy or Feed-in T...
05-12-2011 09:35 AM | News
Horticulture businesses urged to work together
Welsh growers, processors and retailers have been urged to be more collaboratively minded in order to create an effective and efficient supply chain. ...
03-12-2011 10:26 AM | LAMMA, Machinery and Spares, News
New 9R and 9RT Series tractors from John Deere
Designed for heavy-duty, large-scale field operations, John Deere’s new 9R and 9RT Series tractors from 410 to 560hp (maximum 451 to 616hp, to 9...
03-12-2011 10:14 AM | News
BASIS apology for Agronomist who was wrongly disciplined
In February 2011 an agronomist was disciplined by the Professional Register Disciplinary Committee in relation to the advice he gave a farmer. He was ...
03-12-2011 10:11 AM | Market Reports, Feed and Forage, News
Humphrey Feeds commodity report - 3rd December 2011
This week an avalanche of news shook the commodity markets – a UK mini-budget, invasion of the UK embassy in Tehran, OECD predictions of a recession i...
02-12-2011 13:33 PM | News
Minister visits Institute for Animal Health in Pirbright
Minister for Universities and Science, David Willetts MP, visited the Institute for Animal Health’s (IAH) Pirbright campus today (Friday 02 Dece...
02-12-2011 13:33 PM | NFU, News, Shows and Events
New venue for NFU Conference in 2012
The annual NFU Conference is on the move to a brand new venue – Birmingham’s International Convention Centre (ICC). Staged on February 21 an...
02-12-2011 12:28 PM | News, Shows and Events
Fflur wins Let’s Talk Farming poetry prize
A ten-year-old pupil at OM Edwards School Llanuwchllyn has won a prize worth £100 in an all-Wales poetry competition run by NFU Cymru. Fflur Haf Da...
02-12-2011 12:27 PM | Crops, Feed and Forage, Arable, Cattle, News
AIC calls for promotion of seed specialists
The seed trade needs to promote the role of the seed specialist and the benefits of Certified seed, says AIC Seed Sector Chairman Paul Taylor. Spe...
02-12-2011 12:26 PM | Crops, Arable, Feed and Forage, Cattle, News
Gleadell Market Report - 02/12/2011
GRAIN MARKETS - David Sheppard, managing director WHEAT Argentina approves an additional 2.7mln/t of 2010/11 wheat for export, boosting the total ...
02-12-2011 12:25 PM | Crops, Feed and Forage, Arable, Cereal, Grassland, News
European seed treatment scheme undergoes UK testing
A pilot assurance scheme for the seed treatment industry, the European Seed Treatment Assurance scheme (ESTA), has been unveiled in the UK. The move c...
Environment Agency water report is common sense - NFU
Water issues raised in the Environment Agency’s report on drought prospects over the next few months will come as no surprise to farmers, the NF...
02-12-2011 12:23 PM | Crops, Feed and Forage, Arable, Cereal, Grassland, News
PGRO Pulse Crop Bulletin - 02/12/2011
PGRO ANNOUNCES PULSE LEVY FUNDED RECOMMENDED LISTS FOR SPRING PEAS, WINTER BEANS AND SPRING BEANS ...
02-12-2011 12:22 PM | Feed and Forage, News, Slurry and Irrigation
Gleadell Fertiliser Market Report - 02/12/2011
UREA The global Urea market and prices are stable with prices correcting downwards, and then finding strength again. This is due to suppliers beginni...
02-12-2011 12:21 PM | Forestry, News
Yorkshire trees hit by new disease
A destructive plant disease first identified in the UK only last year has been confirmed in Lawson cypress trees at Blubberhouses, near Otley in North...
02-12-2011 12:19 PM | Grassland, Property News, News, Renewable Energy
Agriculture part of climate change solution
As the world tries to agree on its next steps towards managing climate change in Durban, South Africa, the NFU is working with others in the industry ...
02-12-2011 00:04 AM | News, Renewable Energy
Strong Sales Growth and Ambitious Plans Net Green Award for Gaia-Wind
Small wind turbine manufacturer Gaia-Wind Ltd has today won the prestigious Scottish Renewables Green Energy Award for business growth. The Award ...
01-12-2011 15:34 PM | News
CAP reform worries highlighted to EU
The Farmers’ Union of Wales today described a series of meetings with MEPs at the heart of decision-making on Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) r...
01-12-2011 15:18 PM | News
Colic is biggest risk to horses this winter
Horses are at more risk of colic during the winter months compared to any other time of the year warns South West rural insurance company Cornish Mutu...
01-12-2011 15:17 PM | NFU, News
Brecon and Radnor farmers’ views on CAP proposals
The need to increase global food production by at least 70 per cent in the next 40 years has become widely accepted, but Brecon and Radnor NFU Cymru m...
01-12-2011 15:17 PM | NFU, News
Figures reveal farming value to economy
New figures confirm that the UK farming industry is playing a crucial role in stabilising the economy the NFU said today, as it emerged that the indus...
01-12-2011 15:15 PM | Poultry, News
MEP’s ’Good Eggs UK’ Campaign presses egg trade to pass the three Cs test: ’No cages, no cruelty, no crime’
With less than a month to go until the EU’s ban on battery cage eggs comes into force, the UKIP MEP and agriculture spokesman Stuart Agnew&rsquo...
01-12-2011 15:15 PM | Arable, News, Shows and Events
Potato Council cost-benefit work hailed at BP2011
With a record turnout of over 6,000, BP2011 (Harrogate, November 23-24) the potato industry demonstrated its confidence in the future. Ever keen to di...
01-12-2011 15:13 PM | Dairy, Cattle, News
No.1 type bull now available
World Wide Sires UK (WWS UK) now has semen available from Regancrest S Braxton EX94, the US no.1 type bull in breed. The new graduate is from a pe...
01-12-2011 15:00 PM | Machinery and Spares, News
Two new high-power tractors from DEUTZ-FAHR
DEUTZ-FAHR has introduced two new high-power tractors with continuously variable transmissions and new engines capable of producing up to 260 hp. Thei...
01-12-2011 11:17 AM | Produce, Finance, News
E-Commerce Tools Launched To Help Farms Convert Christmas Turkey Traffic Into Box Schemes
New e-commerce tools were launched today to help farms reach online buyers and process produce-box subscriptions in time for the Xmas turkey rush. Dev...
01-12-2011 06:25 AM | Education, Market Reports, News
Adopting Smartphones and social networking by European farmers
A survey of farmers conducted by the Kleffmann Group has indicated that one in ten European farmers own a Smartphone and a similar percentage (9%) use...
01-12-2011 06:23 AM | Crops, Arable, Cereal, News
Conditions are just right for post-em Digital
Frosts have been recorded in most parts of the country now and wheat crops will be hardened off sufficiently for the post-emergence application of the...
30-11-2011 18:46 PM | Organic, Poultry, News
Potential crisis for organic poultry sector to be averted
Organic poultry farmers are being urged to carry on as normal after the European Commission announced it would not introduce immediate changes to mono...
30-11-2011 18:22 PM | Poultry, News
Fair contracts for egg producers
The Ranger magazine, the leading magazine in the UK for free range egg producers, is inviting farmers to contribute to a story which will ultimately l...
30-11-2011 18:14 PM | News, Renewable Energy
Clean electricity plant powers up using anaerobic digestion
A pioneering clean energy plant using anaerobic digestion is being launched by local MP Simon Reevell. The 400kW capacity plant, at Clayton Hall Farm,...
30-11-2011 17:51 PM | NFU, News
Farm business income figures decrease
Significant rises in farm input costs have cancelled out firmer livestock prices - NFU Cymru has said today following the publication of annual farm i...
30-11-2011 17:46 PM | LAMMA, News, Shows and Events
Claydon - a LAMMA success story
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the development of the Claydon direct drill, during which time the company has led the way in the development ...
30-11-2011 17:43 PM | News, Shows and Events
Shrewsbury collective auction attracts 1400 entries
Around 1,400 entries have been consigned to Halls’ final bi-monthly plant and agricultural machinery collective auction of the year at Shrewsbur...
30-11-2011 17:41 PM | News
Scientific innovation from farm to fork critical to tackling global food crisis
Europe’s food chain must unite with one voice in calling for science-based solutions to the future demands of agriculture and food production. T...
30-11-2011 17:39 PM | CLA, News
CLA welcomes heritage reform proposals
The CLA has welcomed proposals to improve the struggling heritage protection system, announced by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (...
30-11-2011 16:11 PM | Poultry, News
Last surviving turkey show celebrates 50th anniversary
Fifty years on from formation of the Anglian Turkey Association, one of the founder members David Grove Smith was triumphant at its anniversary Christ...
30-11-2011 11:05 AM | NFU, News
Mari Evans is Wales' Top Woman Farmer
Mari Evans from Cwmmaethlon, Tywyn, Gwynedd, has been crowned NFU Cymru / NatWest Wales Woman Farmer of the Year at the Royal Welsh Winter Fair. No...
30-11-2011 10:35 AM | Arable, News
Casablanca - Tasting success
Cygnet PB Ltd is predicting that next year, Casablanca, their new first early potato variety, is going to be one of the most sought after varieties fo...
29-11-2011 17:35 PM | CLA, News
Raft of rural measures in Chancellor’s Autumn Statement get thumbs up from CLA
The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement delivers hope to the countryside by stimulating the rural economy with a promise to reform the planning system...
29-11-2011 17:19 PM | CLA, News
Government action on metal theft welcome but cash needs to be taken out of scrap
The Government’s plan to establish a ’5million national taskforce to tackle metal theft is welcome, the CLA said today (29 November 2011) ...
29-11-2011 17:15 PM | News
Can ’Growth Zones’ Help Boost Rural Areas?
English ’Rural Growth Networks’ and Scottish ’Enterprise Areas’ may be useful short term measures for stimulating the economy ...
29-11-2011 16:42 PM | NFU, News
NFU responds to today’s Autumn Statement
Farming can and will play its part in leading the country back to sustainable economic growth, said the NFU today, in response to the Chancellor Georg...
29-11-2011 16:32 PM | News
British Leafy Salads secures EU support
The British Leafy Salads Association (BLSA) has announced that it has secured ’139,728 in co-funding from the EU, for a three year integrated PR...
29-11-2011 16:05 PM | Crops, News
Growers face difficult decisions with post-emergence residuals in OSR
Weather conditions are not quite right for post-emergence residual herbicides in winter oilseed rape, but the risk of not getting them on is posing a ...
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