Sunday 27 May 2012
Cereal
WHEAT USDA report corn plantings 96% complete, 87% last week and 81% average, with initial 2012 corn crop rating at 77% good/excellent, up from 63% a year ago. USDA report spring wheat plantings 99% complete, 84% last week and 78% average. Kazakhstan is to subsidise grain exports for the rest of the season to help push towards a record 13...
Claydon has introduced and will be displaying at Cereals, a new dedicated oilseed rape drill - the V Rape Speed. This latest addition to the Claydon drill range is designed to enable growers to quickly and cost-effectively establish crops of high-yielding oilseed rape, whilst at the same time profiting from all the well-proven benefits of the C...
Forestry businesses and land agents will no longer need licences from the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) to use temporary workers, according to proposals made today. Agriculture Minister Jim Paice announced that the GLA is to focus on protecting the most vulnerable temporary workers from exploitation while freeing those in low-risk secto...
The Techneat Intelli-Rate controller can now link information from precision farming mapping systems, direct to the company’s GPS-guided variable rate seed metering mechanism, fitted to seeder units on one-pass sub-soiler and tillage establishment systems. To be launched at the Cereals Event this year, the system enables growers to automat...
Farmers and landowners are being urged to apply for grants under the Second Round of the Farming and Forestry Improvement Scheme (FFIS) which runs until 17th July 2012; helping farm businesses improve their competitiveness. The scheme, which was launched by the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE), is aimed at helping farmers, forester...
Following a unanimous decision by the Bassetlaw District Council planning committee, planning permission has been granted for a 1.2MW Anaerobic Digestion (AD) plant on a farm close to Retford in Nottinghamshire. The plant, which will begin construction in September 2012, will be built at a derelict quarry site adjacent to the applicant’s f...
Just when Saddle Gall midge adult and eggs are being found in abundance in Gallant wheat in Buckinghamshire by independent consultant Luke Cotton, the results of a nationwide survey indicate that concern is growing for this pest right across the UK. Conducted by a consortium of interested parties, Dow AgroSciences, ADAS, AICC, HGCA and NIAB TAG...
The NFU has today said that the views of Welsh Government are currently broadly in line with those of the farming industry in Wales, following the Welsh Government’s response to the European Commission’s CAP Pillar 1 proposals. NFU Cymru President Ed Bailey said, "The response picks up on many of the concerns highlighted by NFU ...
Arable farmers across the West and Central Midlands have been given a boost ahead of harvest after the 27,000 tonne grain store at Stratford-upon-Avon operated by Arable Crop Storage (ACS) had its application to merge with a store in Cambridgeshire approved by the UK Financial Services Authority. Following a review of the business in 2010 the bo...
Unilever has committed to work with sustainable agriculture charity LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) and ADM to increase its use of LEAF Marque certified oilseed rape. The partnership will contribute to Unilever’s Sustainable Living Plan which requires all of its oilseed rape to be sustainably sourced by 2020. LEAF, ADM and Unile...
In the past, Wales has been recognised as one of the innovators of agri-environment schemes in Europe through the Tir Gofal Scheme. But since then, according to the NFU, backwards steps have been taken and regaining that status can only be achieved through a fit for purpose agri-environment scheme. The National Assembly for Wales’ Envi...
Following the recent extreme rainfall across parts of the UK, potato growers are being warned of the potential increase in slug numbers which could now occur if soil temperatures rise sharply. According to Norfolk-based grower and independent potato specialist, Andrew Alexander, there is a real need for vigilance and preparation for the possibi...
East of England MEP, Stuart Agnew has thrown his weight behind the scientists at Rothamsted Research, who are carrying out an experimental GM wheat crop trial in Harpenden, Hertfordshire. The crop has been designed to repel aphids by the production of a natural pheromone. If successful, it would radically reduce the need for pesticides. How...
Very warm and dry conditions have been dominant across southeastern Ukraine into south central Russia and western Kazakhstan this spring, which has resulted in considerable stress on winter wheat. "Winter wheat is now pushing into heading in southern Russia and southern Ukraine, and yield potential is declining rapidly as moisture needs in...
Almost 300,000 tonnes of Round Table for Responsible soy have been sold since June 2011 and demand is rising from across the world. At the start of the 7th Annual Conference, an annual target of five million tonnes of responsible soy to be produced and sold by 2015 was set. Soy is a major global commodity crop used in a wide range of consume...
NFU President Peter Kendall has today condemned the vandalism of the country’s first ever GM wheat trial. In a speech to MPs at the House of Commons later to launch the new NFU Farming Delivers for Britain campaign, Mr Kendall is expected to liken the damage to the Nazi book burners of the 1930’s. The wheat trial was vandalised on...
The Tenant Farmers Association has stressed the importance of ensuring that farm tenants are not disadvantaged through reallocation of payment entitlements in the Common Agricultural Policy Reform process. "It has long been a concern that vital support payments to agricultural producers can become capitalised into land values and land rent...
While the world battles with economic uncertainty and austerity, Britain’s farmers are enjoying a boom in business with the sector growing 25% last year. Farmers selling produce overseas now accounts for the fourth largest export market in the United Kingdom. NFU President Peter Kendall said that farming had seen a huge change in its f...
Oilseed rape growers and advisors had the opportunity to explore recent breeding developments in oilseed rape and see how they can improve on-farm production and market dynamics at this season’s first NIAB Innovation Farm workshop ’Producing Quality Oilseeds.’ Clare Tucker, of BASF reviewed recent trends in UK oilseed crop prod...
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