http://www.farminguk.com www.farminguk.com RSS news stories en-gb 10/05/2008 03:59:28 60 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7354 The Environment Agency is calling on innovative businesses and other organisations to lead by exampl... 08/05/2008 11:47:50 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7350 Comparatively low-priced sugar may have been a late starter in the global commodities boom that star... 08/05/2008 11:45:23 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7346 The spiralling costs of farm inputs such as fuel, fertilizer and feed were high on the agenda for di... 08/05/2008 11:40:45 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7352 As all dairy farmers know only too well, cows begin to suffer from heat stress at much lower tempera... 08/05/2008 11:34:24 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7358 A flexible herbicide is essential when it comes to controlling cleavers, says leading Hampshire agro... 08/05/2008 11:30:01 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7357 Farmers with pre 1996 cattle are being urged to take advantage of the weaker pound and not leave it ... 08/05/2008 11:13:02 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7356 biofresh – leading innovators in fresh produce storage technology – has announced the appointment of... 08/05/2008 11:09:13 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7355 To support the introduction of its bluetongue vaccine, Bovilis® BTV8, Intervet has sourced a specifi... 08/05/2008 11:06:53 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7353 Defra has issued a tender for 13 million additional doses of Bluetongue vaccine, eight million for u... 08/05/2008 11:05:44 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7351 NFU Cymru has welcomed today's announcement by Rural Affairs Minister, Elin Jones, that the Wels... 08/05/2008 11:02:27 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7349 The CLA has warned of the risks of abandoning areas of Norfolk to the sea at a time when the crisis ... 08/05/2008 11:01:02 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7348 Lancashire Limousin cattle breeder Paul Fletcher earned a memorable Red Rose victory when sending ou... 08/05/2008 10:11:35 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7347 NFU Cymru is reminding members that only one week remains until the deadline for the submission of t... 08/05/2008 10:10:19 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7343 The country's leading fertiliser company, GrowHow UK, is calling on farmers and their advisers t... 07/05/2008 20:25:51 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7344 The Farmers' Union of Wales today urged Welsh farmers to register interest with their vet now so... 07/05/2008 20:25:17 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7345 The Farmers' Union of Wales today issued a reminder that the deadline is fast approaching for no... 07/05/2008 20:24:39 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7342 Despite the reports in the national press over the past two years of northern villages devoid of wom... 06/05/2008 20:59:42 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7341 For the past three seasons the fungicide Walabi has given top class control of Botrytis as well as A... 06/05/2008 14:59:37 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7340 Alternating fly control options applied to manure heaps that harbour fly eggs and larvae this summer... 06/05/2008 10:52:27 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7339 In the face of the soaring rice prices sparking protests and riots around the world, Japan's adv... 05/05/2008 18:11:45 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7338 A former agriculture secretary said the government needs to irrigate at least five million hectares ... 05/05/2008 18:05:13 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7337 Agriculture is heavily on the back foot as it tries to deal with the immediacy of the Rudd Governmen... 05/05/2008 18:04:23 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7336 China Organic Agriculture, Inc. (OTCBB: CNOA) (the "Company"), a growth-driven agricultural products... 05/05/2008 18:03:33 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7335 The European Union's agriculture chief said Monday she expects world food prices to stabilize be... 05/05/2008 18:03:08 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7334 A New York company is voluntarily recalling about 286,000 pounds (129,700 kg) of fresh and frozen me... 05/05/2008 18:02:09 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7333 India on Monday bluntly told the Asian Development Bank that it is both premature and inappropriate ... 05/05/2008 18:01:21 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7332 Stallion Group, one the largest regional conglomerates in West Africa, has started a major rice farm... 05/05/2008 18:00:10 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7331 A rural counselling spokesman has urged the Federal Government to continue drought assistance in the... 05/05/2008 17:59:49 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7330 As a precautionary measure, work on the investigation of bee colony losses by the National Bee Unit ... 02/05/2008 12:52:31 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7329 The main group of fungicides used to protect UK and European wheat crops – the triazoles – could be ... 02/05/2008 09:37:42 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7327 The results of the fifth DairyCo Farmer Intentions Survey highlight the need for proper contracts to... 02/05/2008 08:52:58 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7328 Dairy processors, farmers and retailers have today reached an ambitious agreement to further reduce ... 02/05/2008 08:48:56 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7326 The latest in the increasingly popular BVA Animal Welfare Foundation discussion forums takes place t... 02/05/2008 08:47:09 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7325 The NFU has again rejected calls from the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee which has t... 02/05/2008 08:42:05 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7324 "Lack of awareness" putting farmers and their children at risk Many family-run farms are confus... 01/05/2008 15:41:22 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7323 Dow AgroSciences and New Holland have teamed up to offer a fantastic prize for Dow's on-stand co... 01/05/2008 15:40:19 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7322 The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) have granted Intervet the all clear to begin distributing... 01/05/2008 15:37:05 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7321 A Scottish farmer travelled over 400 miles to collect a Mini Cooper won at a trade exhibition last y... 01/05/2008 15:33:49 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7320 The CLA (Country Land and Business Association) is again receiving pleas for assistance from despera... 01/05/2008 15:33:25 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7319 'LOOKING forward to a buoyant era of arable farming.' That will be the major theme for Synge... 01/05/2008 15:32:39 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7318 Tesco Enjoy the Taste of Scotland has been crowned Scotland's largest food and drink festival af... 01/05/2008 15:28:47 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7317 As concerns grow about rising input costs, the NFU is urging its members to make sure they keep a cl... 01/05/2008 15:28:36 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7316 Investors, institutions and entrepreneurs gathered at the first Middle East-Pakistan Agriculture and... 01/05/2008 15:23:50 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7315 Mr Sargent said he intends to bring together key industry leaders, opinion makers and agricultural a... 01/05/2008 15:22:36 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7314 Neil Parish MEP, chairman of the European Parliament's Agriculture Committee, and currently lead... 01/05/2008 15:20:59 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7313 The State Government says the results of a new report into northern Tasmanian rivers and streams are... 01/05/2008 15:20:36 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7312 A 12 year old boy died in a farming accident on a local Hutterite colony on Wednesday afternoon. ... 01/05/2008 15:18:46 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7311 Boom could turn to bust for Wales' organic producers, the sector has been warned. The amount ... 01/05/2008 15:18:10 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7310 Applying a fungicide early before Sclerotinia gets established will be an important approach this ye... 01/05/2008 10:40:37 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7309 With feed prices spiraling like never before and spring grass starting to benefit from increasing so... 01/05/2008 10:39:44 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7308 Defra's claim to be making significant progress towards its target of cutting agricultural red t... 01/05/2008 10:38:26 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7307 Potato growers need to be on the lookout for a wider range of aphid species to avoid spread of virus... 01/05/2008 10:34:42 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7306 With nearly 40% market share of this year's national sugar beet crop, sugar beet breeder Hillesh... 01/05/2008 10:32:13 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7305 There can be no justification for any continuation of price discrimination against older cattle, fol... 01/05/2008 10:31:34 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7304 Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones aka The Black Farmer is calling inner city dwellers with a hankering to try t... 01/05/2008 10:30:36 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7303 Defra Minister Joan Ruddock agreed to a CLA request to consider how it could be made easier for farm... 01/05/2008 10:29:52 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7302 Making his first foray into the exhibition arena, newcomer Gareth Hogg achieved immediate success wh... 01/05/2008 10:29:35 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7301 Around 100 rural experts and academics gathered at the University of Gloucestershire's Park Camp... 01/05/2008 10:21:28 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7300 Rural economy experts the CLA has welcomed the Competition Commission's recommendation to create... 01/05/2008 10:16:04 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7299 The Royal Agricultural Society of England is busy putting the finishing touches to this year's B... 01/05/2008 10:15:28 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7298 The airwaves are once again sizzling with the sound of Danish Bacon thanks to this year's highly... 01/05/2008 10:14:26 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7297 Newark & Nottinghamshire Agricultural Society's latest initiative, an Environment Village within... 01/05/2008 10:13:15 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7296 The BVA have welcomed Defra Secretary of Sate Hilary Benn's announcement on the arrival of the ... 01/05/2008 10:10:05 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7295 Scientific innovation and carbon stewardship on farms are the two subjects under discussion at the L... 01/05/2008 10:09:37 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7293 The late season oilseed rape fungicide Filan has been shown to produce an average extra yield of 0.2... 30/04/2008 14:51:42 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7294 The origin of the traditional molecatcher goes back hundreds of years. When they ravelled the length... 30/04/2008 14:48:07 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7292 As late season diseases in oilseed rape start to develop and require treatment, some growers are poi... 30/04/2008 09:24:42 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7290 A robust approach to potato blight control that alternates the best chemistry throughout the program... 30/04/2008 09:14:12 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7291 With the increased area for beans in the ground plus fewer pulse herbicides now available due to reg... 30/04/2008 09:14:01 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7289 The United States Department of Agriculture reports that the total value of broiler, egg, turkey, an... 29/04/2008 12:23:39 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7288 Farmers across Wales are today being urged to register for the bluetongue vaccine, before disease-ca... 29/04/2008 12:22:44 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7287 It appears farmers will be part of the Federal Government's future emissions trading scheme. ... 29/04/2008 12:21:36 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7286 Manure collected from poultry farms is richer, better and cheaper than fertilizer to all forms of cr... 29/04/2008 12:21:12 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7285 In the face of the soaring rice prices sparking protests and riots around the world, Japan's adv... 29/04/2008 12:18:48 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7284 A parish council has been accused of being "heartless" over its treatment of a farmer in a dispute o... 29/04/2008 12:17:57 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7283 A study looking at the carbon-footprint of a range of key consumer staples sold through Tesco has re... 29/04/2008 12:17:23 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7282 As farmers cope with drought and high operating costs, they are willing to look most anywhere for he... 29/04/2008 12:16:54 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7281 Chickens can form the ideal diversification for those looking for another enterprise to add to a liv... 29/04/2008 12:16:21 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7280 The CAP should not be dismantled and instead other economic blocks around the world should adopt its... 29/04/2008 12:15:28 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7279 Australia's government promised Tuesday to spend about $2.9 billion to buy river water from farm... 29/04/2008 12:14:30 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7278 At a time when many rural businesses are struggling to survive, Wiltshire Business of the Year Helen... 27/04/2008 22:00:18 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7272 Following a successful event last year, there will be another summer workshop show and sale for bre... 27/04/2008 21:52:29 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7277 The growing threat from African Horse Sickness (AHS) and West Nile Virus (WNV) will be discussed at ... 27/04/2008 21:52:25 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7276 The provincial government of Bohol has released P13.78 million as financial assistance for rice grow... 27/04/2008 21:51:46 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7275 Appropriation of agricultural land by the State for development has reduced the living standards of ... 27/04/2008 21:50:19 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7274 The Kyoto Protocol will hit the pockets of New Zealand food producers for little environmental benef... 27/04/2008 21:49:28 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7273 Until a few months ago, Booncherd Leekasem would never have been caught astride a muddy tractor or s... 27/04/2008 21:48:58 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7271 THE Farmers' Union of Wales has called on the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) to take urgent act... 24/04/2008 09:25:36 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7270 A group of European Union scientists has warned against a planned reduction in the number of pestici... 23/04/2008 13:59:03 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7269 Vietnam will limit pig exports to China from this week as it seeks to prevent a disease from spreadi... 23/04/2008 13:58:20 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7268 South Korea plans to slaughter at least 5.32 million birds to contain its latest outbreak of avian i... 23/04/2008 13:57:35 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7267 Food production will have to change radically to continue to feed the world in the face of climate c... 23/04/2008 13:57:09 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7266 PARIS (Reuters) - Poor policy decisions over the past two decades have combined to create the curren... 23/04/2008 13:56:00 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7265 Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap said that he is in favor of letting the price of rice sold by the g... 23/04/2008 13:55:31 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7264 Government should take action after a recent spate of attacks on farmers, the Transvaal Agricultural... 23/04/2008 13:55:01 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7263 China's commerce ministry on Thursday urged major oil firms to increase diesel supplies to meet ... 23/04/2008 13:54:41 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7262 Agriculture and Food Minister Sharad Pawar has appealed to the states to make the best use of the in... 23/04/2008 13:54:18 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7261 Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has been called upon to put more effort in agricultu... 23/04/2008 13:53:20 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7260 India's agriculture minister has rejected calls for additional debt cancellation for millions of... 23/04/2008 13:52:56 http://www.farminguk.com?show=newsArticle&id=7259 The Scottish government has rejected plans to build one of Europe's biggest onshore wind farms d... 23/04/2008 13:52:12