Written by Agriland Team
Spanish farmers have joined in the fight alongside the country’s authorities to tackle the spread of Covid-19 in the southern EU nation in recent days.
Spanish farmer representative organisation Asociatcion Agraria Jovenes Agricultores (ASAJA) has revealed that members of its branch in Salamanca have offered both their tractors and services to local authorities to help disinfect local streets and towns to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
Similar moves are...
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Written by Rachel Martin
The UK’s Pirbright Institute is to begin testing new coronavirus vaccines on animals to help combat the Covid-19 pandemic.
Working in collaboration with researchers at the University of Oxford and Public Health England, the team of scientists at Pirbright will begin testing new vaccines for their ability to induce protective antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for Covid-19.
Pirbright has a long history of research on livestock coronaviruses...
Response to calls for food rationing
Written by Defra Press Office
Photo credit: Getty Images
The Daily Telegraph has published a comment piece from Professor Dr John Ashton claiming food rationing in the UK is ‘inevitable’ because of a need for further government intervention in the food supply chain. Additionally there is coverage in the Daily Express and MailOnline of comments from Professor Bryce Evans of Liverpool Hope University who also claims food rationing is likely.
As the...
Written by Rachel Martin
Growers in Northern Ireland have been granted a derogation to the crop diversification requirement of the Basic Payment Scheme for 2020.
DAERA Minister, Edwin Poots MLA announced his intention to bring forward a derogation for the requirement, which is commonly known as the three-crop rule today (March 26).
Figures released earlier this month by the Met Office showed February 2020 was the wettest on record for Northern Ireland.
The provisional figures showed...
Written by Rachel Martin
Arla Foods has announced it will hold on-account prices for conventional and organic milk for April 2020.
However, a slight quarterly currency adjustment which will knock 0.15p/L off the UK price.
When applied to the UK manufacturing price, Arla’s will pay 30.79p/L for conventional milk and 39.83p/L for organic from April 1.
Arla Foods amba board director and farmer-owner Arthur Fearnall said: “The entire global economy is overshadowed by the effects of the...
Written by Rachel Martin
Farmers have been asked to do what they can to protect agricultural contractors as UK Government implements stricter ‘stay at home’ measures to slow the spread of Covid-19.
Agricultural contractors are listed as ‘key workers’ that are exempt from being at home due to their line of work.
However, the nature of their job – visiting multiple farmers at several locations on a weekly basis – puts them in a vulnerable position.
Issuing the advice, Ulster Farmers’ Union...
Written by Agriland Team
Tillage farmers are out in force across the country. The past few days have provided great opportunities for all jobs to be carried out in many regions, while some ground will take longer to dry out.
One job that is essential at this time of the year is calibrating the seed drill. The seed drill should be calibrated between different crops, varieties, seed batches and seed dressings.
In this short video, AgriLand talks through the process step-by-step with Derek...
Written by Rachel Martin
A farmer in Peak District has appealed for the UK to enter a total lockdown after he was reportedly punched and kicked on Sunday (March 22) by a walker he told to “go home”.
A post circulating widely on Facebook claimed the Derbyshire farmer was spraying gate handles on his farm with disinfectant when the incident happened.
The post, which was shared more than 1,600 times at the time of publication, read: “Shared from a local farmer two villages away: “I am a...
Written by John Swire
Team members at Moy Park’s plant in Seagoe in Portadown have walked out in protest over concerns about health and safety measures during the coronavirus outbreak, including complaints that social distancing of two metres between staff was not being rigorously enforced.
Sean McKeever, Unite the Union’s regional officer said: “Unite attempted to secure commitments to ensure a minimum two metre social distancing between workers and other measures to enable infection...
New Green Kids on the Block
Double win for new Razorback Residue Management System
Debuting its striking green livery for the first time at LAMMA, Razorback has seen a noticeable expansion in its range over the last 12 months, including the addition of an award-winning residue management system.
Razorbacks evolution over a relatively short period has seen its family of products grow from a single reach mower to a full range of reach, rotary and flail mowing solutions.
Dont be fooled...
Range expands with new launches at LAMMA 2020
LAMMA 2020 will see the launch of the new telescopic Auto-Level 680 reach mower alongside a new range of flail mowers and flail reach head on stand 19.340.
The new additions to the current range will expand the manufacturers offering with the entire Razorback range synonymous with high quality design and build thanks to the decades of combined industry knowledge of their experienced R&D, sales and service teams.
New Telescopic Auto-Level 680...
Gold Arable Innovation Award at LAMMA 2020
New Stubble Management Tool takes Gold at LAMMA Innovation Awards – Arable
Making its debut at LAMMA, the RT500 rotary mower and RH500 residue harrow combination has impressed judges to win the Arable Category of the LAMMA Innovation Awards. Recognised for its ability to tackle crop residue and for its potential to reduce slug populations and pesticide use whilst promoting stale seed development.
With a cutting width of five metres, the...
Razorback launch new range of flail mowers at Saltex 2019
British manufacturer, Razorback Ltd, headed by Martin Lole, a well-known industry figure with a proven track record in engineering innovative solutions, exhibits their range of vegetation management equipment at Saltex 2019. Alongside the manufacturers Auto-Level 550 reach mower and RT 500 wing mower the company will be launching their new range of flail mowers on stand G193.
The new additions to the current range will expand the...
Written by Rachel Martin
UK veterinary practices will offer emergency care only as measures ramp up against the Covid-19 pandemic.
In a joint statement, the British Veterinary Association (BVA) and Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) statement announced how changes would affect veterinary work during the Covid-19 lockdown.
In a statement, the bodies said: “On Monday evening BVA and the RCVS moved quickly to determine what the [lockdown] announcement would mean for veterinary care...
Climate measures in agriculture
Written by Alan Matthews
The need and opportunities to accelerate the reduction in agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have been underlined in a number of recent reports (see, for example, the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land (2018) or the IEEP report Net-Zero Agriculture in 2050: How to Get There (2019)). Following a period from 1990 to 2011 with a steady decrease in EU agricultural emissions amounting to 22% in total, these emissions...
Written by Agriland Team
JCB is suspending UK production until “at least” the end of April as a result of the Covid-19 crisis – and has pledged to continue to pay employees unable to work.
The company said today, Wednesday, March 25, that the vast majority of JCB’s 6,500 workforce in the UK will now be asked to stop working until at least the end of April. The firm said in a statement that, during this period, all affected JCB employees will be paid 80% of their basic pay.
The firm added...
New chapter for Fendt 300 series
As Fendt readies the all-new 300 series, mid horsepower tractor range, John Swire speaks to a farmer in Cornwall about his experience with the outgoing 312 model.
Terence Martyn, a farmer and contractor in Cornwall, took delivery of his Fendt 312 Profi in July 2019. It is my first Fendt, Ive always been a John Deere man but this 312 has really impressed me, he says. The 312 was supplied to Mr Martyns family business, T & VA Martyn and Son which has traded...
New Fendt forager combines power and comfort
The new Fendt Katana 650 self-propelled forage harvester is now available to order following its UK launch at LAMMA and world debut at Agritechnica. The 650 replaces the outgoing 65, has a price tag of £418,263 and will be available to test in the summer of 2020 for delivery in 2021.
The new model offers a balance of power and efficiency to give farmers and contractors operational savings and efficiencies. “The combination of power...
New grassland machinery designed for undulating land
Fendt is launching new grassland machinery including the front mounted Slicer FQ mower and a range of tedders including the 770, 1020 T and 1250 T.
The new mower is suspended on a frame which provides more flexible movement making it better suited to undulating land. Aimed at farmers and contractors looking to cut grass with precision, the Slicer FQ is available in the UK from spring 2020 and orders have already been placed. “This is an...
Fendt leads the DLG-ImageBarometer again in 2019
Every year, 700 German farmers take part in the DLG-ImageBarometer phone survey, to assess the strength of various agricultural brands. Respondents can award a manufacturer up to 25 points in 4 different sub-categories.
With 59 points, Fendt ranks first in the DLG-ImageBarometer ratings. "Agricultural technology seems to paint a familiar picture – despite a somewhat slimmer lead, but Fendt is out in front, ahead of Claas and John Deere,"...
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Tractor Chat #01 - with Direct Driller Magazine Farmer Focus writer Phil Rowbottom
Discussing direct drilling wheat, Oil seed rape growing in the UK, Fendt 724 tractor and his Sky Easy Drill.
Discussing direct drilling wheat, Oil seed rape growing in the UK, Fendt 724 tractor and his Sky Easy Drill.