Written by John Swire
Opportunities for farmers in waste management are growing, with policy increasingly geared towards managing waste more efficiently.
According to Lucy Hopwood, speaking at Energy and Rural Business Show this March, there is more scope to use agricultural waste more effectively. “In the past waste has been dealt with by disposal, but over time, this is shifting significantly to recycling, reuse and ultimately, prevention.
“Anaerobic Digestion (AD) presents one of the...
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Written by John Swire
LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) is offering 60 farmers the chance to participate in pre-pilot trials looking at aspects of the Environmental Land Management Scheme (ELMS), that will pay Land Managers for delivering public goods under the 25 Year Environment Plan.
LEAF, which has nearly 30 years of experience in the development and promotion of sustainable farming delivered through Integrated Farm Management, has been asked by Defra to explore how training and...
Written by John Swire
A new UK-wide cattle and sheep industry group is to be created to speed up progress against endemic diseases and reputational challenges which are costing the cattle and sheep sectors at least £500 million per year.
An industry consultation* on creating the new group had a strong majority supporting the move in principle, with many believing it will accelerate work to control conditions like liver fluke, mastitis and lameness.
As a result, the new Ruminant Health and...
Written by John Swire
The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) has reacted to the report published by the Committee on Climate Change, which looks at the contribution of land-use towards achieving net zero carbon emissions.
Despite congratulating the committee for picking up on the unique issues impacting the tenanted sector of agriculture in playing its full part in achieving net zero. The TFA has criticised the Committee for its call for a 20% reduction in the consumption of beef, lamb and...
Written by John Swire
LEAF Education has released the first Farmer Time (formerly known as FaceTime a Farmer) Impacts Report. The report shares the achievements of the initiative, which links farms to schools via digital channels.
Since its inception in 2018, the initiative has gathered momentum and popularity, resulting in 437 teacher and farmer pairings across the UK. It enables pupils to regularly chat live to their matched farmer from their classrooms through FaceTime or Skype.
Last...
Written by Charlotte Cunningham
A new updated online nematicide training resource — completion of which is now a requirement to meet Red Tractor standards — is available for potato, sugar beet, carrot and parsnip growers who apply granular nematicides. Charlotte Cunningham reports. According to Patrick Mitton, chair of the Nematicide Stewardship Programme (NSP), the new streamlined training resource produced by ARTIS (the NIAB training platform) offers straightforward stewardship guidance...
Written by Agriland Team
A new network of “landscape leaders” is meeting for the first time to bring about positive environmental change in Scotland at the biggest possible scale.
The group, participating in a new Landscape Leadership programme, includes a mix of private landowners and managers, NGO and community trust land managers, who collectively manage over 80,000ac of land.
All have diverse aims for their landscapes, but are united in their desire to restore climate and nature for...
Written by John Swire
Organic Farmers & Growers (OF&G), the largest certifier of UK organic land has reacted to the new Agriculture Bill introduced to Parliament today (16 January 2020).
OF&G welcomes the direction of the legislation prioritising environmental enhancement but warns the prospect of trading arrangements allowing lower standards threatens to jeopardise the opportunities on offer in the new Bill.
“An Agriculture Bill that puts improving the environment at its core is to be...
Written by Rachel Martin
Applications are now open for the latest traunch of Northern Ireland’s Next Generation Development Forum.
Run by the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU), with the support of the Young Farmers’ Clubs of Ulster (YFCU), Next Generation was initially created in 2017 for farmers under the age of 40, to encourage them to become more involved with the union’s activities.
UFU president Ivor Ferguson said: “Our current committees are effective, but often they lack input from those...
Written by Agriland Team
Record levels of farm payments have been made in England across the Basic Payment, Countryside Stewardship and Environmental Stewardship schemes.
Almost 97% of eligible farmers received their 2019 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) money by January 20, significantly ahead of the June 2020 deadline.
The latest figures from the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) show that payments worth £1.69 billion were made to farmers by January 20.
It builds on a record December for the RPA...
Written by Rachel Martin
A landmark climate change report has recommended nature-based solutions such as tree planting, peatland restoration, and low-carbon farming practices among a range of options to reduce the UK’s carbon footprint.
The report ‘Land Use: Policies for a Net Zero UK’ was published by the Committee on Climate Change’s (CCC) today (January 23).
NFU president Minette Batters said she was “pleased” to see the report acknowledge that British farming produces some of the most...
Written by Agriland Team
Colostrum, otherwise known as ‘beestings’, is the most important feed a calf will get in its entire lifetime – as it contains vital antibodies to protect the calf against infections; many of which occur in early life.
This is according to Leonal Leal – ruminant researcher at Trouw Nutrition research and development in the Netherlands – who gave an interesting presentation on the topic of colostrum at the CAFRE, Dairy UK and the Ulster Farmers’ Union conference, on...
Written by Rachel Martin
The first sales update of 2019 shows that despite wall-to-wall coverage, ‘Veganuary’ has failed to impact the overall volumes for meat, fish and poultry sold in January.
The figures by Kantar Worldpanel cover the 12 weeks leading up to January 27 and compare sales year-on-year.
A spokesman for the retail analytics firm explained that although there is a lot of “positive healthy intent”, there was no big change in purchasing trends.
The month-long Veganuary social...
Written by Agriland Team
AGCO – the company behind the Massey Ferguson, Fendt, Valtra and Challenger agricultural machinery brands – has confirmed a further expansion of its Massey Ferguson manufacturing site in Beauvais, France.
The news was revealed yesterday, Monday, January 20, by Martin Richenhagen, chairman, president and CEO of AGCO at the Choose France summit, led by French President Emmanuel Macron.
The expansion is in line with AGCO’s intention to ramp up the site’s production...
Written by Agriland Team
Fluctuations in milk yield measured by milking robots can be used to breed cows that can cope well with problems, according to a new Dutch study.
Cows with less fluctuations are healthier, more resilient and live longer.
Researchers of Wageningen University & Research and CRV discovered that there are genetic differences between cows in the variability of their milk yield.
This discovery was made based on daily milk yield records of almost 200,000 cows.
Marieke...
Written by Agriland Team
Investigations are ongoing into the attempted theft of plant machinery in Co. Monaghan in the early hours of this morning, Wednesday, January 22, An Garda Síochána has confirmed.
In a brief statement on the matter, a Garda spokesperson said:
“Gardaí received reports of a number of males attempting to steal plant machinery from the rear of a premises in the Cornamuckglass area of Ballybay on Wednesday, January 22, at approximately 2:30am.
“Gardaí including members...
Climate mainstreaming the CAP in the EU budget: fact or fiction
Written by Alan Matthews
Climate mainstreaming of the EU budget was introduced in the Commission’s Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) proposal for the period 2014-2020 which first put forward the idea that “the optimal achievement of objectives in some policy areas – including climate action, environment, consumer policy, health and fundamental rights – depends on the mainstreaming of priorities into a range of instruments...
Written by Agriland Team
A new cattle and sheep industry group is set to be established in the UK, according to a statement from the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB).
The group will be established in an effort to “speed up progress against endemic diseases and reputational challenges which are costing the UK cattle and sheep sectors at least £500 million per year”.
According to the AHDB, an industry consultation on creating the new group had “a strong majority...
Written by Matt Hopkins
New policy settings and infrastructure upgrades are required for Australia’s agriculture technology sector to mature, according to the […]
The post Australia: Government Must Show More Leadership in Digital Agriculture, Farmers Group Warns appeared first on PrecisionAg.
Continue reading on the Precision Ag Website...
Written by Agriland Team
Farmers are urged to take extra care when working with slurry by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) as the closed period for spreading slurry comes to an end for northern counties at the end of the month.
Mixing slurry can be a particularly dangerous job as slurry gas is released very quickly, and in large quantities, as soon as the mixing starts.
First 30 minutes
The first 30 minutes are the most dangerous, so it is important for...
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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.