Meeting demand for seasonal workers throughout the harvest season
Written by Defra Press Office
Strawberry - Karen Jackson
There has been coverage in the Financial Times this morning of the recruitment push needed to enlist the tens of thousands of workers necessary to bring this year’s harvest home. While the piece claims that time is “running out”, there are actually several weeks to go before many farmers and growers need workers to help with the harvest, and we’ve seen an...
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Written by Matt Hopkins
Undoubtedly, the agriculture industry will become even more important these next few decades. Yet, the global farming sector […]
The post In the Face of a Global Farming Crisis, Taiwan’s Tano Security is Helping to Solve the World Bank’s Agriculture Challenges appeared first on PrecisionAg.
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Written by Agriland Team
The European Dairy Association (EDA) has lodged a formal complaint to the European Commission in response to a decision by the Polish government to “name and shame” plants that are importing dairy produce from abroad.
The move – backed by the Polish government – is designed to encourage “economic patriotism” as the country grapples with the consequences of Covid-19.
However, for the EDA, the development raises significant issues in terms of defending some of the...
Cover crops improve spring drilling conditions
Early season trial results show the benefits that cover crops have on spring drilling conditions and overall soil health.
The trial is part of Agrovista’s Project Lamport site – a replicated research project that investigates the impact of cultivations, compaction and cover crops on soil structure, organic matter and microbiology, and blackgrass populations.
Although official trial work for 2020 has only recently commenced, the visible...
Written by John Swire
Farmers in Great Britain buying Volac-manufactured calf milk replacer can claim two free bags of product with every pallet purchased during May, June and July 2020.
The British family-owned company has asked its merchant partner distributors to support this free product offer as a practical way of supporting local calf rearers during the on-going coronavirus crisis.
“We hope that this industry support initiative will help to relieve some of the financial pressure...
Written by Matt Hopkins
A recent survey from the Agricultural Data Coalition (ADC) provides insights into where farmers anticipate their data usage trending in the next three to five years.
The post ADC Study Reveals Future Trends in Ag Data Sharing, Storage appeared first on PrecisionAg.
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Written by John Swire
Distributor launches online presence for new agricultural division
Reesink UK’s recently launched Agriculture division has a new online presence, providing more contact options alongside its existing social media channels. With reesinkagriculture.co.uk, it marks the award-winning turfcare distributor’s expansion into this new market and introduces the brands it’s proud to be working with.
From the intuitive, easy to operate Farmtrac compact tractor range to the...
Written by Rachel Martin
Former NFU president Tim Bennett has been appointed as the new chairman of the Organic Research Centre (ORC) Council of Management.
Bennett’s appointment follows the planned retirement of long-standing chairman Mike Turnbull.
Turnbull spent the past eight years both as a trustee and chairman of ORC, the UK’s leading independent research centre for organic food production and land management solutions.
His successor Tim Bennett brings more than 40 years of...
Written by Agriland Team
The first dairy farmers could trace back as far as 7,000 years, according to a study tracked the shift from hunter-gatherer lifestyles to early farming in prehistoric Europe over a period of around 1,500 years.
An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of York, analysed the molecular remains of food left in pottery used by the first farmers who settled along the Atlantic Coast of Europe from 7,000 to 6,000 years ago.
The researchers...
Written by Iain Hoey
Farmers who are considering applications for the Countryside Stewardship Mid-Tier agreement, which could help fill a cashflow hole as BPS payments start to dwindle, and can offer a lifeline to farms hit by Covid-19 crisis and feeling impact of wet autumn and winter, have until July 31 to apply for the grant,
The closing date for farmers planning to apply for schemes starting in 2021 is July 31, the first payments from which are expected to be made in December 2021...
Written by Iain Hoey
A major £1.2 million national consumer campaign encouraging consumers to “Make It” with beef has being launched by AHDB, Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) and Hybu Cig Cymru (HCC).
The campaign, which aims to inspire consumers to create restaurant-style meals in the comfort of their own home using a variety of high-quality hindquarter cuts, will run for 12 weeks across TV, video on demand, radio and social media.
It will be supported with ‘how to’ videos and cooking tips...
Written by Charlotte Cunningham
A number of leading manufacturers have announced a return to production after COVID-19 pressures forced many to shut up shop. Charlotte Cunningham reports. Announcements this week from manufacturers such as Fendt, Sulky and BKT have seen many restart production after closing due to pressures from the Coronavirus outbreak. According to Fendt, this is now possible because important suppliers in Europe and worldwide are now delivering parts again on schedule and...
Written by John Swire
Deep Science Ventures (DSV) and the University of Edinburgh are launching today the Food & Agriculture Science Transformer (FAST), an ambitious programme creating the first venture studio in Scotland.
The FAST programme brings together DSV’s market-led approach to creating science companies, and the Roslin Institute’s world-leading expertise and facilities across genomics, veterinary biosciences, biotechnology and agriculture. Each year the partnership will launch...
Written by Rachel Martin
More than 2,230 letters have been written to nearly 400 MPs as part of an NFU campaign calling for urgent help for the UK’s dairy industry.
The almost complete closure of foodservice and hospitality outlets as the coronavirus pandemic continues has meant the loss of a market for around eight million litres of milk every week.
Already, a quarter of all dairy farmers in England and Wales say they have been hit financially as a result.
The NFU is calling for MPs to...
Written by Agriland Team
The EU and Mexico have concluded the last outstanding element of the negotiation of their new trade agreement.
Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan and Mexican Minister of Economy Graciela Márquez Colín – in a phone call yesterday, Tuesday, April 28 – agreed on the exact scope of the reciprocal opening of public procurement markets and a high level of predictability and transparency in public procurement processes.
With this, the EU and Mexico can advance to the...
Written by Agriland Team
US President Donald Trump has signed an order that will keep meat and poultry processing facilities open during the Covid-19 outbreak there.
Commenting on this development, the US secretary of agriculture, Sonny Perdue, said: “I thank President Trump for signing this executive order and recognising the importance of keeping our food supply chain safe, secure and plentiful.
“Maintaining the health and safety of these heroic employees in order to ensure that these...
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The NFU is seeking urgent discussions with Defra about the future of oilseed rape (OSR) in Britain.
OSR is a key ingredient for many products, from rapeseed oil and margarine to mayonnaise to salad dressings, making it a valuable crop for Britain.
It is also an important break crop in the UK’s arable rotation with many benefits including helping to increase organic matter in soils, alongside providing a key source of sustenance for pollinators.
However, the ban...
Written by Jamie Day
Cawood Scientific, the UK’s largest independent supplier of analytic services to the land-based sector through brands including NRM Laboratories, Sciantec and Sci-tech, has appointed two new directors as Nigel Patrick and Linda Radnor step down from operational duties. Simon Parrington joins the company as managing director. Mr Parrington has spent the last 24 years at […]
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Written by Jamie Day
Fram Farmers, the Suffolk-based farm inputs and crop marketing co-operative, is to launch a new business services division headed up by a former AF Group executive. The company has recruited Daniel Cox to develop and launch the business services division which will cover energy management and renewables; environmental land management scheme consultancy; and business planning […]
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Written by Jamie Day
The Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF) is asking producers and their advisers affected by the COVID-19 milk crisis to submit an online daily account of their losses. The move follows a roundtable meeting with Defra last week, where officials requested “accurate and credible supportive data” to back up the industry’s claims for government […]
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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.