Written by Tom Allen-Stevens from CPM Magazine
With voting now underway for CPM Climate Change Champions 2022, we take a look back at last year’s round table event, that took place on 3 November 2021. Some of the finest farmers in the country reveal the secrets of their soils and how they’re helping to save the planet. By Tom Allen-Stevens Congratulations to Doug Wanstall of J Wanstall & Sons, Kent, who was voted 2021 Climate Change Champion of the Year. Doug Wanstall J Wanstall & Sons...
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Written by Michelle Martin from Agriland
The Aireburn herd from Skipton, North Yorkshire has been named the winner of this year’s Holstein UK Premier Herd Award.
The herd was established by George Moorhouse in 1968 and has remained in the family ever since; the award was presented to Brian and Judith Moorhouse at UK Dairy Day yesterday (Wednesday, September 14).
National Premier Herd judge, and 2021 winner, Max Davis said that the Aireburn herd, which currently has 97 animals classified...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
Alliance party politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Northern Ireland (MLA) John Blair has said that while poverty and social isolation exist in both urban and rural areas, those in rural areas will be hit harder by the cost-of-living crisis.
Blair said that those living in rural areas face issues that those in urban areas do not, for example geographical isolation; lower population density; reduced public services; and the...
Written by Megan O'Brien from Agriland
Researchers around the EU have been studying how sampling saliva from piglets and sows could help farmers to target treatments and reduce anti-microbial resistance among pigs.
The study which is being carried out by researchers at Teagasc, the University of Murcia and the University of Lyon, is focused on how piglet’s rapidly learn to become independent from the sow in the early stages of life. However, it is doing this through a non-invasive approach...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
Nestlé has announced that it is exploring emerging technologies for the development of animal-free dairy protein-based products.
The company said that this move complements investments it has made in plant-based meat and dairy alternative offerings over the years.
These products, it said, are developed “to meet the growing consumer demand for nutritious, more environmentally friendly diets that also taste great”.
Heike Steiling, head of...
Bought-in feed prices are soaring and this coupled with variable maize yields up and down the country, means that the value of forage in the clamp is going to be higher than ever. That applies to maize just as much as grass silage and it is vital to take steps to preserve its quality and reduce waste, all the way through from harvest to feed-out.
Alongside the use of a silage inoculant, attention to detail at every stage of the process is key to yield the greatest benefits.
Harvest...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
Crowds of activists rallied by the Animal Justice Project (AJP) are outside the UK Dairy Day venue in Telford today (Wednesday, September 14) to protest the effect of dairy production on climate change.
The activists have been out with large banners and cow head-shaped placards at the UK Dairy Day venue since 8.00a.m this morning.
They are protesting the event, citing concerns that dairy production has a considerable effect on climate change...
Higher maize growing costs coupled with a potential shortfall in silage quantity and quality due to drought conditions, means producers must apply particular care when harvesting these valuable crops this autumn.
“It’s not been a typical season for maize. Record breaking heatwaves have resulted in droughts across the south and east of the UK and we are seeing a lot of stunted and stressed maize crops from East Midlands down to Cornwall.
“By contrast, maize crops in northern regions...
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland
Arla is about to introduce what it regards as a ‘green’, farmgate pricing system. And you may well ask – so what?
But if it is even half as fundamental as many people are currently surmising, the knock-on effect for Irish dairy could be ‘earth shattering’.
The pan-European dairy processor indicated some weeks ago that it is about to launch a new farm price structure, one that will fully reward the principles associated with sustainable milk...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
UK Dairy Day, an annual one-day event for the dairy sector, kicks off tomorrow (Wednesday, September 14) at the International Centre in Telford, Shropshire.
The event, which runs from 8:00a.m to 5:30p.m, is for anybody connected to the dairy industry as it provides an opportunity to network, share knowledge, learn and conduct business.
Numerous trade stands across the extensive internal and external exhibition areas at the event will be...
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Download PDF Ryegrass is the hot topic at the moment and it’s proving to be an even more difficult beast to tame than blackgrass. CPM finds out why alarm bells are ringing. For a grassweed population of 300 heads/m2, blackgrass would produce 30,000 seeds whereas Italian ryegrass produces 88,500 seeds. By Lucy de la Pasture ADAS weed scientist Dr Sarah Cook is quite emphatic in answering that question. “Italian ryegrass makes blackgrass look like a pussycat...
A Somerset organic farm has enjoyed its best-ever harvest this summer, thanks to a robust and bountiful wheat blend that suits its system, saves on labour and boots yields.
Ever since Richard Hollingbery bought Godminster Farm, in Bruton, he has pursued fully organic principles to the land and the livestock, with projects for woodland creation, to benefit wildlife too.
Godminster’s Organic Farm Manager, Pete Cheek, said: “We tried our first (hard) wheat blend - Apex, with 50% Nelson and...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
A man from North Yorkshire has been issued a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) for poaching offences on private farmland in Normanby, Ryedale earlier this year.
This makes 32-year-old Ryan Thomas Spence from Redcar and Cleveland the first offender in North Yorkshire to be given a CBO for poaching offences.
A CBO is an order designed to tackle persistent anti-social behaviour in individuals. This CBO prevents Spence from:
Trespassing on any...
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Download PDF With the use of agricultural inputs under increased scrutiny, standard approaches to crop nutrition are being supplemented by helping the plant to, literally, help itself. CPM finds out how biological technologies are achieving this. Research shows that nitrogen use efficiency and phosphate use efficiency are intrinsically linked, a small change in one can give a big change in the other. By Lucy de la Pasture The 2022 season has sat growers back...
The NFU will hold a half-day conference on regenerative farming at the Midlands Machinery Show on 16 November.
The ‘mini conference’ is aimed at farmers who want to find out more about what regenerative farming is, beyond the buzz word. It will include sessions that outline regenerative farming practices; examine the impact of practices on businesses’ bottom lines; and talks from farmers already employing regenerative farming.
“I am delighted to be chairing the East Midlands NFU...
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Download PDF It’s easy to keep on doing the same thing but could alternative nutritional products have advantages beyond just feeding the crop, CPM takes a closer look. It’s not just about providing nutrition, we encourage people to use more organic matter, and then use products and management tools which makes it possible to utilise plant-friendly nutrition. By Rob Jones After the driest summer in nearly 50 years and a drought declared across the majority...
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Download PDF If you don’t know why you’re doing something, then you really don’t know the answer. That’s a rule Pat Thornton has in his business and CPM visits his farm in Yorkshire to find out the ‘why’ behind his adoption of new digital technologies. I’m no teenager but I’m not a luddite By Lucy de la Pasture and Melanie Jenkins Low Melwood Farm is low lying at just 8m above sea level. Situated in Owston Ferry, near Doncaster, the only grassland on the...
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Download PDF Advice on barley yellow dwarf virus control has been crying out for an update. Outcomes of an ongoing AHDB-funded project looks set to help cereal growers manage the disease in a more economic and environmentally sensitive way. CPM reports. If we use more of these sprays – which is almost guaranteed – then it increases the pressure for resistance. By Adam Clarke Growers are now reliant on one insecticide group to control aphids that transmit...
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Download PDF As input costs remain high, precise application of fertilisers and using soil sampling data to guide rates will be essential for maintaining efficiency. CPM explores current attitudes towards testing and application regimes. Farming is very much about de-risking the opportunity to fail. By Charlotte Cunningham With record-high fertiliser prices this season, many growers are taking a more precise approach to managing crop inputs to ensure every...
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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.