Written by William Kellett from Agriland
Holstein UK has announced the names of the six passionate and talented Holstein Young Breeders who have been selected to represent the UK at the European Young Breeders School (EYBS) in Battice, Belgium this summer.
EYBS will take place from August 31 until September 4 and the event attracts around 120 young breeders from up to 25 different countries.
Established in 1999, the school aims to educate dairy enthusiasts aged between 13 to 25 years...
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Written by William Kellett from Agriland
26 pupils and their teachers from six Northern Irish schools were in Belgium this week for a farm to fork study tour with ABP.
The three-day trip is part of their skills development experience as finalists in the 2022 ABP Angus Youth Challenge.
The tour commenced at ABP Newry and then moved on to Lismullin cookery school in Navan, Co. Meath.
There the teenagers learnt about the skills involved in butchery from Kettyle Irish Foods and got to cook...
Written by Charlotte Cunningham from CPM Magazine
As the hunger for knowledge about a more sustainable way to farm grows, this year’s Groundswell (22-23 June 2022) looks set to be bigger and better than ever. CPM previews the event. The core values are knowledge transfer and industry-wide collaboration. By Charlotte Cunningham When the first Groundswell event took place in 2016, there are few who could have predicted just how influential and special the gathering would become. Now, seven...
Written by William Kellett from Agriland
Trade figures for the first four months of 2022, analysed in the latest monthly market bulletin by Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) show exports of lamb and beef from the UK increasing.
For the period from January to April this year, the volume of beef and veal exports have increased to 42,500t, up 57% against the same period in 2021. 24,500t of sheep meat was exported from the UK in the year to date, up 24.5%.
The figures follow on...
Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland
Advances in spreading accuracy had, up until this spring, been largely ignored, despite companies like Sulky putting tremendous efforts into improving the situation.
The hike in prices earlier this year has certainly awoken farming from its torpor and dealerships throughout Ireland report a surge in interest for machines that are ISOBUS-enabled and are capable of working with GPS systems.
Setting spread width
The chief route to ensuring more...
Written by Megan O'Brien from Agriland
Hendrix Genetics is to partner with Australia’s national science agency to explore sex sorting technology at the point of lay in the poultry and egg laying industry.
Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), has developed technology which can identify eggs containing male embryos before they are incubated and hatched.
This discovery represents a significant breakthrough as research into a sustainable solution...
Written by William Kellett from Agriland
Northern Ireland Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Edwin Poots, has announced that 28 organisations are set to benefit from £4 million to help deliver key environmental projects.
The minister said that thanks to the Environment Fund, 47 projects including nature-rich trails, coastline protection and restoration of peatlands will now go ahead.
He made the announcement during a visit to Mourne Park, which was recently purchased...
Written by Michelle Martin from Agriland
A Somerset farmer has been fined for causing unpermitted discharge of slurry into the River Frome, after he pleaded guilty at North Somerset Magistrates Court on Tuesday (June 28).
Michael Aylesbury, director of Cross Keys Farms Ltd., has been ordered to pay more that £25,000 for the pollution, which turned the river brown and smelly in August 2020 and killed more than 120 adult fish, including many large pike, roach and chub.
The pollution came...
Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland
Valtra has responded to the relentless increase in tractor power and specific demands of different agricultural sectors by introducing a further series of machines, which they have designated the ‘Q’ series.
The new tractors fill a long present gap in Valtra’s range
There was, admittedly, something of a gap between the T and S series tractors, the former topping out at 235hp and the latter stepping in at 300hp; this gap is now well and truly...
Country diary: Make hay while the sun shines? That can be tricky in Cumbria
Written by Andrea Meanwell from the Guardian
Tebay, Cumbria: Getting the grass cut, baled and stored in the barn is one of the biggest and most important jobs of the year
At least three days of hot, sunny weather are needed to make hay, and good weather is often in short supply in Cumbria. We had been watching our weather apps avidly, and a window appeared. The grass had grown long enough to make hay, the seed had...
Written by William Kellett from Agriland
Spiraling costs are forcing Britain’s farmers to make significant changes to their food production plans, with some facing the prospect of going out of business, according to a new survey of farmers’ intentions by the National Farmers’ Union (NFU).
The survey reveals that a third of arable farmers have made changes to their cropping plans in the last four months, which 90% of growers attribute to rocketing fertiliser costs.
The survey also...
Apply for the Sustainable Farming Incentive
Written by The Team
The Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) is now open for applications via the Rural Payments service.
Through the SFI, farmers will be paid for looking after the natural environment in the course of their farming.
This initial offer will pay farmers for taking care of their soil or assessing the condition of moorland.
In future, we’ll add more actions that farmers can get paid to take.
Get ready to apply
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Written by William Kellett from Agriland
One of the latest farms on the market from Savills is New Keig & Kinstair Farms, an extensive holding centred around an established grain seed processing and storage facility in the Donside region of Aberdeenshire.
The New Keig & Kinstair Farms comprise five named agricultural units which are farmed as a single extensive arable enterprise alongside a custom-built grain processing and storage facility, currently handling circa 4,000t of seed per...
Written by Michelle Martin from Agriland
The Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) has today (Thursday, June 30) opened for applications in England.
It is available to all farmers who currently receive Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) payments, though it will eventually be open to all farmers.
For those with no other agri-environment agreements, they’ll be able to apply online straight away; for everyone else, they’ll be asked to let the Rural Payment Agency (RPA) know they want to apply and...
Written by Michelle Martin from Agriland
A consultation on a proposal to introduce a compulsory scheme to eradicate Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) in Wales has been launched today (Thursday, June 30) and will remain open for responses until August 15.
The scheme proposed would require cattle keepers to test their herds annually for BVD and to take steps to isolate persistently infected (PI) animals, which spread the disease.
The overall aim of the scheme is to remove PI animals from Welsh...
Rea Valley Tractors, the West-Midlands and mid-Wales farm machinery business, will become a New Holland dealer from 1st November 2022, while continuing to supply products from JCB, Kuhn and a number of other leading manufacturers.
The appointment as a New Holland dealer for agricultural tractors and harvest machinery throughout Shropshire, part of Staffordshire, Cheshire, part of Lancashire, mid and North Wales, marks a significant change for Rea Valley Tractors, which currently operates...
UK escalates support for global marine environment at UN Ocean Conference
Written by Defra Press Office
New initiatives announced by the UK Government at the UN Ocean Conference this week to progress our mission to protect at least 30% of the global ocean by 2030 have received coverage in outlets including the Independent, Evening Standard and Business Green.
The government’s ambitious £500 million Blue Planet Fund is already supporting developing countries and vulnerable coastal...
Written by William Kellett from Agriland
NFU Scotland is urging farmers and crofters to apply to Police Scotland now for an agricultural dispensation for wide vehicle movements ahead of harvest.
The scheme, which NFU Scotland agreed with Police Scotland following extensive discussions, means that members with wide vehicles can apply for a dispensation to avoid having to notify police for each individual movement.
Abnormal load dispensations are required if a vehicle and implement is...
Bee industry confident varroa mite can be contained after 600 hives destroyed in NSW
Written by Natasha May and Australian Associated Press from the Guardian
Producers and apiarists remain concerned about future almond harvest and potential for mites to carry deformed wing virus
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As 600 beehives were destroyed in New South Wales, the industry remained confident the varroa mite incursion could be contained, even as the...
Written by Michelle Martin from Agriland
International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan has today (Thursday, June 30) announced plans to resolve around 100 trade barriers, including those in China and South Korea in relation to UK lamb and beef.
In total, the opportunities she aims to unlock are worth more than £20 billion, and the markets in China and South Korea around £4 billion/year.
£2.5 billion of this would come from removing restrictions on UK beef, for the first time, in...
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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.