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Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland During emergency talks held yesterday (Monday, February 19), the Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) called for minister for rural affairs, Lesley Griffiths, to rethink Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) proposals. The union said the rethink of the...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/20/defra-officials-buried-analysis-dire-financial-prospects-hill-farmers-brexit-faming-payments-scheme

Defra officials buried analysis showing dire financial prospects for hill farmers Exclusive: FOI request reveals fears many would sell up if they saw assessment of post-Brexit farming payments scheme Government officials have buried an analysis of the financial prospects for some of the most...

Red Tractor Member Mailing Dear Red Tractor Member Independent review finds Red Tractor Governance is sound and no breach of procedure London, 19 February 2024: The NFU have today published Campbell Tickell’s independent review of Red Tractor Governance. Red Tractor Chair, Christine...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland “World-class” UK beef, dairy and lamb produce is being showcased at Gulfood, a food and drink trade show in Dubai. This is according to Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) senior halal manager, Dr Awal Fuseini, who said the...

Watch video using link at bottom of this post. Right at the end, talking about CEO of Red Tractor, if the job came available, Minette says "who would want that job if it did come up". Not only that, but Minette, who's known for being a big supporter of RT, says she wouldn't want the job either...

Hi, As part of my final year dissertation at Harper Adams, I am looking into Stakeholders perception of farm assurance schemes within the UK. If you are a farm owner/manager I would really appreciate if you could spare 5 minutes to answer my survey! Thank you in advance! :)...

Had a chat with 3 guys surveying an anglia water repair job. Decent blokes , but hell the rubbish they have to deal with to do a simple job is ridiculous. Air valve pissing water out . An engineer Lifting manager Another manager of some sort. These 3 were assessing job. I said easy...

The https://www.bfu.org.uk/ pushed for AHDB to do this piece of work. Project has now gone out to tender. Not sure what I think to the wording. Anyway, here it is.... https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/393981ef-6d21-4595-b149-0ce70cb1528e

https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/sack-the-board-if-you-sack-me-says-red-tractor-boss Can't say I disagree with him on that, fire the lot of them... Get some people in that care about the farmers they are supposed to be working for, not the supermarkets which they have decided to work for instead.

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Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The benefits of slurry separation were profiled at recent College of Agriculture Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) events, hosted to highlight the value of all animal manures. Research scientists at the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) have...

Evening all, Looking tentatively into the option of installing a rotary-screen separator to deal with sand-laden slurry. 150 cows, housed 5 months max. Having been successful in Round 1 of the slurry infrastructure grant, I have since been invited to modify my application to include items...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Institute of Auctioneers and Appraisers in Scotland (IAAS) has extended its relationship with ScotEID and Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) to make more Scottish mart pricing data available. This announcement follows contractual changes in England...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) is set to co-host a GrasscheckGB grass management workshop with a farming business next week. The workshop will take place on Thursday, February 22, 2024, at Penmaen Bach near Machynlleth. Richard...

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Something I’ve never done really, not sure where to start and what to record, we had our own ways of ear notching females and then picking the best to keep, occasionally ear tagging things such as twin females. As an example, we just scanned our moor ewes and picked up on a hogg that was bagged...

How's everyone getting on keeping sheep and cattle outside. Pretty biblical round here. Thinking will have to house the multiples for a month to give us half a chance of getting through to spring.

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Robotics specialist Bas van Santen has been appointed by ForFarmers to the role of robotic product manager. ForFarmers said van Santen’s appointment will further develop and strengthen its service to robotic customers. ForFarmers UK ruminant...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Managing crop nutrition is a nuanced subject at the best of times but add in net zero goals and it becomes a whole new ballgame. CPM explores how crop nutrition can go hand-in-hand with environmental goals. By Melanie Jenkins and Rob...