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  1. C

    £5 coffee

    Up early, long drive yesterday so half-way I swung in to a midlands services treat myself to a takeaway coffee. As I picked up my major chain standard-size latte, I raised an eyebrow as the smiling attendant greeted me with "Anything else? Okay, that'll be just £4.40, please". Surprised, I...
  2. Agriland RSS

    Suffolk: 1,700ac Glemham Hall Estate enters the market

    Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Glemham Hall Estate in Suffolk, which sites on 1,763ac, has entered the market through Strutt & Parker’s estates and farms department. The site includes sporting and farming estate, as well as almost 200ac of Grade II listed parkland. The...
  3. Agriland RSS

    Alltech appoints new chief regulatory officer

    Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland Dr. Colm Moran has been appointed chief regulatory officer at Alltech, a global agri-business with more than 5,000 staff and customers in over 120 countries. Moran has worked with Alltech for more than 20 years, most recently serving as director of...
  4. Mythoughts

    Food security is a silly argument…

    Perception and perspective are very different things. Generally individuals and old farmers see food security as an existential threat eg if we had a major war (see WW2) and we struggle to have enough food in the UK. Retailers and governments see food security along the lines of “are the supply...
  5. Grass And Grain

    FG Interview with Minette about Red Tractor

    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...
  6. N

    Public education is key to better policy

    We watch how farmers and livestock operators are treated in Europe and particularly the EU and it just makes me shake my head. I don't get how people can attack the very place their food comes from. Sadly, we aren't far behind in the U.S. and headed down the wrong track at a good speed. I...
  7. Bigsingle

    Welsh Sustainable Farming Scheme AND Protests

    This is the number someone has come up with for the Welsh government for losses down to the new agriculture policy. Great news. Not.
  8. spin cycle

    feck me...they've won

    EU backtracks on net zero..... where does this leave our shambolic 'union' after they signed us up🙄
  9. Panicnow

    Would a "Growing strike" work?

    With the DEFRA payments for not growing crops being a better risk-reward than growing crops. Should we seek to get EVERY ARABLE FARMER to declare they are going 100% into "Herbal Lays" etc. and 0% into combinable crops. (Maybe 0% feed crops, as I know many farmers are a bit workaholic) We could...
  10. Bald Rick

    Protests: what do YOU want?

    I see there appears to be some momentum to protest but @delilah is right... what are YOU going to protest about? I suspect we all want something different as we are often divergent from each other even within each sector. If I was in Cardiff with a banner, it would be focused on the dash to net...
  11. banjo

    Is the west agricultural industry being run by an academic led doomsday cult ?

    Personally I think the agricultural industry in the uk and other western countries is being run by an academic led doomsday cult. The brainwashed individuals in positions of power everywhere are being led by anti meat eating and climate change snake oil salesmen that have no business deciding...
  12. B

    Hyster Fork Truck non runner

    Contact Beermats Brewing Co - Newark 01636 639004
  13. Agriland RSS

    Tillage: What’s new on the AHDB recommended lists?

    Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) is currently listing six new malting barley varieties. All are under evaluation by the organisation’s Malting Barley Committee (MBC) – three for brewing only, two for brewing and malt...
  14. Still Farming

    Cough

  15. CPM RSS

    Spring cropping: Spring saviours?

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF With wet weather hammering autumn-sown crops and ground travel remaining limited, spring planting may seem more appealing than ever. CPM looks at different options. By Janine Adamson and Rob Jones The Met Office first started naming...
  16. CPM RSS

    AHDB Recommended List: Ring the changes

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF It’s that time of year again – Christmas is fast approaching and therefore AHDB releases the latest iteration of its Recommended List for cereals and oilseeds. CPM reviews the changes including a BYDV-tolerant six-row hybrid winter barley...
  17. Agriland RSS

    AHDB: New Recommended Lists of cereals varieties

    Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has just published the online edition of its Recommended Lists (RL) of cereal and oilseed rape varieties for 2024/2025. They feature shorter lists for most major crops. Specifically included...
  18. CPM RSS

    RL and DL highlights from Senova

    Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine A new soft milling Group 3 winter wheat for the North and two new spring barley varieties with potential for malting have been added to the AHDB Recommended List 2024/25 from Senova. Winter wheat Almara, which comes onto the RL with a recommendation...
  19. CPM RSS

    Streamlined Recommended List

    Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine AHDB has today (27 November) launched the online edition of the Recommended Lists for cereals and oilseeds 2024/25. With fewer new varieties added than in recent years, the latest edition has shorter lists for most major crops. However, highlights...
  20. Punch

    Reply to Professor Richard Barker

    Anybody else see this letter in the Telegraph today? it finishes with the numbers do not add up. Well they are certainly misleading :mad:
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