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Get ready for the Pigouvian tax, I've warned before about how fast the artificial meat business is developing. Most peole don't seem to have a clue as to how things are going to change (I'm just the messenger - don't shout at me.) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58032552

Written by John Swire from Farm Business Following their first full season of diquat free desiccation, and potentially armed with greater knowledge gleaned from “real” non-trial conditions without a diquat safety net, many potato growers should now have an even better understanding of what it...

@Clive can you tell us some more about it? How does it work?

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland The Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB) has today (Tuesday, June 29) announced the launch of its global sustainability goals – commitments to advance and improve the sustainability of the global beef value chain. Covering climate, land use and...

Written by John Swire A network of temperature and humidity monitors, installed by Cargill in cow sheds across the UK this summer, has recorded heat stress conditions in all regions in the first two weeks of June and highlighted levels that could affect cow fertility and milk production...

https://www.jns.org/5000-burgers-a-day-worlds-first-cultured-meat-production-plant-opens-in-israel/

Written by William Kellett Clare Gaukroger has joined Cargill’s pig team as research coordinator for the UK. Based in North Yorkshire, she is establishing trials and managing data collection, analysis and interpretation for a wide range of projects on the company’s two UK reference farms...

Ya..... they're really going to do it. But rest assured dairy men as you're going to get a better milk price for attaching them to your cows so start trampling each other for them ASAP or you'll miss out! ;) https://www.ttnews.com/articles/cargill-backs-cow-masks-trap-methane-burps

Written by Agriland Team A new strategic partnership aims to tackle methane emissions in the dairy industry – through the use of methane-reducing “masks” for cows. With a claimed emission reduction potential of 53%, this mask device “neutralises methane as cows exhale” – and is expected to...

UK farmers sound alarm over Australia trade talks UK farmers sound alarm over Australia trade talks https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57157094 Could be trouble ahead

Written by John Swire Cargill UK is launching live temperature and humidity data online through the summer months to help dairy farmers and their advisers recognise and mitigate the signs of heat stress in dairy cattle. The company will install automated, cloud-based data loggers on 30 dairy...

Anyone else hearing this in scotland?

Read... https://eand.co/why-the-working-class-is-abandoning-the-left-a19924c9d512 Discuss. ( Another thread would be... Is there a working class anymore? And who are they?)

I'm increasingly worried over the large inroads being made out of the public eye by huge corporations. Therefore, I thought "let's go to the horse's mouth not the...umm...other end." Just how clued up is the wider farming community over long term plans, already laid out by the likes of the World...

The vote was today, and apparently WAG won it. An NVZ covering the whole of Wales, despite not even the river guys thinking it was a good idea. So much for taking back control, and having a bonfire of red tape.😡

A few years ago,a few enterprising individuals invested in farming ventures in Eastern Europe (land that used to be owned by RUSSIA).. What happened to that idea / ideal.?? Did one or two TFF members venture out there? What was the outcome, are they still farming out there?

First off lets get this clear - TFF is a independent knowledge exchange platform for farmers, it has no remit or ambition to lobby or represent UK farmers is any way. Topics discussed by members on TFF are led by those members, of which I am just one. The below post is my opinion solely as...

Written by John Swire Cargill has introduced a new specialist rumen buffer, Equaliser® Cream, to help improve milk fat production and reduce milk fat depression in dairy cows, particularly at turnout and into early summer. It has a two-pronged approach. The tried-and-tested rumen buffer...

There’s loads of threads about Red Tractor and within them loads of moans about various quangos within all the Ag sectors. Guys and Gals for christ sake just cancel your NFU memberships tonight. Send emails to you local secretary informing them you are cancelling because of the likes of Red...

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