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Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has appointed Victor Willis as vice president of dairy market development (USA). Willis, who has over 25 years of retail and manufacturing experience in the dairy sector, will be the new...

In light of the latest let down for farmers who pay there wages (see the red tractor sector board passes leadership vote of no confidence thread) what do we need to do to trigger a vote on AHDB cereals future? The AHDB is clearly still not listening to farmers so time is up and direct action...

only a few weeks after ,effectively, declaring it's 'governance fundamentally sound' a sector board passes a 'vote of bo confidence ' in the 'top brass' review in tatters?

https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/red-tractor-sector-board-passes-leadership-vote-of-no-confidence

Australian primary producers say they ‘can’t afford’ to pay proposed biosecurity levy Written by Eliza Spencer from the Guardian National Farmers Federation says farmers are already paying for the measures and should not be made to pay more Sign up for the Rural Network email newsletter Join...

Written by Maeve Hennessy from Agriland Ministers are being asked by Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) to consider using residual potato levy funds to support seven industry projects through a grant to GB Potatoes. The recommendation has been made by the AHDB following...

Only 6 weeks in to his new post as CEO of AHDB , Graham Wilkinson finds time for a key trip (read jolly) to meet USDA in America Back at the ranch , Red Tractor today laud an initial review commissioned by AHDB from the Birnie Consultancy on key beef and lamb assurance differentiators . a 77...

Just seen the above advert. What do dairy farmers make of it?? !

Suggestion in the Times yesterdayday that land bought by Compulsory Purchase should be limited to existing value plus a percentage for disturbance. Suggested that to Farmers would limit value paid to 200% of current land value. This would enable houses to be built very much cheaper when...

Written by Claire Sammon from Agriland The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has appointed Richard Hampton as its new International Trade Development Director. Hampton will take up his position from June 3 and lead the AHDB International Trade Development team’s work with...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has announced the appointment of Graeme Jack and Glen Nimmo as board members of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB). Jack and Nimmo’s terms will run from April 1...

With the way things are and no improvement on the horizon ,how long will it be before a huge dealer shuts up shop.they mostly got very large expensive premises and massive stocks of parts and machines but they will be suffering the same as the smaller dealers.seems to be a weekly occurrence of...

https://www.nfuonline.com/updates-and-information/farm-assurance-review-member-survey/?utm_source=crops_newsletter&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=crops&utm_content=010424 Just to let those who don't get the NFU emails that there is a survey for NFU members "to help develop and inform the...

Sorry but as no more replies are allowed I’ve started this thread as it makes my p1ss boil , how dare they even dream of upping levies when all they do is dream up tonnage to depress the market , get rid

Received an email today from NFU welcoming SFI cap and was a result of their lobbying. Can you believe it. !!

Going off the back of the recent news from Defra and reading the current thread about it it would be interesting to see exactly how much land people where actually considering taking out of production. Thers a lot complaining about not being able to enter more than 25% into the 6 options that...

Victory. Social media and farmer pressure, BFU, etc. we've all come together and pressurised change. NFU and AHDB originally backed the GFC, but changed their tune after the backlash. Tom Bradshaw and AHDB listened 👍. Thank you. And Farmers Weekly helped massively with excellent reporting. I...

After failing to plant some of my winter wheat land, I’m still looking for 4 tons of spring wheat seed. I realise that it’s pretty late now to be trying to source some but is there anyone out there who’s got some for sale? My farm’s on the Hereford/Glos. border.

Nearly everyone ive asked to do a "job" is at or over retirement age, busy as hell? Examples, metal worker/welder, blacksmith, motorcycle dent, classic bike painter, thatcher, motorcycle seat recoverer, maker, etc etc etc? Just named a few, i bet others can name many other skills/ trades, that...

Interesting development:-...