Written by Maeve Hennessy from Agriland
The Great British Beef Week (GBBW) returns for its 14th year on Tuesday, April 23. The campaign celebrates the versality and taste of beef, while highlighting the commitment of beef farmers.
Attendees will experiment with British beef by creating a...
https://newsroom.pembrokeshire.gov.uk/news/substantial-fines-for-farmers-who-knowingly-kept-cattle-with-bovine-tb-reactors-on-farm
Read the article. It brings the dairy industry into disrepute and in my opinion they should have substantial jail time as well as confiscation of assets on top of...
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Regulations are now in place which restrict the use of urea fertilisers and it’s anticipated this will lead to a surge in uptake of urease inhibitors. CPM looks at the latest on a product which promises to deliver the goods for both the...
What has changed, nothing we were all moaning about it when it came out , and we are still discussing options 24 years later, come on give us an option stop just moaning!
As reported in Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/red-tractor-national-farmers-union-british-supermarkets-mastercard-b2509502.html
quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“
read the TFF thread...
How cheap chicken ran rampant across Britain
Poultry farming boom blamed for housebuilding delays and turning rivers green
Daniel Woolfson17 February 2024 • 12:00pm
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Hi all,
NGOs (non-governmental organization) is currently a buzz word in different parts of our industry.
What are peoples views on them and what do you think the top 3 in UK agriculture would be?
Are Red Tractor / AHDB an NGO?
The term ('NGO') seems too big a subject to condense, so I am sorry...
DEFRA are asking for views and feedback on the areas earmarked for the continuing TB control badger Cull.
https://consult.defra.gov.uk/natural-england/b9e6e073/consultation/confirm_submit
All the Midland counties. Derbyshire, Glos, Oxfordshire, Notts, Shrops, Somerset, Warks.
This has been...
Firstly, sorry I keep disappearing on here without replying, particularly to those who have sent messages, I do appreciate it, Im just not up to speaking to anyone at the moment, I will get back to you at some point but it may take a while, sorry
Anyway, everyone around me is pushing for me to...
Whats everyone elses position. The wheats looking really hungry now and its so wet wondering whether just go and make a mess or be patient?! Must be loosing yield surely.
A biggish fat lamb (50kg?) is worth £160. (the same as a ton of barley)
A small fat beast (500kg) is worth £1600. (the same as 10 tons of barley).
Has the value of finished stock compared to the price of grain ever been a high during the last 10,000 years?
Just a thought
Straw shortages for the livestock industry
Less cereals for feed
Less acreages for the spraying contractors
Less agronomy and chemicals
Les’s fertiliser sales
And so on
Hearing big acreages of SFI
with europe and wales 'a fire' with farmer protests?......why arn't we english farmers getting 'busy'?
i could try a poll but i suspect the reasons might be to varied?
for me....i've just got to much going on....feel it would be better concentrating on 'playing the proposed system' rather...
wanting to start home mix ration
what is requried as far as red tractor is concerned
and what about cross compliance in case of inspection???
please help?
Less than a year into her Presidency, without any prior democratic consultation, Minette committed English Agriculture to Net Zero. Just 30 days before the NFU had responded to the Committee on Climate Change using these exact words:
“There are no ‘silver bullets’ to deliver a net-zero-...
Exact moment is 5.07 mins. Or listen from 3 mins in.
This was R4 Farming Today 20th Feb 2024.
Presenter asks if RT roadshows will be to discuss the GFC, or is that again on the back burner?
Christine says "when we start moving forward on it again, and I'm not saying an 'if' it is a 'when'."...
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