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  1. Agriland RSS

    Beef ‘re-imagined’ for British beef week

    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...
  2. Grass And Grain

    AHDB recruiting farm assurance lead

    Interesting development:-...
  3. Cowabunga

    Large scale fraud and criminality on Pembrokeshire mega-herd farm.

    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...
  4. CPM RSS

    Innovation Insight: Good inhibitions

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF 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...
  5. richard hammond

    So Red Tractor has been with us for 23/24years!

    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!
  6. bobk

    Looking grim .......

    10th of March , next 10 days is shite , turning in to the year of shiteness , El Nino can fo .
  7. TFF

    Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

    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...
  8. Ffermer Bach

    Poultry, pollution and The River Wye

    How cheap chicken ran rampant across Britain Poultry farming boom blamed for housebuilding delays and turning rivers green Daniel Woolfson17 February 2024 • 12:00pm Related Topics Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Environment Agency, Chicken, Pollution, Farming...
  9. F

    NGOs....

    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...
  10. steveR

    TB Cull Consultation - URGENT

    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...
  11. J

    What to do when the cows are gone

    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...
  12. P

    Fertilizing winter cereal

    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.
  13. A

    Up Horn/Down Corn

    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?
  14. Kevtherev

    Reduction in arable acreages

    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
  15. W

    Could they run a bath?

    https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/eu-referendum/defra-confirms-funding-withdrawal-for-illegal-meat-checks-at-dover
  16. spin cycle

    torches and pitchforks

    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...
  17. W

    Whitworth Sugar

    Anyone know who's sugar beet they use ? Seen it in a shop today .
  18. H

    home mixed ration

    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?
  19. Austin7

    Build Back Bradshaw

    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-...
  20. Grass And Grain

    Christine Tacon says GFC will go ahead

    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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