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You know you go to an agricultural college when...
2008-05-21 19:33:00 You know you go to an agricultural college when...friends having guns isn't concerning. Find out more answers to this question and suggest your own More About: College , Agricultural
PICTURE GALLERY: Grassland and Muck 2008
2008-05-21 19:00:00 View pictures from the 2008 Grassland and Muck Event which is taking place 21 and 22 May. View the machines on show and add your own comments More About: Picture , Gallery
Bluetongue vaccination expected in Devon
2008-05-21 18:00:00 Devon is expected to be the next region to receive the bluetongue vaccination as 4m doses are prepared for release over the next week. More About: Devon
Peter Kendall urges farmers to be positive at Grassland
2008-05-21 17:40:00 Farmers need to continue to be positive about their futures but will need to ensure they use new technologies to improve efficiency to realise sustainable profits, according to Peter Kendall . More About: Positive , Farmers
Challenger Terragator unveiled at Grassland 2008
2008-05-21 17:10:00 This was the first UK showing of the 300hp Challenger TerraGator 2244 applications vehicle for manure and slurry spreading. Big workrates are the order of the day. More About: 2008
The Claas Xerion combines with Kaweco slurry tanker to great effect
2008-05-21 16:54:00 388hp Claas Xerion and 24,000 litre Kaweco slurry tanker combination is designed to give high outputs with the minimum of soil damage. More About: Great , Effect , Tanker
Eggs offer solution for families feeling the effects of the credit crunch
2008-05-21 16:00:00 The British Egg Information Service (BEIS) has launched a campaign to remind consumers feeling the pinch what great value eggs are. More About: Credit , Eggs , Families , Crunch , Feeling
Working debut for New Holland?s 824hp FR9090 self-propelled forage harveste
2008-05-21 16:00:00 The flagship of a new series of foragers featuring larger chopping cylinders, more powerful engines and new cab/controls. More About: Working , Holland , Debut
Fusion 2 from McHale shows off new features
2008-05-21 16:00:00 Fusion 2 from McHale is the latest integrated baler/wrapper and features a new chassis. More About: Features , Fusion
Food commodity bubble driven by speculation
2008-05-21 15:30:00 A strong argument that rocketing rises in food prices are largely due to speculators pushing commodity markets higher has been promoted by the BBC this week. More About: Food , Bubble , Commodity
NFU picks up Gold Medal at Chelsea Flower Show
2008-05-21 14:25:00 PICTURE STORY: NFU wins gold medal at Chelsea Flower Show More About: Gold , Medal
New name in UK crop protection industry
2008-05-21 13:30:00 Chinese-Canadian giant Rotam makes its debut. More About: Industry , Crop
Lifting standard chicken to a higher level of welfare
2008-05-21 12:00:00 Chicken usually falls into three categories - standard, free range or organic. But there is fourth way which is growing increasingly popular. Lucy Knowles finds out more More About: Standard , Chicken , Higher , Welfare , Lifting
TAG weekly Cereals 2008 trials diary
2008-05-21 11:55:00 Cooler weather has slowed crop development at TAG's Cereals 2008 trials site, but at least disease levels remain low. Check out the latest in this weekly diary direct from the Lincolnshire site More About: Diary , Weekly , Trials
Government food policy slammed at Beef Expo 2008
2008-05-21 11:50:00 Funding £400m of research aimed at producing more food in developing nations to feed the developed world, while not supporting the production of more food domestically, makes the UK government morally bankrupt. More About: Government , Food , Expo , Policy , Beef
DEFRA claims to be 'on course' to hits its TB targets
2008-05-21 11:30:00 DEFRA is 'on course' to meet it targets for the control of bovine TB, according to the 2008 Departmental Report. More About: Hits , Claims
Butler robotic feeder from Austria saves time
2008-05-21 11:00:00 Forking silage back to the feed barrier is a never-ending battle no sooner have you finished than the cattle have nosed it back out of reach. More About: Robotic , Austria , Time , Butler , Feeder
Calls for continued suckler support at Beef Expo 2008
2008-05-21 11:00:00 The thorny issue of direct subsidies was the hot topic of debate at this week's Beef Expo 2008 pre-event conference, with speakers divided over whether direct support payments to suckler herds were required to maintain productions levels. More About: Calls , Support
PICTURE STORY NFU launches fly fishing contest
2008-05-20 23:00:00 Farming and fishing came together on a windswept Rutland Water late last week when 24 hardy souls took part in the NFU?s inaugural fly fishing championships. More About: Contest , Story , Fishing , Picture , Fly Fishing
Fischer Boel CAP health check on the way
2008-05-20 23:00:00 EU farm commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel is due to present her formal legal proposals for the health check of the CAP in Strasbourg later today (Tuesday). More About: Health , Check
The reintroduction of red kites to the British Isles
2008-05-20 23:00:00 The reintroduction of red kites to the British Isles has been a great wildlife success story, but their welfare is under threat from accidental poisoning by farmers.
EU agricultural ministers fail to reach agreement on pesticides legislation
2008-05-20 19:31:00 Agreement on pesticide approval now expected in June More About: Ministers , Reach , Legislation , Agricultural , Agreement
Mixed reaction to CAP health check proposals
2008-05-20 19:00:00 Mariann Fischer Boel's "health check" proposals take the common agricultural policy in the right direction, but do not go far enough in eliminating the potential for different treatment for farmers across Europe, warns the NFU. More About: Health , Check , Mixed , Reaction
Crop Watch: Flag leaf spraying progresses as thoughts turn to T3
2008-05-20 17:40:00 Better weather over the past few days has allowed many growers to press-on with planned T2 flag leaf sprays, according to FWi?s agronomists More About: Watch , Thoughts , Leaf , Flag , Crop
HGCA modifies its fusarium risk assessment
2008-05-20 17:00:00 Growers using a fusarium-active fungicide at T3 to protect wheat ears will reduce their fusarium HGCA risk assessment score. More About: Risk , Assessment
EU Commission publishes CAP 'health check'
2008-05-20 17:00:00 Increased rates of modulation, an end to set-aside, increases in milk quota and the phasing out of more production-linked support payments are contained in the CAP "health check" proposals, presented in Strasbourg on Tuesday afternoon (20 May). More About: Health , Check , Commission
LIVE BLOG: What goes on in the Farmers Weekly office?
2008-05-20 16:58:00 How do we put Farmers Weekly magazine together? Or how do we decide what story should take priority on the website? Find out through a live blog written by FW staff members More About: Office , Blog , Live
Farmer converts Massey Ferguson tractor to three-wheels
2008-05-20 16:00:00 Four wheels may be good, but three can be even better. That's the philosophy of James Atkinson, who has just built his second three-wheeler for the family farm at Stillingfleet, near York. More About: Ferguson , Converts , Wheels , Farmer , Massey
New solar power fan featured in Poultry World's new product round-up
2008-05-20 15:00:00 A new solar powered ventilation system launched by Solatube promises to eradicate dank, stale air from mobile hen houses. It is just one of our three new products. More About: Power , Solar Power , Solar , Product , Round Up
Crop Watch South: Oilseed rape yields likely to be down on 2007
More articles from this author:2008-05-20 14:00:00 Hampshire-based Swaran Bachoo fears oilseed rape yields will be lower than last year, due to pigeon damage and poor establishment More About: Watch , South , Rape , Crop 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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