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Crop Watch West: Chaos rules in new season fertiliser market
2008-05-20 14:00:00 As spraying progresses in Wiltshire/ Dorset, Dan Dines? attention has been diverted by the chaotic fertiliser market More About: Watch , Market , Season , West , Rules
Crop Watch East: Crops jump through growth stages
2008-05-20 14:00:00 Recent warm weather has allowed crops in Lincolnshire to jump through growth stages, Ruth East reports More About: Watch , Growth , Jump , Crop
Crop Watch North: Fieldwork back on track
2008-05-20 14:00:00 Fieldwork is now back on track after a frustrating six weeks, Robert Sullivan reports More About: Watch , North , Back , Track , Crop
OMSCo helps children learn about food and farming
2008-05-20 14:00:00 Organic milk co-operative OMSCo has produced a free education pack to help children learn more about food and farming. More About: Children , Food , Learn , Farming
Establishing the pecking order at the B&B
2008-05-20 00:00:00 To me it's the perfect scene. Sitting out in the garden on a warm spring day, children playing with their pet lambs and the chickens scratching about. More About: Order
FW's agony uncle Farmer Frank becomes internet star
2008-05-19 19:00:00 Farmers Weekly's agony uncle Farmer Frank has had a Facebook Appreciation Society set up about him. More About: Internet , Star , Farmer , Uncle
PICTURE STORY NFU launches fly fishing contest
2008-05-19 18:00:00 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
President Bush set to fail over Farm Bill
2008-05-19 17:00:00 US president George Bush looks likely to be thwarted in his attempts to block a new Farm Bill , passed last week by the full US Congress. More About: President , President Bush
New approach to conservation needed, Natural England says
2008-05-19 16:45:00 A new approach is needed to conservation if the natural environment is to have any chance to adapt to climate change and pressures of development, according to Natural England . More About: Conservation
The farmers wife - a varied and multi-faceted role
2008-05-19 14:00:00 The role of a farmer's wife today is almost unrecognisable compared with previous generations - especially on relatively small family farms such as ours. More About: Wife , Multi , Role , Farmers
Only three days to go before Grassland and Muck 2008!
2008-05-19 10:30:00 Grassland and Muck 2008 takes place this Wednesday and Thursday (21 and 22 May) at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire. If you grow grass or handle it, you mustn't miss this event More About: Days
Side-stepping the credit crunch
2008-05-19 10:00:00 The credit crunch has had a dramatic impact on the cost and availability of loans in the domestic market. But what effect has it had on the poultry industry, and how can producers secure finance for new projects? Olivia Cooper reports More About: Credit , Side , Crunch
Picture story: Your farms, your photos
2008-05-18 14:00:00 Take a look at the latest pictures on the FWiSpace picture galleries. It is the easy way to find out what is going on on other people's farms - both here and abroad. More About: Photos , Story , Picture , Farms
Bluetongue vaccination in Wales just weeks away
2008-05-17 19:00:00 Welsh livestock farmers are warned that bluetongue vaccination is likely to start within weeks More About: Wales , Weeks
Chancellor Alistair Darling in farmers' firing line
2008-05-17 15:02:00 Calls by Chancellor Alistair Darling for a "fundamental reform of Europe's agricultural sector" have been descibed as predictable and shortsighted. More About: Line , Alistair Darling , Farmers
Bluetongue vaccination zone to be extended again
2008-05-16 19:12:00 DEFRA announces a further extension to the bluetongue Protection Zone will take place on Monday 19 May More About: Extended
Summer weather and crowds break all records at Plumpton College open day
2008-05-16 18:00:00 Plumpton College Open Day in East Sussex broke all previous records with almost 14,000 people attending the event. More About: Weather , Summer , Break
Farmer in polar challenge
2008-05-16 15:00:00 Northumberland farmer celebrates after epic trek More About: Challenge , Polar , Farmer
New study aims to indentify the carbon footprint of poultry
2008-05-16 13:06:00 Details of a new project that identifies the total carbon footprint of pig and poultry products were revealed on the first day of the British Pig and Poultry Fair at Stoneleigh Park. More About: Study , Carbon , Carbon footprint
Poultry videos: Reducing carbon footprint and Lord Rooker faces industry qu
2008-05-16 13:06:00 Details of a new project that identifies the total carbon footprint of pig and poultry products were revealed on the first day of the British Pig and Poultry Fair at Stoneleigh Park. More About: Videos , Industry , Faces , Carbon
Potato blight armoury put to the test
2008-05-16 12:41:00 A bit like the disease can, the number of blight products seems to have exploded in the past few years. The new generation started with Ranman and Electis,... More About: Potato , Test
Organic egg market needs the personal touch
2008-05-16 12:30:00 Producers from the organic egg market should aim to stay big enough to survive but small enough to care. More About: Personal , Market , Organic , Touch
Subsidised sexed semen on offer for Tesco milk suppliers
2008-05-16 12:00:00 Tesco dairy farmers can now take advantage of a new sexed semen offer from the supermarket and Genus. Tesco dairy producers have driven the supermarket... More About: Suppliers , Milk , Tesco , Offer
Doubt grows over badger cull as Benn delays decision
2008-05-16 10:00:00 DEFRA secretary Hilary Benn is expected to reject calls for a badger cull in a bid to control bovine tuberculosis and stop the disease spreading across Great Britain. More About: Decision , Doubt , Delays
JSR shows 'world's most efficient pig'
2008-05-16 10:00:00 Dubbed "the world's most efficient pig", JSR Geneconverter 700 , with exceptional feed... More About: Efficient
Cambridgeshire estate brings 2500 prime acres to market
2008-05-15 19:49:00 An historic country estate in Cambridgeshire is being launched by agents Strutt & Parker and Robinson & Hall, in what is likely to be the biggest block of commercial farmland to hit the market this year. More About: Estate , Market , Prime , Acres
Final call for Single Payment Scheme applications
2008-05-15 18:50:00 Farmers have until the end of today (15 May) to return their Single Payment Scheme applications to the [Rural Payments Agency]... More About: Applications , Final , Call
New opportunities for poultry producers
2008-05-15 18:35:00 There are market opportunities out there for poultry producers, according to one producer who has successfully created a market for rare breed turkeys. More About: Poultry , Opportunities , Producers
NVZ changes create slurry headaches for pig farmers
2008-05-15 17:00:00 With the NVZ final action plan nearing release, it is expected there will be a £36m cost to the UK pig industry, explained Nigel Penlington of BPEX .... More About: Create , Farmers
'Add an Adder' campaign wants to save our snakes
More articles from this author:2008-05-15 13:10:00 Are adders disappearing before our very eyes? Many think they are, which has prompted the launch of the "Add an Adder" project, which asks the public to gather information about Britain's only native venomous snake. More About: Snakes , Campaign , Save 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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