ONE year on and farmers are still
struggling to understand the
Waste Management Regulations.
New research, conducted by
netregs.gov.uk among NFU
members, shows that more than a
third (38 per cent) find them
difficult and 46 per cent feel
swamped by the amount of
information they receive on
handling waste effectively.
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News
Wrights Farming Register welcomes a new broker to the team who buy and sell machinery on your behalf. Chris Whitton succeeds Tom Woollard in the East Anglian Area 3, which covers the eastern counties from south Lincolnshire to the Thames estuary. Janet Richardson meets Chris at the farm where he grew up near Peterborough. More..
A study to research sustainable options which could help secure the future of Britain’s hill farmers has won a coveted Nuffield Farming Scholarship for a South Yorkshire land restoration expert. More..
A NEW branch at Selby
underlines P&B’s position as a
major player in the Yorkshire
agricultural scene. More..
Between issues news...
JAB, the Joint Action against Bluetongue group, has welcomed news the first batch of BTv8 vaccine has now been released for use on farm. More..
Love ’em or loathe ’em, everyone seems to have an opinion on field sports but
whether that is based on fact or fallacy is another matter. Chas Baird decides it’s time
he found out more.
IT was recently brought home to
me with some force how little
field sports people actually know
about each other’s way of life.
It also set me thinking that I had
better do something about my
own ignorance! More..
Articles..
Young Farmers
YOUNG farmers past and present competed in the annual ploughing match organised by Amotherby YFC.
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Events
RECOGNISING the difficulties of buying and selling livestock in the south and east, the East of England Agricultural Society is launching a new Winter Stock Festival on Friday 7 November 2008.
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Landscape
IT HAS England’s least light polluted skies, its most remote village, and rates as one of the most tranquil spots imaginable. But when it comes to wildlife, Kielder Water and Forest Park, Northumberland, is like ‘Piccadilly Circus’!
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4x4
A NEW 2009 Land Rover Discovery 3 goes on sale in the UK in August, priced from £29,950.
Exterior revisions incorporate new front
and rear body colour bumpers, bodycoloured
wheel arches and revised detailing. More..
4x4
New guidance has been issued to clarify how red diesel can be used by farmers and agricultural contractors and ensure both they and enforcement officers have a clear understanding of how the law will be applied. Robert Ward explains what it means to farmers and foresters. He is a solicitor in the Regulatory and Corporate Defence Unit at law firm Langleys, which has offices in York and Lincoln.
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Climate change
This month Tim Evans, managing director of Lincolnshire-based company Renewable Zukunft Ltd, writes about biogas production. With 15 years’ renewables experience, Tim was involved with the first east German biodiesel plant in 1994. A fluent German speaker with a background in accountancy, rural property and farm business consultancy, he farmed a 3000ha arable and dairy business in the former East Germany and is a director of Bio-G Biogastechnik GmbH in Austria.
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GETTING OFF THE FENCE
