AGRICULTURE is entering a very challenging period, NFU deputy president Meurig Raymond told farmers at this year’s Lincolnshire Show.
“I think it is going to be quite interesting how we approach lobbying but I do believe that we are going to have a greater understanding of the industry with this new Government.”
He said that he had met the new Defra Minister Caroline Spelman, MP for Meriden, who coincidentally had worked for the NFU as Sugar Beet Commodity Secretary in the early 1980s.
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MORE than 350 employers are struggling to find staff with science and engineering skills according to research by the CBI (Confederation of British Industry) and the EDI (the vocational qualifications body).
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SEED Specialists who work for Nickerson Direct, which supplies seed directly from breeder to farmers throughout the country, visited Nickerson’s Wheat Breeding Centre in Woolpit, Suffolk recently.
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THE Yorkshire Agricultural Society is to showcase a unique adaptation of one of David Hockney’s most renowned paintings at its headquarters in Harrogate...
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FANTASTIC team work from farmers and the food industry contributed to make LEAF’s fifth Open Farm Sunday a great success...
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JOHN Deere has recently completed an extensive programme of dealer training in the UK and Ireland, as part of the current industry wide ‘Look Behind You’ campaign to promote safe tractor and trailer braking...
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Events news
LIVESTOCK entries for the 2010 Great Yorkshire Show have received a tremendous boost, with sheep numbers at an all-time high, cattle at their best for at least a decade and pig entries topping those of 50 years ago.
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A NUMBER of the original Marshall tractors, spanning over 150 years of the Gainsborough company’s history, returned to Marshall’s Yard – now a shopping centre – to celebrate Father’s Day...
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THE spectacular Red Arrows take to the skies to open the Chatsworth Country Fair on Friday 3 September, as one of England’s most popular outdoor events returns for its 29th year...
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ALMOST 40 trophies and awards were presented at the recent Carrington Rally held near Boston, Lincs...
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Down to Earth
THE recently announced Feed-in tariff for solar photovoltaics (PV) is good news for UK farmers.
Rather than using valuable land for solar PV, the roofs of British farm buildings can prove an ideal space for solar panels, thanks to a wide choice of new solar PV building materials now available.
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Sport & Hobbies
THE challenge is on to find the Damien Hirst of farming with the launch of the Weetabix Wheat Art 2010 competition...
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Plant and Machinery
LANCASHIRE-based Elston Hire is the first UK hirer to take delivery of Hanix’s latest H09D mini-excavator...
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Landscape and Forestry
NATIONAL tree planting figures released recently show a continuing decrease in the rate of woodland creation, while trees and woods are being lost across the UK...
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4x4
Kia’s soon-to-be-updated Sportage could well prove a welcome, cost-effective addition to the family fleet, writes Mark Harwood Stone...
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Down to earth
ON the afternoon that England made its exit from the World Cup, I was among the country lovers who abandoned their TV sets on what was also the hottest day of the year so far in favour of a leisurely farm walk, writes Janet Richardson...
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Fresh in the Field
NUGENT Engineering’s shear grab range has been complemented with the launch of the Nugent Tine Grab...
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Rolling back the years
Gordon Nicholson continues his series looking at British-built tractors, this time the 90-100+hp models from the 1990s...
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