News - Agricultural
News updates from the field of agriculture: keep abreast of upcoming events, debates dominating the sector and the latest gossip and rumours about topics that could affect you or your company.
Farmers treated as second class citizens over TB, says RABDF
DEFRA has been accused of treating English farmers as “second class citizens” over its expected decision against a badger cull to control bovine TB.
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Maximise margins with your own veg box scheme
http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/05/111063/maximise-margins-with-your-own-veg-box-scheme.html
Setting up your own vegetable box scheme is potentially a low-cost way of boosting farm profits and better using existing land, labour and buildings. Jenny Leighton finds out what you need to do.
Government has abandoned cattle and wildlife - NBA
Cattle and wildlife in the south west have been abandoned politically and morally, according to the National Beef Association.
Commodity prices set firm for the summer?
http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/05/111088/commodity-prices-set-firm-for-the-summer.html
With milk production peaking on 11 May at about 37.4m litres (2.3m litres, or 5.7% down on the three-year average) there were some hopes that production would fall off more slowly than in previous years and perhaps catch up with last year's daily levels.
Let's pass on diesel costs hike, suggests Edward Tupper
All our arable crops have had the last of their sprays and the grass has been topped up with nitrogen after silage-making, which produced a large crop.
NFU planning demonstration over badger cull ‘disaster’
NFU president Peter Kendall has warned a negative decision from DEFRA on culling badgers as part of a TB control strategy would be completely devastating to farming families and their businesses.
VIDEO: Farmers will have to wait until Monday for full details of DEFRA’s decision on badger culling
The Secretary of State Hilary Benn has spent the whole day at the Royal Show avoiding answering critical questions on the subject.
