A Kelso producer has been recognised today (29 November 2013) by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) for his longstanding commitment to raising the profile of performance recording in Scotland.

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Cogent is celebrating its strongest and broadest line-up of bulls, following the launch of new Holstein indexes to the dairy industry this week.

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Ken and Hazel Gamble, of Brickyard Farm, Easingwold, achieved a notable championship double in the annual Christmas shows of cull cows and cast sheep at Skipton Auction Mart. (Mon, Dec 2)

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Father and son Willie and Jonathan Timm, of TWH Farming, based at Olive Farm, Easingwold, had a field day in the prime cattle show classes at Skipton Auction Mart’s sixth annual Lingfield Christmas primestock shows and sales when sending out both the male and female champion, with the latter going on to clinch supreme championship honours. (Sun, Dec 1)

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Suffolk farmer Jeremy Blackmore missed out on the big moment when his turkey won the top trophy for the first time at the Anglian Turkey Association’s annual show at Stoke-by-Nayland.

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A hearty turnout of 414 head of store cattle for Skipton Auction Mart’s second annual Christmas show and sale sold well to a huge company of buyers seeking to top up feeding sheds over the festive period. A total of 138 cattle achieved four-figure prices. (Wed, Dec 4)

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Failure by successive Welsh Governments to instigate modelling work early enough has made it impossible to respond definitively to the Welsh Government’s consultation on the post 2014 CAP Payment regime, according to a majority of Farmers’ Union of Wales committees.

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An efficient feeding technology is core component of modern pig managements. At the same time, it is essential that also in complex pipe systems the consistency of the liquid feed remains identical so that the feed components cannot separate from each other.

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Controlling infectious diseases is important to any dairy farmer, but it is often a struggle to find time to do this.

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Pig producers, stockmen and vets must endeavour to attend their regional meeting on ‘How pork safety is about to impact the security of your business’, says BPEX.

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English pig producers can’t influence national feed costs or pig prices so should focus on the parts of their business within their control, such as the numbers of pigs reared and sold per sow per year, says John Richardson of Production Performance Services Ltd.

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This Saturday at 9am Pacific, the Food Chain Radio show with Michael Olson hosts Stephen Gardner, Director of Litigation, Center for Science in the Public Interest, for a conversation about “Natural” food.

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Strong views about the future of farming were expressed when two Aberystwyth University first-year agriculture students went head-to-head in the final interviews for the top awards in the Farmers' Union of Wales higher education bursary scheme.

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A total of 51 lamb carcases were put forward for judging in a standalone competition class that again proved an integral and highly popular feature of Skipton Auction Mart’s annual Christmas primestock shows and sales. (Sun, Dec 1)

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Limited edition pâtés from The Patchwork Traditional Food Company makes the festive season good enough to eat

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Seminars on the latest ground-breaking cooling technologies, and vital changes in the law affecting the industry, are among the hot topics to be covered in the ACR Show 2014 seminars, the programme for which has now been published.

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The Courtyard Dairy in Settle, Yorkshire has been named Cheese Counter of the Year at this year’s World Cheese Awards – a competition organised by The Guild of Fine Food and sponsored by Le Gruyère AOP. The specialist dairy shop, run by Andy and Kathy Swinscoe, rose to the top of the 10 finalists from 80 entries from throughout Great Britain.

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The recent cases of rabies reported in both in the Netherlands and France have highlighted the importance of the high level symposium held by the World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) in Paris to explore strategies to manage and eliminate canine rabies. The outcome of the meeting is a joint statement which sets out the course of action that is required to make real progress in rabies control.

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Proprietor Alan Strain, left, had good news for Ian Graham of MSD Animal Health when he called at Farmline Agricultural Supplies near Kinallen, Co Down.

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FRIMA VarioCooking Center Multificiency shows its versatility and controllability at Oxford University

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Celebrations are the order of the day in Bavaria as a cheese made by a family dairy Kaserei Champignon has taken not just the top World Champion spot, but second place too with the same cheese. The Montagnolo Affiné, a creamy blue cheese, impressed the world’s top cheese judges as they tasted more than 2,700 cheeses at this year’s World Cheese Awards held at BBC Good Food Show, NEC.

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AGRIHEALTH launch a totally new version of the popular Agrilite Wellington boot at the RUAS Winter Fair in Belfast on Thursday, Dec 12.

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Latest figures show the performance of the finishing herd in Britain is still improving and we have closed the gap on our competitors with regard to finishing performance.

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Welsh farmers were urged today to take advantage of advances in technology and research to maximise output whilst controlling production costs during the Farmers’ Union of Wales autumn conference at Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

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Amanda Dunn, pictured, from Brookeborough, Co Fermanagh has been awarded AgriSearch funding to undertake a PhD project on ‘The Development of Immunocompetence in suckled beef and dairy calves.’

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FOLLOWING on from the success of their Vink Bedding Spreader this innovative Dutch dairy equipment company has developed a lime spreader for cubicle houses.

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PRIMA TECH cattle drenchers that keep on working and keep on delivering the right amount of drench take pride of place on the Agrihealth RUAS Winter Fair stand in Belfast on Thursday, December 12.

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Christmas came early for the North Yorkshire Sowray brothers when they retained their festive rearing calf supreme championship at Skipton Auction Mart. (Mon, Nov 25)

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This was the first of our four winter sales of Hay, Straw & Fodder held at Stow-on-the-Wold on Friday 22nd November, and first major national sale of hay and straw in the country this season.

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Emydex Technology today announced that it ranked 16th in the 2013 Deloitte Technology Fast 50, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Ireland. Rankings are based on average percentage revenue growth over five years, which for Emydex represents 375% growth since 2008. This year’s result represents a climb of ten places over last year’s Fast 50 ranking when Emydex achieved 26th position

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Few farmers fork out £1000s on fertiliser, feed or fuel without shopping around yet many fail to compare quotes for quality insurance cover.

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The very first new Hoofcare SprayMat in the UK will be demonstrated at the RUAS Winter Fair in Belfast on Thurs, Dec 12.

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A new mart record price of £3,950 for a dairy animal was set at the Christmas Craven Dairy Auction at Skipton Auction Mart. (Mon, Nov 25)

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Farmers are being urged to have their say on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform proposals on the table in Wales and England.

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The hugely successful Relish Restaurant and Fine Dining Guides have finally reached the South West counties of Cornwall, Devon and Somerset, with the much anticipated launch of Relish South West.

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National Sheep Association (NSA) is bitterly disappointed that Defra has taken little notice of the sheep industry’s view and forged ahead with its decision to implement full EID in England, even in lambs going directly to slaughter that pose no traceability or disease risk.

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New Brussels directive prevents Japan, South Africa and Brazil from competing in the Olympics of cheese

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This conveniently located test kitchen enables large and small food processors to test advanced cooking and chilling systems that can provide important economic and quality advantages.

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Three of the poultry industry’s most promising young workers from Herefordshire, Lincolnshire and Scotland have been chosen as finalists for the Zoetis / British Poultry Council Trainee of the Year Award.

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On Friday 1st November Borderway Agri- Expo held at Carlisle attracted la crème de la crème of livestock from across the UK, more trade stands than ever and in the region of 12500 spectators.

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In the early hours of Wednesday 6 November this year, over five hundred Floristry students, from over twenty colleges, gathered at New Covent Garden Flower Market in London for the annual Flower Market College Day. This invitation-only event involved Level 2 floristry students enjoying a Flower Market Taster Day of talks, tours and quizzes, packed with information about the workings of the UK's largest wholesale Flower Market. Meanwhile, Level 3 and Level 4 students took part in the team competition to source, design and create a floral piece to a commercial brief and a tight budget, against twenty two National Colleges.

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A young sire which is thought to be the highest genomic index son of Gillette Windbrook in the world - both for TPI and PTAT - has been launched on the international market by UK breeding company, Cogent.

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A well-known and established North Yorkshire-based goats cheese brand, together with the entire herd of goats, plus all the equipment needed to milk them and produce the cheese, is on the market.

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Farmers' Union of Wales Carmarthenshire county executive officer Meinir Bartlett has received this year's FUW/United Counties Agricultural & Hunters Society award for outstanding service to agriculture in Carmarthenshire.

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Taking Meirionnydd’s agriculture, food and rural economy to the heart of the corridors of power in Westminster will be the aim of a Farmers' Union of Wales-organised function next Thursday October 31.

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The culmination of a nine-month membership promotion campaign has seen the National Sheep Association (NSA) present a Rappa Mobile Sheep Yard worth £6,800 to a young farmer from Usk, Wales.

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A new “Planning For Profit” initiative aimed at assisting farmers to ensure their businesses are well-placed to operate profitably in the face of reduced support payments, was launched on Monday, November 4th.

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A Syngenta survey of consumers’ salad buying habits has revealed 70% of shoppers ate lettuce at least twice a week over the summer this year, with a third eating some form of lettuce leaf every day.

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These boots were made for dancing! Yep. Bekina ultra light polyurethane boots were dancing at the Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation closing banquet.

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