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So it seemed odd to be sitting in my tractor on a wet August weekend, with my little Horsch on behind, trundling backwards and forwards across Drier Field, sowing oilseed rape. We decided it was too good an opportunity to miss - but we'd try a new seed rate policy, provisionally titled "Give 'em all they can eat". The Horsch decided to join in with the new high seed-rate policy and, in a display of elderly incontinence (we'll all be there one day), actually sow the first third of the field at 15kg/ha. [Extracted from the article]

Failing to conform to bovine tuberculosis testing intervals has topped a livestock-heavy list of the most common cross-compliance breaches. Breach type: Sheep/goat animal identification records not maintained to legal standard. [Extracted from the article]

Leaked documents from US-UK trade deal talks reveal the US pushing lower food standards on Britain post Brexit, including allowing imports of chlorine-washed chicken. Commenting on the papers, Tom Brake, Liberal Democrat Brexit spokesperson, said: "These documents show that a Donald Trump post-Brexit trade deal poses a threat to the family farm as we know it. Farming campaign group Sustain said the leaked documents were "concrete proof" of the risks to our food, farmers and the environment from a future UK-US trade deal. [Extracted from the article]

A no-deal Brexit could trigger fresh food shortages, food price rises, disruption to fuel supplies and major delays at borders, official government documents have warned. However, it must be acknowledged that the five-page document is the government's "reasonable worst-case planning assumptions" if the UK leaves the European Union without a deal on 31 October. The NFU said the documents provide clear evidence to support the union's own assessment that a no-deal Brexit would be catastrophic and cause severe economic disruption for farm businesses. [Extracted from the article]

A no-deal Brexit could trigger fresh food shortages, food price rises, disruption to fuel supplies and major delays at borders, official government documents have warned. However, it must be acknowledged that the five-page document is the government's "reasonable worst-case planning assumptions" if the UK leaves the European Union without a deal on 31 October. The NFU said the documents provide clear evidence to support the union's own assessment that a no-deal Brexit would be catastrophic and cause severe economic disruption for farm businesses. [Extracted from the article]

A sheep farmer had gone through the online records of our shearling rams that are for sale and picked out a shortlist of the ones with the EBVs he wanted. The rams that possessed the desired physical characteristics didn't have the right EBVs and the ones with the right EBVs didn't have the desired physical attributes. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information on the partnership of animal welfare organisation Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) Cymru with farm leaders in Great Britain to warn the threats that sky lanterns could provide to livestock, lands, and farm buildings.

The article offers information on the government's command paper on the future of agriculture in Great Britain that is waiting for the response from farmers in Great Britain. It mentions that the command paper is useful in shaping agriculture in Great Britain outside European Union (EU) according to National Farmers' Union (NFU). It also mentions need for farrmers to respond to Great Britain's Dept. for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs' Brexit paper according to Defra secretary Michael Gove.

The article discusses the efforts to determine the fairness of free-range egg contracts. It mentions the need of British Free Range Egg Producers Association (Bfrepa) to send in their contracts with a view to drawing up a model arrangement between primary producers and egg packers. It also mentions the views of Bfrepa chief executive Robert Gooch.

The article offers information on topics related to alternative bedding material options for animals during winter. Topics mentioned include several alternatives for straw as bedding materials including rape crop, woodchip, and paper pulp, the increase of straw prices, and the promotion of lambs and cattle health during winter.

Reports on the use of waste paper crumble as a slow-release fertilizer at the Stancombe Park Farm owned by John Edwards. Information on N-Virocycle, an organic waste recycling company owned by Edwards; Role of the crumble as a soil conditioning agent; Cost savings from using waste paper crumble.

The article reports that political systems have criticized the government plans for the British future relationship with the European Union, questioning the chances of the policy surviving at all. It notes that Facilitated Customs Arrangement (FCA) with the EU allows for differences in tariff rates at external borders. It adds that Great Britain and European Union need to accept a "trusted trader" scheme to help determine the good's destination.

The article discusses the impact of climate change to the delay of fieldwork operations and applications wherein the farmers avoid any problems and manage to secure agricultural productivity.

The Dairy-Tech event returns to Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, on Wednesday 5 February, which showcases the very latest gadgets and innovations. Locate'n'Spray is a fully automated, customisable teat spray system. The Locate'n'Spray system can be customised with options, including choice of pre-spray, post-spray or pre-and post- spray systems; four or eight nozzles; adjustable spray duration; and double-hit spray to improve coverage. [Extracted from the article]

Reports on the use of recycled paper waste product for bedding cows. Advantages of the recycled paper over mats and sand; Remarks from Liz Russell of EnviroSystems; Information on how to make beddings out of recycled paper; Description of the EnviroBed Hi Dri.

An innovative app is helping contractors and farmers reduce the tedious paper trail associated with job recording and workers' timesheets. Developed by Scottish farmer Marc Skivington, Smart Farmer is a pre-start checklist app for machinery that works via a QR code located on each machine. [Extracted from the article]

Introduces Bandit Beast shredders, marketed in Great Britain by Kendall Machinery. Power options for the device; Compatibility of the device; Features of the device.

The article reports that financial watchdog of the government in Great Britain has warned for the occurrence of the incorrect farm payments related to Defra's decision for reverting paper-based applications and mentions that the Rural Payments Agency was forced to suspend the online claims system.

The article discusses a survey which showed that one in five National Farmers' Union (NFU) members in Great Britain who were planning to make their own Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) claims has failed to receive a paper application form as of May 1, 2015.

The article suggests several dry bedding options for cows including the straw, sand and paper. It offers best practice guidelines for the different bedding options such as amount of the straw used each month in housed system and the advantages and disadvantages related to the bedding options. It also presents views of Jenny Gibbons, research and development manager at the British Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) Dairy.

The article reports on the status of livestock farming in Powys, Wales and Mid-Wales region as of December 2005. There is a regulation being implemented that required the farmers in the area to record all sheep movements within a holding. The farmers have an appeal against the council tax banding. A special discount was provided for the sale of breeding heifers.

Presents information on the benchmarking scheme at the Red Meat Industry Forum in Great Britain in 2004. Purpose; Creation of an identity for Easton Lodge; Performance of Easton Lodge.

Reports on resolving the problem caused by paper acres by allocating the single farm payment (SFP) on a hybrid basis rather than a historic receipts basis in Northern Ireland. Cause of the paper acres problem; Effect of the SFP on beef and dairy farmers; Remarks from National Beef Association chairman John Carson regarding the payment practice of farmers; Statement from the Ulster Farmers' Union about the payment practice.

The article provides an answer to a question of claiming on one's insurance a charge on time imposed by a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) while he investigated an injury to a farmworker.

The article reports that documents concerning the involvement of the National Farmers Union and government officials on the decision to implement badger cull trials will be made public and mentions topics such as the charity Badger Trust, disclosure of risk and issue logs and pilot cull projects.

The article reports on the call for British farmers to respond to a government consultation that will shape a Natural Environment White Paper to be unveiled in the spring of 2011.

The author describes the reactions he received with his paper on food production. He stresses the need to initiate independent research into producing more food, as well as the need for governments around the world to introduce policies that will encourage food production. He cites the increase in food trade deficit in Great Britain. He also discusses the opinion by some government officials, such as Sir John Beddington and Lord Jeff Rooker of the British Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, to his thesis regarding food production.

Features the Ponts Green Farm, a farm and delivery news agency business of Graham White and his father Eric in Great Britain. Local papers and magazines distributed by the business; Number of customers.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of farming sows and growing cereals in Scotland.

The author comments on the proposal to relax certain provisions of the feed ban in Great Britain that would allow the feeding of non-ruminant processed animal protein (PAP) to non-ruminants of a different species only.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of growing crops and filing for the Standard Practice Statement (SPS) in Lancashire, England.

The article reports on an online version of Crop Protection Management Plan (CPMP) for 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 released by farmer Andy Barr in Great Britain. The most noticeable difference between the old version and the new version is the substitution of a series of simple yes/no tick boxes for the more complicated self-assessment of performance ranging from A to D. The instructions suggested including the spray operator in the process.

The article reports on a policy agreed for by the National Farmers Union (NFU) on co-existence targets for genetically modified (GM) and non-GM crops that is claimed to be unreflective of the concerns of farmers in Great Britain. An open letter sent by the Soil Association completely rejected the position of the NFU on GM and organic farming according to director Patrick Holden. NFU president Peter Kendall cites that the policy of the union does not reflect a pro-GM stance.

The article presents comments on issues affecting the agricultural industry in Europe. It raises complaints about the British Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs application forms. Quota for sugar-beet growers has been reduced. The common agricultural policy was reformed in Brussels, Belgium.

Focuses on the asbestos management plan of the Health and Safety Executive of Great Britain. Significance of the plan to insurance policies.

Cites that Great Britain's Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs betrayed its pledge to reveal key information to Iain Anderson's investigation into foot-and-mouth outbreak in 2004. Reason cited for withholding an evidence report from government veterinarian Jim Dring in 2001.

Reports on the single farm payment (SFP) for British farmers who have reduced the size of their operations. Details of the historic component of the SFP; Beneficiaries of SFP; Information on the draft clause for land sales in 2004.

Focuses on the British Internet trading platform First4Farming. Example of the benefit offered by the trading platform.

Reports on an initiative to stave off a pesticide tax and encourage growers to cut the environmental impact of agrochemicals implemented in April 2003 in Great Britain. Contents of a literature emailed by the Voluntary Initiative to pesticide users.

Focuses on the documentation of cattle presented to over 30-months scheme (OTMS) for payment purposes. Requirements for OTMS compensation.

The article focuses on milk producer David Edge's technique of winter bedding dairy herd on waste-paper ash from a recycling plant. His 240-cow herd in Flintshire, Wales, is just over the border from Chester, England and about two miles from a paper mill which recycles waste paper into newsprint. Edge is now one of several milk producers benefiting from an alternative bedding, while the mill reduces the amount of waste that might end up as landfill. The ash is produced from burning short fibre waste paper which comes from glossy magazines.

The article evaluates options for farmers' storage systems based on cost, advantages and disadvantages, in Great Britain in May 2011. It talks about the earth bank lagoon, deemed one of the least expensive storage systems, its requirements and limitations such as soil composition. It details the construction of steel slurry storage tanks which is similar to that of concrete stores. Also discussed are plastic bag storage, said to offer advantages over the traditional concrete/steel store.

The article reports on the U.S. demands for greater market access for its food in Great Britain following Brexit, as stated in a negotiating paper published by the U.S. Trade Representative on March 1, 2019. In the paper, the U.S. says it aims to secure comprehensive market access for agricultural goods by eliminating or reducing tariffs.

Cows are almost twice as likely to be infected by other cattle than by badgers in the transmission of tuberculosis, a study has found. Prof Christl Donnelly, from University of Oxford and Imperial College London, who led the Downs et al study, said the latest paper provides an interesting and important new perspective on the challenging problem of bovine TB in cattle and badgers. [Extracted from the article]

An all-in-one calf milk mixer and dispenser from New Zealand firm Stallion promises to cut the workload when feeding large groups of calves. The Mixer Tanker Feeder (or MTF for short) can be towed behind an ATV or pickup and has a 1,000-litre mixing tank powered by a Honda pump. [Extracted from the article]

Presents news items of interest to agriculturists on July 30, 2004. Brucellosis test conducted by the Welsh Assembly's animal health department; Approval obtained by the Quality Standard scheme for beef and lamb of the English Beef and Lamb Executive; Possible implication of proposals outlined in a Home Office consultation paper on firearms for gun shops.

The article explains why bedding cost and quality will be one of livestock farmers' main challenges in the coming winter season in Great Britain. Although livestock advisers are urging farmers to consider bedding they have never used before, they also warn farmers about the quality of cheap materials. The prices of straw are now about 90 pounds per ton. Some of alternative bedding options include woodchip-type materials and paper waste.

The article reports that the Ulster Farmers Union (UFU) has come out fighting against the introduction of proposed changes to Northern Ireland’s Nitrates Action Plan. The Department for Agriculture, the Environmental and Rural Affairs (Daera) published a consultation paper that makes a series of recommendations for 2019 to 2022.

The article reports on the consultation paper published by the Northern Irish Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Daera) on slurry spreading control for 2019-2022, noting the tougher slurry control faced by farmers.