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.
Can you solve the FWiSpace aerial photo challenge?
Can you identify the location of our aerial pictures showing five well-known agricultural sites?
Creamery expansion should bring member benefits
http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2008/10/10/112595/creamery-expansion-should-bring-member-benefits.html
Milk co-op Dairy Farmers of Britain is optimistic that the £5m spent refurbishing its Llandyrnog cheese plant in Denbighshire will be recouped quickly and provide real benefits to its members
New book outlines methods and costs of reducing air pollution from poultry sheds
New environmental rules, such as the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control regulations, are forcing poultry producers to consider reducing emissions of dust and ammonia from their poultry houses. But getting advice on the best ways of achieving can prove baffling.
David Richardson: Are arable farmers all mad?
http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2008/10/10/112547/david-richardson-are-arable-farmers-all-mad.html
It's been a disastrous wet harvest for most, coupled with poor establishment and a see-saw market. But the show goes on...
Farmers 'confused' about what is expected of them by government
Farmers are confused about what is expected of them by government, NFU vice president Paul Temple has warned.
NFU begins legal fight to overturn badger cull ban
The NFU is set to launch its legal challenge against the government's blanket ban on a badger cull as a means of controlling bovine tuberculosis.
Matthew Naylor: Proud to be a farmer
http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2008/10/10/112546/matthew-naylor-proud-to-be-a-farmer.html
No longer is their a stigma attached to being a farmer. We are privileged to do something as fundmental as growing food
Hybrid telehandlers can save time and labour
http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2008/10/10/112535/hybrid-telehandlers-can-save-time-and-labour.html
Hybrid telehandlers - those designed to perform similar duties as conventional tractors - do have their supporters, it seems. Andy Collings reports.
