Articles by Date : July 10 2006 - July 16 2006

Harvest Highlights: Combining continues, so does drought
As combines continue to roll across the country, mostly through winter barley, there are continuing concerns over the dry weather burning wheats off.... more
(14 July 2006 16:50)

Yorkshire Pearl may not make malting
Yorkshire farmer Andrew Middlewood started cutting Pearl winter barley yesterday more
(14 July 2006 16:45)

Harvest going well in Somerset
Somerset farmer Tony Higgins said harvest was going very well at Middlegate Farm more
(14 July 2006 16:38)

Hopes for Worcs OSR
Peter Fairs near Evesham in Worcestershire said winter barley harvest was well underway in his area more
(14 July 2006 16:27)

Worcs spring barley withstood storms
Worcestershire farmer Andrew Symonds was expecting to cut early spring barley by the end of next week more
(14 July 2006 16:22)

Lincolnshire crops are stressed
Robert Naylor was harvesting in “lovely weather” in Stamford, Lincolnshire, with pleasing results more
(14 July 2006 16:15)

Potential for Cambs crops
Cambridgeshire farmer John Goodchild was concerned for some winter wheats on lighter land more
(14 July 2006 16:10)

Irish farmers to get €40m following closure of sugar beet factory
Irish sugar beet growers and contractors are to receive 32% of the money available for restructuring, following the decision of Greencore to close.... more
(14 July 2006 12:05)

NFU takes legal advice as beet closures leave members in lurch
The NFU is taking legal advice and seeking the intervention of junior DEFRA minister Jeff Rooker to mitigate the effects on growers of next year's.... more
(14 July 2006 10:05)

Harvest Highlights: Barley pleases Eastern farmers
As harvest was getting underway, farmers in Eastern regions of the UK were generally satisfied with winter barley more
(14 July 2006 09:00)

SFP misery still continues
Farmers who are yet to be paid their 2005 single farm payment deserve compensation over and above the interest that has been promised by DEFRA,.... more
(14 July 2006 09:00)

Royal Show visitor numbers down 5%
Organisers of the Royal Show are blaming hot weather for a 5% drop in visitor numbers over the four-day event. more
(14 July 2006 09:00)

Profile figures show fall in milk output for June
Milk output dropped again in June, with dairy farmers delivering 1177m litres to processors. more
(14 July 2006 09:00)

Rural skills week a resounding success
Children at a North Yorkshire school who were given the chance to practice sheep-shearing, dry-stone walling and tractor-driving this summer have.... more
(14 July 2006 09:00)

High eyespot risk threatens yields
Eyespot infection in second and early-sown first wheats could hit yields by 2-3t/ha this harvest, according to Bill Angus from Nickerson. more
(14 July 2006 09:00)

Headage ends, AI returns
Suckler herds tend to rely on stock bulls, but could AI offer a better route to achieving higher conception rates? more
(14 July 2006 09:00)

Fresh calls to close Doha talks
EU Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso will try to inject fresh life into the ailing Doha Development Round of world trade talks at this.... more
(14 July 2006 09:00)

Deprived farmers fight back
A group of dispossessed Zimbabwean farmers is about to take a case for compensation to an international tribunal. more
(14 July 2006 09:00)

DEFRA admits to using 'wrong' law
Dozens of farmers may have been wrongly convicted for making illegal cattle movements after it emerged DEFRA has been making prosecutions under the.... more
(14 July 2006 09:00)

Apprehensive Lincolnshire farmer
Mark Ireland at Grange Farm, Lincolnshire, had cut 80ha Flagon winter barley when he spoke to FWi today (13 July) more
(13 July 2006 16:48)