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Help needed on farmers views towards agri-environmental schemes

Hi there, I am a student studying Environmental science at university and am in serious need of a bit more data for a project I am doing for ECM. If any of you have a couple of minutes (if that) could you please fill in the answers to the following questions (very small questionnaire)? 1. What size is...

Posted to Crop comments (Forum) by student@mmu on Fri, Mar 28 2008
Hemp Farming in the UK is very profitable if you are within 200 miles of Suffolk

Hi everyone - first post here I run an environmental charity that helps companies to reduce carbon emissions and we promote local food and sustainability. For sustainability we promote Industrial Hemp as a profitable and environmentally sound break crop which is becoming a mainstream raw material for...

Posted to Crop comments (Forum) by industrial hemp in the uk on Wed, Feb 27 2008
Re: New bluetongue cases in western England

It seems there may be good news on the way on this story. We've been told off the record that a second batch of tests have returned negative results for bluetongue and so no further movement restrrictions will be imposed. This does of course raise questions about the quality of the testing being...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by top tup on Mon, Jan 28 2008
Re: New bluetongue cases in western England

Afraid I've no knowledge of where the outbreak is or how many stock are affected. The feeling is that DEFRA are waiting until Monday so they can consult with stakeholders as to the best course of action. They may extend the current zone westwards or just put in place 20k zones around the outbreaks...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by top tup on Sat, Jan 26 2008
New bluetongue cases in western England

DEFRA is expected to make an announcement on Monday which will confirm new cases of bluetongue in Shropshire and Cheshire. A source close to DEFRA told Farmers Weekly that the cases which had been discovered in the last few days were not believed to have been found in imported animals, suggesting the...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by top tup on Fri, Jan 25 2008
Re: Bluetongue meetings in the south west

25833625, if you have any questions you want answered from the meetings please feel free to post them on the forums and I'll ensure one of the speakers provides the relevant information. Also, you can read a report from the meetings we held last Novemember, regards, Jonathan Long, Livestock Editor...

Posted to Animal banter (Forum) by top tup on Wed, Jan 9 2008
Re: Last night's bluetongue meeting

A more detailed report is now available here

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by top tup on Thu, Nov 8 2007
Last night's bluetongue meeting

Last night was the first of the three bluetongue meetings we're running with NSA, EBLEX, NBA and LAA. We had a great turnout of farmers and the presentations as expected were excellent, particularly Daan Dercksen from the Netherlands. The main lessons from Daan were that next year will be far worse...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by top tup on Thu, Nov 8 2007
Re: Blue Tongue DEFRA spin

Yes Jacobus, but as we can't stop midge movements we have no hope of preventing disease spread completely. Those of us still suffering in the south east have just been slapped in the face again by the EU and face even more losses under the new export rules. Its shambles and we're beggining to...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by top tup on Wed, Nov 7 2007
Re: Farming Help Appeal 2007 and Solutions to Mad Cow etc.

As farmers around the world know, those transporting and manufacturing processed food are polluting our air, land and water as well as destroying our health. This is a time for correction and the message needs to go out to the world that understanding and solutions are available now for world leaders...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by garden paradise now on Tue, Nov 6 2007

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