SUMMARY
SUMMARY
Keep up with the Johnes plan
Following proposed government guidelines to beat Johnes disease in cattle will offer savings of £26 a cow for dairy producers in five years time, says DEFRA……….p40
Maedi warning
Check the health of replacement sheep before you buy, is the SACs advice after an outbreak of Maedi Visna in some pedigree Scottish flocks….p42
Wheat a waste
Including wheat in a maize-based beef finishing diet has no financial benefits. Rather, it increases costs by £26 a head. A Cedar/University of Reading study shows soya-rape and maize is the best combination………………..p44
Bash blight hard
Potato producers facing heavy blight pressure this season are being advised by agronomists to hit the disease at every opportunity……..p55
Back in the north
After eight years the Royal Northern event is back, this time with an added environmental slant…………………p64
Let us spray
Sprays and Sprayers promises to be a one-stop-shop for all thats new in spraying technology and advice……p66
All change for Ares
Five years on from the launch of the Ares tracor, Renault says its improved version will make the model even more successful…………………….p77
Muck and methane
Biogas is taking Germany by storm. One German producer even says having a biogas digester must be like having a wife……………………………p80
Top taste in a shed
A no-frills oyster shed in Mersea, Essex, specialises in shellfish straight from the sea rather than fancy decor……………………Farmlife