FARMERS’ leaders have described the agreement on the CAP Health Check as both a step forward and a step back.
Environment secretary Hilary Benn also described the deal in Brussels as a missed opportunity to speed up the process of change.
On the plus side, it will end half of the remaining coupled payments, bringing the amount of farm payments switched to environmental schemes across the EU closer to the level already applying in the UK, and simplifying the rules for farm payments, including greater flexibility on the rules governing cross compliance.
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FARM Stay UK is celebrating 25 years of growth with a Silver Anniversary Ball on Sunday 18 January at the Stratford Manor Hotel in Stratford-upon-Avon.
A vibrant and forward-looking organisation of more than 1200 members, it offers a ‘stay on a farm’ experience to families, individuals and a growing number of business travellers.
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FOR less than the price of a bag of chips, you could receive Wrights Farming Register through your letterbox each month – and SAVE £££s by grabbing the latest bargains.
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EXHIBITORS travelled from as far afield as Wales, Somerset and Kent to the new East of England Winter Stock Festival at the showground near Peterborough.
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The NFU has called for the Government and the cattle and sheep industry in Great Britain to stand together and suspend imports of cattle and sheep from areas where Bluetongue is known to be circulating in light of news that BTv1 has been detected in a batch of cattle imported from France.
The animals originated from within the BTV1 and 8 Restricted Zone in the south west of France and were detected as a result of post-import testing carried out by Defra on all Bluetongue susceptible animals arriving from continental Europe. Their documentation complied with the EU Bluetongue rules governing the movement of livestock as the movement occurred at least 60 days after they had been vaccinated.
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Fresh in the Field
FEATURING higher horsepower and payloads, better ergonomics and improved operator comfort, John Deere’s new Mannheim-built 5R and 5RN Series tractors have been designed to meet the needs of medium sized mixed farms, small arable farms and specialist growers.
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Events
MORE than 500 exhibitors will be showcasing their products or services at the 28th LAMMA Show. Many of the major manufacturers will launch new products to the UK market at the two-day event at the Newark & Notts Showground on Wednesday and Thursday 21-22 January, 2009.
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4x4
WITH winter fast approaching, TyreSafe is advising motorists to consider fitting cold weather tyres in order to improve road safety and reduce the number of accidents on the road. Despite the change in road conditions at the onset of winter, many drivers continue to drive on standard tyres. Slippery roads accounted for 55 percent of accidents in which road environment was a contributory factor in 2007, according to Department for Transport (DfT) figures.
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Climate change
This year Wrights Farming Register has been inviting representatives of the farming, conservation and biofuels industries to share their views of the challenges that climate change presents. Concluding this series, Lucy Hodsman, agriculture manager and Dr Jeremy Tomkinson, chief executive officer of the National Non-Food Crops Centre at York discuss how farmers can profit from waste.
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Rolling back the years
THE Newark Vintage Tractor & Heritage Show beat all previous records, attracting more than 12,000 people over the weekend of 8-9 November.
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Landscape and Forestry
ENGLAND’s largest new area of native woodland will be known as Heartwood Forest. The Woodland Trust hopes the new name for the 345-hectare (850-acre) site will give a further boost to its fundraising appeal.
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ESSEX Young Farmers are turning into panto stars and calendar girls to raise money for a ‘Mission Possible’ campaign for a new county HQ.
Members are staging a production of 'Snow White' at Chelmsford County High School on 11-13 December and will be performing to over 1000 people across the three days.
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Regional law firm MFG Solicitors is to stage a Christmas meet and greet drop-in session for Shropshire and Welsh farmers in Oswestry next month. (DECEMBER)
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