Biofuels - NFU take decision

The NFU has taken the opportunity of national Biofuels Day to draw a clear distinction between biofuels produced sustainably to what it calls "The British Model" that yield genuine greenhouse gas savings, and biofuels produced elsewhere in the world with fewer environmental safeguards.

Takeover of mineral company

The Denis Brinicombe Group has acquired the Scottish based mineral nutrition company Lachlan MacGregor Feeds (formerly trading as Marr & MacGregor Feeds).

Challenging times for livestock

The NFU is challenging the increasingly fashionable view that livestock farming is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions and warning that using climate change as an argument to discourage people from eating milk and meat could be environmentally counter-productive.

New president for Cornwall Farmers

Cornwall Farmers announced the election of the fourth new President for the farmer controlled cooperative at their 87th Annual General Meeting held last week at Princetown, Dartmoor.

Good progress of new dairy board

Just a few weeks in and the DairyCo board is making good on its promise to get out and about and meet levy payers.

Challenge for farmers

Farmers and growers rising to the challenge of meeting Britain's need for food and fuel means land has never been more important, according the NFU as the Government launches its new Land Use Futures study.

Profit in red meat if you stick to quality markets

There is a growing and sustainable demand for English meat and producers can profit from it by concentrating on the quality end of the market, ensuring their levy funds go to support those sales and stop trying to compete for "value" and discounted sales.

Ministers should climb off the fence says CLA

Defra ministers should climb off the fence and follow the lead set by the Welsh Assembly Government in taking a proactive approach to eradicating the menace of Bovine TB.

	Taunton ladies bare all to help farmers
	A small team of ladies working in Taunton, together with some of their generous customers, have helped to raise £1,500 for farmers who are facing a crisis.

Badger culling in Wales welcomed

The NFU has welcomed the announcement by the Welsh Assembly of a programme for the eradication of TB in Wales.

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