Author Posts: Farmers Guide

The UK’s leading farm assurance body, Red Tractor, is urging farmers to engage in a consultation on how its farm standards should evolve.

The National Sheep Association (NSA) is delighted to announce the lucky recipient of its recent prize giveaway is enthusiastic young shepherd Siony Rudd from Maesgarthbeibio Farm, Mid Wales.

With one in 10 UK charities facing bankruptcy this year, the charity sector is one of the worst-hit by the pandemic.

Livestock farmers urged to work with auctioneers and be aware of demand.

With so much to contend with in 2020/21, Farmers Guide asked farm consultancy expert Mark Russell, a partner at Carter Jonas, for his advice on how to plan for the future when there are so many unknowns.

Here is a compiled list of the top ten lots sold at the Cheffins Vintage collective and on site sales from 2020.

Over the past three years, a Derbyshire farmer has successfully capitalised on over £15,000 of funding from Severn Trent’s environmental schemes, to protect water quality and improve farm efficiency.

The three ‘golden Qs’ to lamb colostrum feeding are: quality, quantity and quickly.

Landowners in England were given the green light to accept tents without planning permission for 56 days per calendar year this summer, and this has now been extended to 31st December 2021.

The Tanco Q-Series square and round bale wrapper, which can be used on the tractor front and rear linkage or a handler, was introduced for the 2020 season. It is available as either a two plastic dispenser version (the Q-200), or a three plastic dispenser version (the Q-300).

2020 has been the most successful year to date for the Evolution separator, which in the past 15 years has sold in excess of 650 units to over 30 countries.

Apollo Vredestein UK Ltd has expanded its Traxion 65 range, with an additional 15 sizes completing the 65 series from 16–42in.