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NMR and AHDB Dairy have developed a secure link from NMR’s dairy management system Herd Companion to the Herd Genetic Report on AHDB’s website.

BASIS members joining this year’s Cereals LIVE event, taking place digitally on 10th and 11th June, can still collect the BASIS points they would ordinarily pick up at the show.

On Thursday 18th June 2020, Elliott’s traditional family butchers of Kislingbury will open a new on-farm shop serving home reared meat, local produce, eggs, cheese, vegetables and store cupboard sundries.

Leading farm education charity, LEAF Education in partnership with Coleg Cambria Llysfasi have launched the annual National Competition in Food, Farming and Environment.

Those looking to pass on farming or business assets need to act now to preserve full tax reliefs, which might be cut to help pay for the furloughing scheme, expert lawyers have said.

Breeders Limagrain UK are running a short and fun online quiz to find out what British farmers really know about their wheat markets and varieties. All correct entries will be entered into a prize draw to win a weather station.

Producers can now take control of the health management of individual gestating and lactating sows with Anpario’s new easy application product, Orego-Stim TD, which can be top dressed to sow daily rations. 

KWS have missed seeing you this summer but you can still get all the information about their key varieties you need from the new virtual crop tour. Cereals 360 makes it possible to experience all their key varieties of barley, hybrid rye, oilseed rape and wheat.

After a much busier spring than was expected in the current circumstances, new season fertiliser campaigns are on the horizon while the wheat markets are looking a little more tricky.

Vehicle manufacturer Izuzu says its range of pick-ups are tough, strong and built to go the distance, making them the agricultural pick-up of choice for UK farmers and the winner of numerous accolades, including Trade Van drive for the 8th consecutive year, What Van?, Professional Pickup & 4×4.

Taking precautions against incoming vehicles, and keeping visitors to your livestock buildings to a minimum, are both an important part of protecting your herds from the spread of disease.

Bringing together equipment from manufacturers in Devon, Somerset, Lincolnshire and Suffolk, Evans and Pearce says it is proud of the grain cooling systems it has brought to the market over the past 50 years. No matter your preference for cooling grain this harvest, Evans and Pearce has systems to suit a range of situations.