Farmers have less than two months to prepare their appeal against proposed changes to Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZs) designations just announced.

Farmers will be able to see for themselves the difference between using Xpro technology for disease control in wheat at Bayer CropScience’s annual trials demonstration in Herefordshire on Thursday 28 June.

The NFU has condemned Dairy Crest’s price cut to farmers supplying into its nonaligned liquid contracts.

Beef and dairy exhibitor-bred first prize winners at the 2012 Staffordshire County Show on Wednesday June 6 and Thursday June 7 will each receive an extra £10 in prize money.

JCB has been honoured with a Queen’s Award marking the global success of its iconic backhoe loader – in the same week the company confirmed it had retained its crown as the World’s Number One manufacturer of the machine.

Improving livestock handling systems and cattle housing is the title of a free Eblex workshop being held on Friday, May 11, from 10am at Partridge Farm, Linley, Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire, SY9 5HL hosted by farmer James Evans.

A south Shropshire abattoir re-opened by private investors in 2009 has gone into liquidation with the loss of 13 jobs.

A world renowned herd of pedigree dairy cows will go under the hammer in Shropshire later this month. Graham and Shirley Madeley of Rodway Manor, Kinnersley, Telford will be dispersing their entire 175-head Rodway herd of pedigree Shorthorns on May 22 and auctioning one heifer calf off for charity.

The Farmers’ Union of Wales has warned that farmers who fail to check their Single Application Form (SAF) statements for errors risk losing tens of thousands of pounds.