Farmer news


Shropshire farm in RSPB contest’s final four

A farm near Market Drayton has been named as one of four farms in the regional finals of a national competition.


Research cash boom at Harper Adams University College

Exciting new farming techniques which will see food waste used to generate fuel and electricity will be developed at Shropshire’s only university after £100,000 of funding was secured.


Shropshire farmers squeezed by the supermarkets

Shropshire farmers are still being squeezed by “questionable” supermarket supply tactics, effectively changing when the seasons were, the industry’s union warned today.


Leader: What kind of person kills 50 lambs?

Why a person or persons unknown should have been motivated to remove a heavy concrete well cover at a farm near Much Wenlock, we shall not know until the culprits are caught.


Lambs drown after well lid is removed

A farmer who lost almost 50 lambs after they plunged to their death down a well on a farm in Shropshire today hit out at the culprits who caused the accident by removing a concrete cover.


Some like it hot but Shropshire fields are parched in March

Baking Shropshire was today starting to wilt as the Easter heatwave showed no signs of easing.


Farmer Gerald named the cream of the crop

A herd of 84 cows belonging to a farmer from Shropshire has been declared the best producer of milk in the UK – and that’s official.


Farming Talk: Rising costs are squeezing farm margins

Each year, EBLEX produces a benchmarking report looking at costs of production on beef and sheep farms around England. This report, known as Business Pointers, has become a key indicator of the health of our industry


Farming Talk: Farmers need to be ready for nitrates plea

Farmers who successfully appealed against their Nitrate Vulnerable Zone designation in 2009, or who have remained outside the designated NVZ to date, may have an opportunity to appeal again if the NVZ area proposed in the 2010 Nitrate Directive consultation is adopted.


Farmers fear controversial EU plans herald return to dark ages

Farmers in Shropshire say the county’s agricultural industry will be pushed back into the dark ages if controversial EU plans are approved.


Farming Talk: Ministers may fight ruling on solar payouts

The Court of Appeal has rejected the Government’s appeal against a High Court decision that it unlawfully reduced Solar PV Feed-in-Tariffs (FITs).


Super-dairy near Welshpool under review

Controversial plans for a 1,000-cow ‘super dairy’ on the outskirts of Welshpool will be decided by the Welsh government.


Farming Talk: Hoping that our busy days continue

Well, we’ve moved from the hectic festive season with oven-ready geese, turkey, sausages, lamb and beef joints on the market, to the calm after the storm that is January and the New Year.


Park Hill Farm in running for rural Oscar award

Farm bosses near Market Drayton are celebrating after edging closer to an enterprise award as part of a ceremony dubbed the ‘rural Oscars’.


Farming Talk: Storms leave us out of touch with the world

We all take for granted modern communications technology. Instant contact is now the norm until something goes wrong, like the early January storms dropping a tree through the telephone line in the middle of a field about a mile from us.


Muller milk price cut news leaves Tory fuming

Plans by Shropshire-based dairy giants Muller to cut the price it pays farmers for milk have been slammed by Shrewsbury’s MP Daniel Kawczynski.


Bovine TB biggest threat for Shropshire farmers

Bovine tuberculosis is spiralling out of control and is now one of the biggest threats to Shropshire’s beef and dairy industries, the National Farmers’ Union said today.


Dairy giant Müller cuts milk price to farmers

Dairy giant Müller is set to cut the price it pays farmers for milk.


Shrewsbury farmer hoping for badger cull success

A farmer has welcomed Government approval of a cull on badgers – after losing 80 cattle in four years to bovine TB on his Shropshire farm.


Shropshire farmland hits record price levels

Farmland prices in Shropshire have reached an all-time high – with the costs per acre at record levels. Arable and pasture prices have also soared.


Insurer reports big rise in Shropshire farm crime

Criminals are systematically targeting farms in Shropshire with an 61 per cent rise in “agri-crime” in 2010, a survey revealed today.

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