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Clients in County Clare with milk quotas full - Cows 365 Blog - FWispace
Travelled up from Roscrea to County Laois to one of the best Limousin breeders in the British isles. The stock here are excellent. Today we were scanning
Agritechnica, large and small | Farm Industry News Blog
It’s difficult to describe the absolute size of the world’s biggest farm show – Agritechnica. After a few days, however, my feet could give you an accurate description. It’s massive.
Area Farm Businesses Financially Strong | CSD Blogs and Opinions
“How profitable was farming in 2010?” The answer to that question probably depends on who you ask, where they live, whether they raise primarily crops or livestock and on-farm management decisions.
Look (a long way) west for a (very large) farm
If arable land at £10,000 an acre in the UK is too steep a price, how about an estate the size of Kent for $10/acre? Savills is about to launch the sale of Estancia Punta del Agua in north west Argentina with a $10m guide price.
Mega Farms
So the Women's Institute opposes 'mega-farms'. As a 20 year old bloke, I am fully prepared to concede that I don't fit particularly well into the WI's mandate. But surely I can't be the only one who's not surprised that this...
Big is beautiful for US pig sector
As the debate about large-scale farming rumbles on, it was interesting to read an article about concentration of the US pig sector in the latest AHDB market survey
Small is Beautiful
There is a good George Monbiot article here. He is suggesting that small farms are much more productive than large farms. Hmmm. Read on if this tickles your pickle or skip it if you prefer the fluffy nonsense that I've...
Boris gives Russians a good stuffing (Food for Thought)
Boris Johnson is on typically good form on his blog, defending good old Bernard Matthews and his turkeys. Have a read! Brings a smile to a Friday morning....
Farm size counts in Russia and UK farmers could learn from it (Food for Thought)
Farmers Weekly technical editor Charles Abel spent yesterday at the Sentry Farming conference. And now he asks: Can we learn from the East? What future farming? How about an 86,000ha integrated farming business? That was one stark image to emerge...
What’s your beef? (Food for Thought)
It sometimes seems as if there is never any good news for the farming industry. But today there is – if you are in Scotland. The Scottish Executive has announced that it is going to introduce legislation forcing all catering...
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