Archive Article: 2001/06/28

28 June 2001

29 June, 2001



THIS WEEK IN

COVER STORIES

• Vigorous vendeens lift lamb profits
• Beckett faces northern trauma
• Getting the best from your power-harrow
• Dispersal sales get underway

BUSINESS

• High vet bills prevent farmers from moving their stock
• Radical new vision for pig recovery plan
• Raw milk prices set to follow product values?
• Brilliant late June weather made top quality hay

LIVESTOCK

• EU beef reforms forces re-think on stocking policies
• Dairy units explore options following grazing shortfall
• High cost of early bull cull

ARABLE

• Poor OSR pod-set prompts pollination questions
• Tackling take-all
• Pioneers set to reap min-till rewards

MACHINERY

• Tractor registrations fall
• Automatic guidance can preserve precious plants
• No loose ends in lucerne processing…

FEATURES

• Old ideas are sometimes the good ones
• Is worm farming big business?

TALKING POINT

• David Richardson: Farmers grin and bear the sugar beet loses
• Guy Smith: NFU volunteers get knocked

FARMLIFE

• Parrot project is up and away
• Its so sad but little changes
• Good old english pub

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