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The author describes the Lincolnshire Show, an agricultural show, held every year near the farm she and her husband own in Lincolnshire, England. She talks about how the best of local food seems to be relegated behind the food court while many of the traditional concessions in prominent places do not seem to focus on local fare. The price limits for the food sold at the show are criticized. She also mentions rewarding her staff with a day at the show by themselves.

The article discusses the developments in the agriculture industry in Great Britain, particularly the implementation of the Greener for Life (GfL) scheme. It features the 500-kilowatt (kW) combined heat and power facility at Stuart Cole's farm near Tiverton in Devon, England, which is among the first projects to go through the GfL scheme. The opinion of GfL founder and Devon dairy farmer Winston Reed on the developments is also cited.

The article discusses developments in the agriculture industry in Great Britain. It features farmworker Frank Beresford of Red House Farm in Nottinghamshire, England. The farm is owned by the couple Jacky Nullis and Steve Leveridge. It claims that Beresford's responsibilities include arable work, arable record-keeping and liaising with the agronomist on spray choice.

The article discusses the highlights of the Miller family's Shanael herd "Golden Celebration" sale at their farm at Evesham in Worcestershire, England. A crowd of over 1,000 Holstein bidders gathered at the farm for the sale which was held in conjunction with the herd's Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF) open day. Over 50 of the herd's best were offered and received a top price of 9,000 guineas (gns).

The article reports on the plan of pig production company Midland Pig Producers (MPP) to build a pig farm in Derbyshire, England as of May 24, 2013. The company has revised its plans for the proposed large-scale pig production farm to meet the concerns of local residents. Details of the proposed pig farm are discussed.

The article reports that Great Britain's Health Protection Agency (HPA) has ruled that Godstone Farm, a petting farm in Surrey, England, is liable for damages after an Escherichia coli outbreak in 2009. The author says the outbreak left 93 people ill, with 76 of them children younger than 10 years. Godstone Farm lawyers said at the High Court its insurance companies admitted liability in 2011 and are processing victims' claims.

The article discusses the impact of extensive flooding on the farm of Guy Poskitt in East Yorkshire, England. Poskitt, who was 2012 Farmers Weekly Farmer of the Year, describes failures of crops such as sugar beets, carrots, and wheat due to floods. Lack of dredging of the river Aire and continuous heavy rainfall are mentioned as major contributors to the flooding problem. Poskitt's criticism of the British Environment Agency for failing to maintain watercourses is also cited.

The article discusses the developments in the farmland market in Great Britain. It claims that the farmland market in the South East region was just average in 2012 despite its proximity to London, England. It presents the major market outlook for 2013, including the assurance that prices will not drop due to the relatively limited supply.

The article discusses the developments in the farmland market in Great Britain. It claims that the East Midlands region topped the number of land traded both publicly and privately in 2012, with cereal land traded for over 7,000 pounds per acre and cereal and sugar beet land traded for 9,000-10,000 pounds per acre. An outlook for the market for 2013 is also cited.

The article reports on bare land properties available on the market in Great Britain. The 100-acre Grade 3 land at Manor Farm in Buckinghamshire has been well farmed and maintained and produces a good crop of grass. Fisher German offers a 13.1-acre plot of pasture land in Kingsey, a part of a turf nursery. A restored quarry site totaling 114 acres in four lots, managed under a Nature Conservation Management Plan, is selling for 560,000 British pounds.

The article reports on several farms for sale in Great Britain, including the Dodd's and Prospect House Farms in Cambridgeshire, England.

The article reports on the three arable holdings that were put up for sale in Great Britain. The 991-acre Waite Farm in Lincolnshire, England has a detached five-bedroom farmhouse, among others. The crops being produced at the farm include wheat, sugar beet and oilseed rape. The other holdings are the Blakesware Estate in Hertfordshire, England and the Lushill Estate in Swindon, Wiltshire, England.

The article reports that farmer Rob Gardner has dug trenches around the fields bordering public byways and tracks at Manor Farm in Hampshire, England to prevent poachers and stop joyriders from damaging his crops. He claims that an average of two incidents involving joyriders charging across the farm in four-wheel-drive vehicles happened weekly. An overview of the trenching procedure done on Gardner's farm is provided.

The article offers information on farms in arable areas in Great Britain that are available for sale. The Pastures Farm in Cambridgeshire, England is described as a commercial unit that has grown wheat and oilseed rape. The West Mains of Dunnichen farm in Angus, Scotland has soils that grow cereals, potatoes, some grass, and oilseed rape. The Rawes Farm in Longforgan, Scotland has grow vegetables and cereals and includes a grain store.

The article reports on the results of the British Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' (DEFRA) survey on the Campaign for the Farmed Environment (CFE) in England. The survey revealed a significant decline in the total area of uncropped land in England, from 130,374 hectares in 2010-2011 to 84,409 hectares in 2011-2012. According to the Campaign to Protect Rural England, CFE is failing to achieve its aim to retain and increase the area of uncropped land.

The article reports on the operation of a biogas plant at Dryholme Farm in Silloth, Cumbria, England that uses an anaerobic digestion (AD) system as part of Farmgen's energy plan for Great Britain to generate electricity to provide power to homes. The plant uses a range of farm-based feedstocks and AD is expected to play a vital role in providing the country's power supplies over the next decade. The plant is connected to the national grid from the Nuclear Management Partners Consortium.

The article presents news briefs related to the farming industry in Great Britain including investment competition for farms in Suffolk and West Yorkshire, England, the sale of the 275 acres of Pykards Hall Farm in Rete, Suffolk, and the sale of grade 2 land in Wetherby, West Yorkshire.

The article discusses the potential effects of the shoreline management plan of Great Britain's Environment Agency (EA) along the coast of Morecambe Bay in Lancashire, England. It is reported that a total of 10 farms including four Lancashire dairy farms will be affected. John and Brenda Lawson of Bank End Farm at Cockerham express their concern on losing their farm without prior consultation. EA coastal team leader Jonathan Croft said that other options are being considered by the agency.

The article reports on the release of a list of land areas that may be removed from the Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZs) by the British Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). The list includes the River Meon in Hampshire, England, excluding the Whitewool Stream, River Kemp in Shropshire and the Meathop Marsh Drain in Cumbria. DEFRA says that farmers with land near the listed rivers may postpone any expenditure.

The article reports on the successful petition by farmers to remove some areas under the Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ) designation in Great Britain. As suggested, the decision should help all the farms in the same drainage zone. National Farmers' Union (NFU) head of policy services Andrew Clark also said that all farms in areas where land is successfully taken off the NVZ classification are already exempted from the requirements of the NVZ action initiative.

The author focuses on the condition of his Waytown farm in Devon, England in September 2009. He cites the ensiled 70 tons of crimped wheat and 168 round bales of straw from 14 acres as the arable success story of the farm. He mentions an improvement in results for the farm's slaughter bulls consigned to their regular outlet in Cornwall. He expresses his concern over the decision of the government to redirect the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS) via the so-called Government Gateway.

The article reports on the apology issued by the British Health Protection Agency (HPA) for the delays in closing down Godstone Farm near Redhill, Surrey in England where there was an alleged outbreak of Escherichia coli in August 2009. It notes that 36 cases of E. coli 0157 were recorded in people who visited the farm, 12 of them were children. HPA chief executive Justin McCracken explains why the HPA did not take immediate action on the issue and the farm stayed open until September 11.

The article reports on the concern of farmers in England that they will have difficulty claiming their 2010 single payment after field maps released by the British Rural Payment Agency (RPA) were inaccurate. RPA was said to use the 2009 Ordnance Survey maps and aerial photography. Richard Wordsworth of the National Farmers Union (NFU) said that the errors are alarming after farmers reported that parcels of their land were missing from their maps. Farm adviser Charles Carter added that his clients reported having maps with land of their neighbours.

The author covers issues on agriculture in Great Britain as of June 19, 2009. He announces that their farm passed the annual Crop Assurance inspection with top marks but reveals that he was not convinced of the benefits of the initiative. He adds that the farm have reached the month before harvest without contracts which request for more room for the wheat at the expense of winter malting barley. He mentions that malting barley has no market.

The article reports on the results of the Farm Rents 2007/2008 survey of the British Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), which found that arable farms in England saw a 5% decline in average full agricultural tenancy (FAT) rents in 2007 as dairy farmers posted a 10% gain. A 2.1% drop on the average price of all FAT agreements has been reported across all sectors. A 0.9% gain has been reported in farm business tenancy (FBT) agreements during the same period, particularly in the cereals sector.

The article reports on the move of the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) to encourage farmers to check their lands after the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) started updating maps of England in June 2009. According to RPA, data from the 2008 Ordnance Survey (OS) maps as well as aerial photography and data from single payment forms will be used in the mapping scheme. Claire Collyer of CLA stresses the need for farmers to check the accuracy of the field maps within the specified 28 days.

The article reports on the assistance provided by the British Environment Agency to address the threat of increased flooding among farms in the Isle of Axholme. Agency officials are said to be reconsidering their flood management plans in such a way that the risks posed to people and to property are minimised. A flood defence partnership to be headed by local Member of the Parliament (MP) Ian Cawsey will work with local farmers and residents to form a new flood defence strategy for the area.

This section offers news briefs on farms for sale in Great Britain as of May 2009. It notes that an upland stock farm and caravan park in Durham, England is being sold by agent Smiths Gore. The 185-acre Cote House Farm is up for sale and features a four-bedroom farmhouse, cottage and caravan park. A farm located at Burtersett in Upper Wensleydale that includes fishing rights on the River Ure is being sold by Hawes Auction Mart and George F White.

The article reports that British Farm Minister Huw Irranca-Davies overestimated the area of farmland in England. According to Irranca-Davies, there were approximately 14 million hectares of farmland which is in fact over estimation because the entire area of England is only 13 million hectares. NFU head of policy Andrew Clark asserted that the estimate had big implications for government policies regarding food security and agricultural productivity.

This section offers news briefs on the agricultural sector in Great Britain as of September 19, 2008. Browda, a farming and sporting estate in the Lynher Valley, England, is offering a farm with organic status. A livestock rearing farm in the Welsh borders has sold at an auction to a local farmer. Some 193 acres are offered with Eatons Farm at Ashurst in West Sussex, England.

The article reports that British farming company, the Co-operative Group, has decided to sell 2000 arable acres from its tightly held farms portfolio. The Co-op farms 70,000 acres, of which it owns 25,000 acres. The firm sold 1440 acres in Bedfordshire and almost 600 acres in Hertfordshire. The sale is the first since a 440-acre farm was sold in Scotland in 2006.

The article examines the threat posed by the lack of labor to the agriculture industry in Great Britain. Farmers throughout eastern England have been scratching about to get sufficient harvest staff. British agricultural students have almost dried up, so growers have been forced to source help from overseas. The shortage of staff has accelerated sharply, with 39 percent fewer full-time farm workers on British farms than in 1999.

The article reports on the visit of the Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling to National Farmers Union President Peter Kendall's farm in east Bedfordshire, England to learn first-hand about the importance of productive agriculture in Great Britain. The chancellor was given a tour of the farm by Kendall and even spent time on board one of the farm's self-steer tractors. Kendall suggested that a separate public service agreement target for productive agriculture might be considered at the next government spending review.

This section offers news briefs related to farms in Great Britain. Evidence that values for agricultural land are heading towards £10,000/acre seems to be growing after Howkins & Harrison sold just under 150 acres at Appleby Magna in Warwickshire, England for £8,168/acre. Perry Farm, with 185.23 acres at Whittington, near Oswestry, England is being offered by Berrys with a guide of £2.7 million. Level grade 2 and 3 farmland is served by a reservoir with abstraction licence.

The article reports on the sale of the research farm called Gleadthorpe Grange in Mansfield, England by the British Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and Agricultural Development and Advisory Service (ADAS). The British Ministry of Agriculture acquired the property as an experimental husbandry farm in 1949 which served the sandland areas of England. The farm grows various crops such as carrots and wheat and it also has storage facilities.

The article focuses on the benefits of the decision of seed producer James Foskett Farms based in Suffolk, England to join the Safe Haven Certification Scheme launched by the British Potato Council. Protecting the business from an outbreak of ring rot was the primary reason of the farm for joining. It mentions the diseases that can be prevented by using the Safe Haven seed.

The article focuses on the impact of the widespread flooding that occurred in Great Britain in July 2007 on the farm of Jeremy Chamberlayne on the banks of the River Severn. The waters started rising on Friday (20 July) and carried on until Sunday. At that point his Ashleworth Court Farm, to the north of Gloucester, was under water and his 2000 pigs in danger of drowning. Losses were kept to about 50 piglets. But further downstream Mr Chamberlayne reckons 200 acres of crops will be a write-off.

The article reports on the farms being sold by agent Robert Hurst of Savills in Lincolnshire, England following the decision of owners David and Will Nelstrop to pursue other interests. Hurst states that the farms were slightly different compared to those on the market in the country. He mentions that the farms have family farmhouses and are big enough to attract farmers from Great Britain as well as abroad.

The article presents news briefs on farm sales in England as of December 2006. Auctioneer Nick Champion has sold the Little Birches Farm in Worcestershire for £400,000. Shearman & Sons will offer the Castle Hill Farm at Womersley in an auction on December 12. The Farfield Farm at Cricklade, Wiltshire is offered for sale for about £1.7 million.

The article offers news briefs related to agriculture in Great Britain. The winners of the Young Country Person of the Year Competition are Harriet Dicken, Oliver Ghazala and Owain Harries. Renovation is being done in the animal management unit at Bishop Burton College in England. A historic site on a farmland in Cambridge, England is being investigated by archaelogists.

The article reports on the failure of the British Rural Payments Agency to pay all the single farm claims by the end of June 30, 2006 according to David Miliband, secretary of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). The DEFRA will have further discussions with the European Union Commission about the application of fines. There are still 8,500 claimants in England who are yet to receive any payment. The Forum of Private Business criticised the interest being offered by the government to those who are yet to receive payment.

This article reports on the possible operation of the partial single farm payments in England by the end of May 2006. According to the Rural Payments Agency, testing of the newly-designed partial payment system was showing encouraging progress. Getting interim payments out to the industry has become a priority, because full payments show little sign of picking up.

The article offers agricultural news briefs in Great Britain as of March 2006. Bernard Matthews of Crusoe & Wilkin claims that his firm is the longest-established land agent. Agent Alexanders has launched an arable farm on the border of Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire in England.

The article presents news briefs on agriculture in Great Britain as of December 23, 2005. Two dairy companies and a potato crisp manufacturer received export awards from the Food from Britain. A Web site was launched by a farm in Northumberland, England that markets its own organic produce. The Schools Food and Drink Challenge will be launched in January by three Somerset, England-based food manufacturers.

Reports on an increase in the number of farms on sale in Great Britain in November 2005. Description of a farm on sale in Lincolnshire, England; Estimated cost of land to be sold in the region in 2006; Reason for the decision to sell the Gosberton Fen Farm in Lincolnshire.

Focuses on the lamb faecal egg counting program launched by the periodical "Farmers Weekly" with independent sheep consultant Lesley Stubbings and the Royal Vet College and sheep producers in Great Britain. Results of the faecal egg count conducted on lambs in Buckle Farms in Suffolk, England; Need for Buckle Farms to manage grass carefully to prevent the spread of worms in sheep.

Presents news briefs on the farm land market in Great Britain as of January 27, 2005. Plan of Oxon Firm Marriots to sell one of its first blocks of bare land; Sale of Easton Neston to property developers Nick and Christian Candy; Views of Andrew Pearce of Humberts' Lincoln office on the land market in Lincs, England.

Presents information on the commercial farms run by the publication "Farmers Weekly" in Europe. Easton Lodge in Lincs, England; Sacrewell Lodge in England; Vimer livestock and arable farm in Normandy, France.

Presents news briefs on the agricultural industry in Great Britain as of November 2004. Sale of an arable farm owned by Cheffins between the border of Essex and Suffolk in England; Increase in the volume of lands marketed in England; Rise of arable farms available in South-West England.

Presents news on agriculture in Great Britain as of October 22, 2004. Highlights of the nationwide School Milk Week activities at Park County Primary School in Aldershot, England; Launch of the Surrey County Ploughing Match and Country Fair in Loseley Park near Guildford; Number of farmers who have notched up years of service between them on the same farm near Baston, Lincs, England.