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Presents information on testing procedures developed at the University of Reading that will help eliminate sewage sludge in farmlands in Great Britain.

The article features the nominees for the Green Energy Farmer of the Year award to be given by the periodical "Farmers Weekly" in Great Britain in 2009. They include farm manager Russell Armstrong of the Co-operative Farms in Cambridgeshire, England, Chairman John Ibbett of Bedfordia Farms in Bedfordshire and farmer Richard Gedge in Devon. The factors favored by the judges in their farms are detailed, including the motivation to reduce energy costs, the ability to solve environmental problems and the ability to prove the feasibility of a green lifestyle.

The article informs on the ban on four men including Denny Loveridge, James Crickmore, John Jefford and Mark Loveridge suspected of nearly 60 hare coursing offences from entering farmland in Cambridgeshire in the East of England. It mentions the issues relating to the hare coursing in the region. It also mentions information on injunctions against the suspected men.

The article reports that DEM (King's Lynn) Ltd. was fined by the Environment Agency (EA) of Great Britain for storing too much highly polluting waste in a lagoon and spreading too much of the organic waste onto land controlled by Trevor William Sieley causing runoff and pollution. Topics covered include amount of waste deposited or spread by DEM at Poplar Farm in Otwell, Norfolk, England and amount of penalty imposed on DEM.

The article reports on the decline of nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ) designations in England following a series of appeals by farmers. Topics discussed include the publication of the revised NVZ maps by the British Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the appeals process according to National Farmers' Union (NFU) environment adviser Grace Righton, and the history of NVZ designations since 2000s.

The article reports on the availability of business tenancies at four county farms in Norfolk, England. Norfolk County Farms states that new starters and established growers that are planning to expand can take advantage of the fiver-year lettings. The characteristics being sought for the farms include enterprising, adaptable, and hardworking.

The article informs that Local buyers snap up Herefordshire County Council farms in Great Britain, as of December 1, 2017. It mentions that demand for the County Council's 4,000-acre land and farms portfolio has proved to be strong with sales now agreed for all 59 lots, while the mass sell-off proved controversial after a number of the council's tenants who were operating on farm business tenancies (FBTs) were served notices to quit ahead of the land being marketed.

The article offers information on the building of houses on agricultural lands by the government in Great Britain and how this would affect farmers. The article mentions how village people gathered for a discussion to protect farmer Charlie Wray's dairy farm. The article mentions how Wray had installed milk dispensing machine for direct selling of milk to people. The article also mentions the concerns of the farmers on the impact of Brexit on their farming business.

The article focuses on the decrease in the demand for troughs and peaks in the farmland industry of Great Britain.

The article reports on the stress and anguish experienced by farming couple Shelley and Hardy Klindt caused by the appearance of a crop circle on the land they farm near Swindon, Wiltshire, England.

The article offers information on the Approved finishing units (AFUs) that allow beef producers to finish animals from both restricted and unrestricted farms, and discusses the role of AFU for farms under tuberculosis (TB) restriction in England and Wales. It mentions the conditions applied for AFUs in England which includes contamination, manure and biosecurity. Also it adds that cattle can move from an AFU under license after clearing TB test.

The article suggests to treat for flies to prevent production losses in livestock. Topics discussed include farmers involved in Parasite Watch run by Zoetis have been using fly traps to monitor fly populations on the farm, comments from Emily Gascoigne of Synergy Farm Health on increase in the strike fly population in the South West and Neilsen Gillard on same.

The article focuses on the contractors' attitude towards the Contract Farming Agreements (CFAs). It presents a report by real estate service provider Strutt & Parker at Cereal on the impact of the contractors' demands on land bidding. It further states that land with good storage, drainage, and other facilities receive more interest from contractors. Information on the CFA earning is also provided.

The article reports on dumping of part-worn tyres and a pile of tree clippings at West Yeo Farm, near Bridgwater, England by fly tippers. It mentions plans of farmer Winslade for installing gates and cameras to catch offenders. It adds report of the incident filed to the Somerset police to catch the offender.

The article offers information on a gang headed by Daniel Small and his two sons Daniel and James who are facing jail over a massive conspiracy to steal Land Rovers and other agricultural machinery from farms across England. Topics covered include the role of farmer Barry Stephens in the gang's criminal enterprise, mobile phone evidence that linked to burglaries and thefts, and tractors and agricultural machinery that they have stolen over the years.

The article reports on the auction of land and farms in Cumbria, England in November 2016.

The article discusses the farming trendword diversification. It considers success in diversification as the lifeline, propping up struggling or even tailing farming operations. It looks at diversification and its role in sustaining many farming businesses in Great Britain. It cites Cotswold Farm Park as case of diversification in point.

The article features Gloucestershire, England's Overbury Farms as it takes pride in its conservation efforts and farming operations with its Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) agri-investment scheme in its commercial food production in Great Britain in May 2011. It notes that the farm has been in a Countryside Stewardship Scheme (CSS) for 10 years. It talks about a 10-year HLS commitment worth 120,000 British pounds a year, more flexibility than the CSS, and practical management.

The author offers an update on the condition of his Manor Farm in Norfolk, England as of January 2010. He describes the yields of wheat, sugar beet, malting barley and potatoes in the farm in 2009. He cites the possibility for the management of agriculture in Great Britain to become more intrusive. He thinks that agriculture will encounter political and economic difficulties in 2010.

The article offers information on picture of animals sent by readers of the periodical for entry in the Livestock Legends series. Topics discussed include nomination of 18-year-old British Blue cow Greystone Olive as most productive beast in owner Graham Coates' herd, Megwin the Masham livestock from Hardenclough Farm, Derbyshire, England, and 21 calves produced by Geoffrey Littlejohns' Friesian-cross suckler cow.

The article offers news briefs from across the globe as of November 2015. Ladies in Beef (LIB), group of women working within the British beef industry, has launched a campaign to prevent the decline in suckler beef breeding herd numbers. The rapidly spreading strain of bluetongue virus has spread to Austria. The police have investigated two men over the theft of 100 Christmas trees from a Buckinghamshire, England farm.

The article presents farmland outlook of the North East and North West of England which reveals that low farmgate prices are likely to push an large number of farms and blocks of land on to the agriculture market in 2016. Topics discussed include demand of dairy unit, increased number of farmer buyers and farmlands purchased by working farmers for expansion.

The article offers information on farms in Great Britain which are on sale, and presents a correction to an article related to the location of the Hatton Farm, which appeared in the August 14, 2015 issue. It mentions Scottish farms including the Valleyfield farm which is in arable cropping and includes housing for sheep, and the Knocktim farm which includes a grain store; and a grassland farm in Devon, England.

Presents the outlook of agricultural industry insiders on the future of farms in northeast England. Forecast on farm subsidies by Christopher Haskins, rural policy adviser to the government of Great Britain; Prospects for sheep farming according to Donald Curry, former chairman of the government's policy commission on food and farming; Factors affecting farming according to National Farmers Union president Ben Gill.

The author discusses the need for security measures to ensure safety of the cattle farms. She presents experience of some men entering the farm owned by her with husband Andrew in north Lincolnshire, England. She mentions the concerns over response time of police and security cameras that can help in preventing burglary.

The article discusses the comments made by Peter Kendall, former President at Great Britain's National Farmers' Union (NFU) on microblogging site Twitter on fly-tippers that have targeted his farm in Bedfordshire, England, by dumping piles of industrial waste in gateways. It mentions the efforts made by NFU to make fly-tipping a criminal offence. It also mentions the Great Britain's Environment Protection Act 1990, under which it is landowner responsibility to clean up fly-tipped mess.

The article discusses the comments made by Peter Kendall, former President at Great Britain's National Farmers' Union (NFU) on microblogging site Twitter on fly-tippers that have targeted his farm in Bedfordshire, England, by dumping piles of industrial waste in gateways. It mentions that Kendall is planning to report the incidents to police. It mentions the Great Britain's Environment Protection Act 1990, under which it is landowner responsibility to clean up fly-tipped mess on private land.

The article reports on bovine tuberculosis (TB) cases at farms in West Sussex, England. It mentions the statement made by the Great Britain's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)'s Animal Plant and Health Agency (APHA), on the investigations on the same. It include comments from James Osman of National Farmers Union (NFU), on the concerns over same. It adds the advice given to farmers on the same.

The article reports that Robert Worsley, a farmer has lost a chance to become a multimillionaire after rejecting a bid by the housing developer Mayfield Market Towns to sell his farm in West Sussex, England. It also highlights that the housing developer wants to use the land as part of a project to build 10,000 homes.

The article offers Great Britain news brief as of April 2015. Topics discussed include sunglasses as prize awarded at the Young Farmers' Clubs (YFC) Annual Convention to be held in April 2015, Penduline tits been spotted at the organisation Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)'s Darts Farm in Devon, England and a flock of the sheep bought by a would-be veterinarian to help pay for her studies.

The article talks about several business operations at Staffordshire, England-based Glen Farm at the starting of 2015. It mentions about completion of the first batch of weaning at the farm's contract calf-rearing unit and about all-grass wintering and budgeting at the farm. Also it discusses the issue of low returns and volatile markets faced by farmers, and suggests farmers to examine their businesses and make improvements.

The article discusses the vision of farmer Will Cockbain for hill farming in future with the changes in Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). It include comments from Cockbain, owner of hill farming system at Rakefoot Farm near Keswick in England, on the hill farming and adds that his farm carries suckler cows and a pedigree flock of Berrichon sheep. It also adds the marketing of sheep.

The article offers agriculture industry news briefs as of January 23, 2015 related to Great Britain. Topics discussed include a road accident involving a tractor from Deere & Co. and two cars at the Chirk bypass in north Wales, outbreak of bovine tuberculosis on a farm in Lincolnshire, which resulted in the slaughtering of 40 cattle and the Scots tenancy report on Scottish farm tenancy reform expected to unveil in January 2015.

The article reports on Farm Energy Challenge, a competition by the periodical and energy company E.ON, in which Tom Gribble, owner of Charleston Farm in England, and Jan McCourt, owner of Northfield farm in England, attempted to reduce their energy bills. It mentions that Gribble installed more efficient sodium lights in and outside the buildings to save energy. Also it reports that McCourt upgraded external lighting of his farms to light emitting diode and installed energy monitors.

The author, who owns about 400 hectares of arable land in Norfolk, England, and discusses the significance of old-fashioned husbandry and mentions that he took a weekend trip to visit farming friends to the countryside at the Berkshire/Oxfordshire border in England. Topics discussed include development of contract farms on both the sides of River Thames, England, farming concern related to chemical-resistant blackgrass, and ploughing and spring cropping as best farming methods.

The article offers news briefs related to real property business in Great Britain. A Grade 3 land on the Ash Levels at Westmarsh, near Canterbury, England is for sale. The residential livestock farm Leworthy Manor in Devon, England has been launched on to the market. The Lower Glyn Farm, a smallholding set in the Wye Valley in Monmouthshire, Wales, the owners of which run the holiday enterprise called Hidden Valley Yurts, is on sale.

The author talks about the agricultural events he attended and his work on the arable land he manages near Plymouth in Cornwall, England as of June 2014. He discusses the staging of the Royal Cornwall Show, his visit to Cereals 2014, and the prospect for a sizable harvest. He also highlights the increase in workload in the second half of June which includes lifting and widrowing daffodil bulbs, drilling the remainder of the swede, and irrigating the onions and potatoes.

The article discusses how proper land drainage can contribute to higher arable crop yields at farms in Great Britain. Topics explored include the increase in water management projects at arable farms in 2014, the underperformance of ageing drainage systems particularly during the previous wet winter season, and updates on drainage improvements being done at Norfolk farms in England. Remarks from Norfolk farms director Tom Dye regarding land improvement are also presented.

The article reports on the compensation awarded to 10 children, who fell ill after exposure to the Escherichia coli 0157 bacteria during a visit to Godstone Farm in Surrey, England in 2009, announced by the High Court in London, England in May 2014. Topics covered include the diseases acquired by the children due to the exposure, the ruling released by Judge Sir Colin Mackay, and the apology given by Godstone Farm.

The article reports on the compensation awarded to 10 children, who fell ill after exposure to the Escherichia coli 0157 bacteria during a visit to Godstone Farm in Surrey, England in 2009, announced by the High Court in London, England in May 2014. Topics covered include the diseases acquired by the children due to the exposure, the ruling released by Judge Sir Colin Mackay, and the apology offered by Godstone Farm.

The article presents updates on the Euston Estate farm in Thetford, England as of May 9, 2014. Activities on the farm include meetings organised by the local National Farmers Union (NFU) where growers asked about the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform, and the status of the growth of crops such as sugar beet, forage maize and winter cereal.

The article reports on the sale of a mix of Grade 1 and Grade 33 let land at Stilton near Peterborough, England, a bare arable land let on an Agricultural Holdings Act (AHA) tenancy.

The article reports on the sale of the Yarmleigh Farm near Sandford, Crediton, England, which has been owned and farmed by the White family since 1987 and produces cereals, beef, sheep and free-range poultry.

The article reports on the damage caused by floods on farms in the area of Somerset Levels in South West England as of January 24, 2014. Topics discussed include the heavy rainfall during the Christmas 2013 season, the floods that hit the region in 2012 and areas of farming land affected by the current flooding. Comments by local farmers, including West Yeo Farm and Newhouse Farm owner James Winslade, are presented.

The article discusses developments in farm tenancy situation in Great Britain as of early January 2014. It cites the move by Cambridgeshire's County Farm Estate to offer five-year farm business tenancies (FBT) on five arable holdings, with deadline of tenders scheduled on February 28, 2014. Among the FBTs are the Morley Farm, the Red House Farm, and the New Farm. The other farms being offered include the Holker Estates in Cumbria, England and the Burlone Tregoose Farm in Cornwall, England.

The article features the Elveden farms, a rye grower in Suffolk, England. According to the article, the rye thrives better on the Breckland soils of the farm than wheat and barley. Senior farms manager Andrew Francis explains that the arable land of the estate is mostly planted by vegetables and rye is idea as a break crop in its six-course rotation. He adds that rye is drought tolerant and fits well into a second cereal slot.

The article features James Mayes, a farm manager responsible for more than 1,000 hectares of farmland in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire in England. It mentions the two years he spent studying at an agricultural college while working on a farm looking after a herd of Hereford cattle. He also advises all young farmers to get as much experience as they can in various sectors of the agricultural industry.

The author discusses activities and conditions on his Belvoir Fruit Farms in Leicestershire, England as of September 20, 2013. He describes the oilseed rape harvest as his worst career yield while the wheat harvest has been surprisingly good. He talks about using the 2013 harvest to test the farm's controlled traffic farming (CTF) harvest plan. The construction of an on-site wheat storage facility by IFTS Services is also mentioned.

The author discusses activities and conditions on his farm at Dunsden Green in south Oxfordshire, England as of September 20, 2013. He describes the rapid completion of harvesting and poor yields caused by a combination of shallow rooting and extreme heat in early July 2013. The establishment of oilseed rape in a timely manner is mentioned. Farm machinery company Kockerling's failure to deliver a drill control box for variable drilling is also cited.

The article discusses the developments in the farmland market in Great Britain as of mid-2013. It cites the nearly 190 acres of arable and pasture land in Exeter England, which is being sold for one million pounds. A portion of the Nixhill Farm at Wimblington in Cambridgeshire, England was also put up for sale.