Philip Clarke
Editor at The RegTech Pulse
News and Opinion editor, Farmers Weekly. Views expressed here are my own, (though probably bear a close resemblance to FW's as well).
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1 week ago |
fwi.co.uk | Philip Clarke
Farm leaders have given a mixed response to the new UK-US trade deal, seeing both threats and opportunities for arable and livestock farmers on this side of the Atlantic. Initial details emerged on Thursday afternoon (8 May), with US president Donald Trump describing the deal as “very conclusive” and UK prime minister Sir Keir Starmer calling it “fantastic” and “historic”.
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1 week ago |
fwi.co.uk | Philip Clarke
Lumberjills crosscutting with a bushman saw in June 1944 © Doris Youde (nee Stanyon) Defra farming minister Daniel Zeichner has unveiled a plaque in central London to mark the contribution of the Women’s Land Army and the Women’s Timber Corps to Britain’s war effort and food security during the Second World WarMore than 100,000 women served in the Women’s Land Army from 1939-1945, carrying out essential farming duties, from general agriculture to pest control, thatching and ditch digging.
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1 week ago |
fwi.co.uk | Philip Clarke
© South of England Agricultural Society More than 3.500 primary schoolchildren in Sussex and Surrey have been learning to care for ewes and lambs at school, thanks to the Loan a Lamb scheme run by the South of England Agricultural Society’s education committee. Now in its fourth year, the initiative involved 10 primary schools this year, with the penned livestock on school premises for a week.
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2 weeks ago |
fwi.co.uk | Philip Clarke
Wheat prices have come under further pressure this week, with futures markets on both sides of the Atlantic hitting new contract lows. London May wheat futures were trading at just £161.30/t on Wednesday 30 April, as Farmers Weekly went to press, down almost £4/t on last week’s closing value – driven lower by weather developments in the US. November wheat futures were also down, at just £182.55/t on Wednesday 30 April, though still suggesting a £20/t premium for new crop.
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4 weeks ago |
fwi.co.uk | Philip Clarke
Ask broiler grower and consultant Chris Wright, Farmers Weekly‘s Poultry Farmer of the Year, what gives him the most satisfaction working in the poultry sector. He will freely admit it is when someone he is advising manages to raise their European Production Efficiency Factor (EPEF) score to more than 450. This calculation takes into account feed conversion, mortality and daily weight gain.
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