The British acre set to disappear off the horizon

11:13am Thursday 31st July 2008

Since Saxon times our burial grounds have been known as “God’s Acre”; and then in the 19th century the great agricultural land reforms tried to acquire for every farm labourer the legendary “three acres and a cow”.

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Long may splendid Malton Show continue

9:09am Friday 25th July 2008

JUDY and I spent a few entertaining hours at Scampston Park last Sunday for the 122nd Malton Show and what a splendid event it is.

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Event shines while keeping true to its root

9:30am Thursday 17th July 2008

BETWEEN the forecasts of economic doom and the frustrating summer weather, it is with particular relief that I can report the spectacular success of last week’s Yorkshire Show and the royal visit.

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Shifting the boundaries on bluetongue

2:06pm Thursday 10th July 2008

With all the precision of a broken watch, Defra announced late on Friday that the bluetongue boundaries would be changed as from last Sunday evening at midnight.

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Livestock market at top of council agenda

3:16pm Wednesday 2nd July 2008

Thanks to all those who attended the meeting at Ryedale Council offices last Thursday.

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Milestone meeting on market looms

9:39am Thursday 26th June 2008

The saga of Malton market heads for another milestone this evening at 6.30pm when the policy and resources committee receives the report of the strategy steering group.

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Report on market’s future goes back to council

2:23pm Wednesday 18th June 2008

Since that splendid turnout on March 5 when Ryedale Council chamber was filled with the farming fraternity, the steering group which was then proposed has stuttered and stumbled through several meetings.

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Cash injection to back farmers’ bio-energy bids

9:33am Thursday 12th June 2008

Whatever you may think of the heated debate as to whether our agricultural land should be producing food or energy crops, the Government has taken a very positive leap onto the side of the bio-energy support groups. This week it has announced grants of up to £200,000 for farmers to invest in biomass and this will be a cash injection at the point of production. The main stumbling block seems to be one of timing as the deadline for applications is put at August 5 for individual businesses and September 5 if you are a producer group – so you need to get your skates on. The scheme will fund the following investments:

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Be prepared for first stage of new stewardship rules

3:52pm Wednesday 4th June 2008

NATURAL England has confirmed that it is going to implement the first stage of its changes to the Environmental Stewardship rules this summer; and for those farmers already in the scheme and those preparing to make an application, you need to be aware of the proposals.

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Health check brings on move to drop subsidies

10:44am Thursday 29th May 2008

FOLLOWING the major reforms of 2003, the CAP five-year health check is firmly in the European debating arena and the German Commissioner, Mariann Fischer Boel, is pushing hard to drop production subsidies.

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