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The Farm Safety Partnership (FSP) has raised serious concerns over the recent decision by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to halt farm safety inspections. It comes following HSE’s announcement The post Alarms raised over decision to stop farm inspections appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

Where Great Britain will accept verifiable PDF GB health certificates from, to import live animals and animal products through TRACES or other systems.

Will Davies has joined Simon Richard Ltd as the southern area sales manager. Commenting on the new hire, Simon Richard said: “Will has a huge wealth of knowledge and respect The post Simon Richard Ltd appoints new sales manager appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

Tallis Amos Group (TAG) servicing teams have been promoting farm safety by contributing £15 from each harvest machinery check throughout the winter to The Farm Safety Foundation. They announced that The post Farm safety initiative raises over £700 for charity appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

Nick Bragg, who farms in Somerset at Frogmary Green Farm, is raising funds for the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) with a 1,000-mile cycling challenge, which will be done alongside The post Bicycle and forager to complete a 1,000 mile route for charity appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

With more ground being put down to spring cropping this year, Farmacy is advising growers to pay close attention to plant growth regulator (PGR) requirements. Alice Cannon, regional technical support The post Close attention is needed with plant growth regulators this spring appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

The 2024 mower portfolio from Kverneland has been expanded with two models – the 5387MT and the 5395MT, which fit between the existing 5087MT and 53100MT Vario. These new models The post Kverneland extends butterfly mower range appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

Catherine McNair will join Yara UK as area manager for East Anglia, with responsibilities including farmer-customer relationships throughout the region. FACTS qualified and with a high level of technical knowledge, The post Yara UK appoints new area manager appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

Import risk categories under the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) for animals or animal products you’re importing from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, the Faroe Islands and Greenland to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), and the import rules and inspection rates for each category.

Syngenta’s new fungicide, Miravis Plus, has been brought to market – reportedly offering a step change in wheat and barley yields. Containing the new SDHI active ingredient pydiflumetofen (also called The post Miravis comes at ideal time given current disease risks appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

This year’s Cereals Event, taking place on the 11th and 12th of June, will include over 200 working demonstrations, enabling visitors to see the latest kit in action. “This is The post Working demonstrations to take centre stage at Cereals 2024 appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

Pöttinger’s Harvest Assist app has been designed to help optimise forage harvesting and now includes three new functions to further boost performance. The first new function is the ability to The post Pöttinger adds extra functionality to Harvest Assist app appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.