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Longtown Primestock Sale 03/07/08
The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart P.L.C. had forward 105 prime cattle, 2 young bulls, 22 OTM cattle, 722 prime hoggs, 2,725 prime lambs and 4,951 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Thursday 3rd July, 2008.

Crop Market Update from Gleadell 03/07/08
In Europe, the combines will be starting in the south this weekend and harvest has begun in Eastern Europe where the yields are being described as better than average.

SAC Becomes Scotland’s Newest Higher Education Institute 03/07/08
SAC Chief Executive and Principal, Professor Bill McKelvey will announce, on Friday (4th July), that SAC will be designated a Higher Education Institute (HEI) at the beginning of August 2008.

New Study of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Farms 03/07/08
The comprehensive study of 200 farms comes at a time when the agricultural industry is increasingly aware it must take steps to reduce its carbon footprint, particularly emissions of nitrous oxide and methane.

New Zealand Suffolk Open Day 02/07/08
Commercial sheep farmers have a unique opportunity to look at more profitable sheep production when the UK’s first New Zealand Suffolk Sheep open day takes place in Shropshire on Saturday 12th July.

Land Degradation Increasing in Severity and Extent 02/07/08
Land degradation is intensifying in many parts of the world, according to a study using data taken over a 20-year period, FAO announced this week.

National Trend to Yield-Only Wheat Growing 01/07/08
An even higher proportion of this year’s wheat crop is being grown for yield alone, reveals RAGT Seeds’ annual wheat grower study published this week.