Event sponsors the British Wool Marketing Board (BWMB) will be showcasing the work it does on behalf of farmers at the Agri-Expo event at the Borderway Auction Mart, Carlisle on Friday 1st November 2013. The BWMB stand is being organised ...
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Bob Sherman, who built Serta into the nation's largest bedding producer, is leaving Serta to pursue other interests, officials announced. His wife, Barbara Bradford, a senior Serta official, is also leaving. No reason for the departures, ...
Tags: Light Industry, Daily Use
A PicKnit hosted by the Campaign for Wool will be held at Low Sizergh Barn, Kendal on Sunday (13th October) as part of the Kendal Wool Gathering and to celebrate Wool Week (14th – 20th October) PicKnit is the Campaign for ...
Tim Gubbins from Moyston in Victoria has been awarded a Nuffield Scholarship supported by Australian Wool Innovation. As part of the scholarship Mr Gubbins will study the Merino breed with a specific focus on the period from conception ...
A 34% rise in wool prices and a six-fold uplift in the volume sold to date compared with the same point in the 2012-sales calendar are a clear signal of the benefits sheep farmers gain from selling their wool through the British Wool ...
Construction has now started on one of the UK's largest (32MWp )solar farms at the site of a former World War II airfield in Suffolk. Lark Energy developed the project, working closely with landowner, Navigator Land LLP. The solar farm ...
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Environment secretary Owen Paterson has succeeded in his mission to persuade Russian authorities to sign an export deal for British beef and lamb, expected to be worth £100M over the next three years. The DEFRA boss has signed a ...
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Chinese company Jin Baohua Carpets has manufactured the largest one-piece rug ever made by using more than 3000 kg of New Zealand wool. The giant rug covers 1018 sq m, and was made by a team of 100 workers who took two months to finish it. ...
Capital Meat Processing Company Nigeria Limited has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) and lease agreement with the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), for an ultra-modern abattoir at Tungan Maje in Gwagwalada Area ...
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juwi, one of Europe's leading renewable energy installers, has entered into a project agreement with the UK's largest solar energy generator, Lightsource Renewable Energy, who has purchased two large-scale solar farms. The installed ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, solar
Campaign for Wool 2013 is ready to start, spreading across the world a message of respect for the environment through a number of unexpected and comical educational activities, all inspired by the "Live naturally, choose wool" claim, ...
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Elders Limited has agreed terms with its existing financiers to renew and extend its syndicated finance facilities to 31 December 2014, as part of a comprehensive plan to secure the repositioning and sustainability of the company as a pure ...
Following the success of the 2009 Australian Pastoral Property Innovation Manual, AWI and Bestprac are promoting innovation uptake across the pastoral regions of Australia. The National Bestprac Coordinator, Rural Directions Pty Ltd, is ...
In March of this year, Wools of New Zealand became a fully grower owned company for the first time in its history. More than 700 New Zealand sheep farmers have invested in and are committed to the growth and sustainability of Wools of New ...
Our Rating: Performance, Ride & Handling 4 Comfort & Interior 4 Quality & Design 4 Value & Features 4 Safety 4 Green 3.5 It isn’t quite a wolf in sheep’s clothing, the Jaguar XF 2.2D, but it definitely is a ...
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