Environment
Phillip promoting lettuce salads and farming
Gedney Marsh production director for J E Piccaver & Co Phillip Hubbert is to play a key role in increasing the consumption of leafy salads.
Holbeach Hurn grower welcomes spring visitors
Well, spring reluctantly arrived on the farm in early April, after what seemed like a year of cold and wet weather.
£10k fighting fund to ditch power station
Sutton Bridge Parish Council has set aside £10,000 to pay for its legal battle to stop a “green” power station being built at Wingland.
2 commentsSUTTON BRIDGE GASIFIER: Village to fight district council on ‘green’ power station go-ahead
Furious Sutton Bridge residents are ready to call in the local government Ombudsman or go to judicial review after district councillors gave the go-ahead for a controversial “green” power station.
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SUTTON BRIDGE GASIFIER: Couple blast council for giving go-ahead
A couple’s dream of a quiet retirement in the countryside lay in tatters as the planning committee approved EnergyPark’s application by a vote of 8-2.
2 commentsSUTTON BRIDGE GASIFIER: Building of the power station could start a year from now
EnergyPark boss Chris Williams says building work could start at Wingland in “about a year from now”.
4 commentsWeights review
The NFU is asking for growers’ views on a proposal for a change in the legislation to allow roadworthy tractors and trailers to travel at speeds up to 25mph with weights of up to 37t (for tri-axle trailers with road-friendly suspension).
Stunning cacti display by Morton nursery
These cacti, part of the display that earned Southfields Nurseries at Morton – Cactusland – a gold and the Lyn Downes Best in Floral Marquee Award at Malvern Spring Flower Show, range from four to 40 years old!
New help for south Lincolnshire growers
The Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire Tony Worth officially opened the new Lincolnshire Rural Support Network health screening and advice drop in service for growers at Spalding Auction.
Thoughts from young farmer Will
I farm in partnership with my father on our family farm and I’m also currently treasurer of Spalding and District Young Farmers’ Club.
New direction for Quadring nursery
Put new blood in charge of a business and you have to expect change.
Useful service for south Lincolnshire growers
Advice drop-in points have been running in the north of the county for five years, with the introduction of the health screening a couple of years later.
Taking health service to local growers video
That men are often unwilling to visit the doctor if they have a health worry is not news.
‘My garage will disturb new homes’, boss says
The boss of a motor repairs firm objected to a new homes development because residents will suffer noise and fumes from his business.
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WORD ON THE GROUND by Pinchbeck flower grower Sue Lamb
Pinchbeck flower grower in defence of migrants
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Outdoor area gives pupils fresh air
Weston Hills Primary School pupils got some fresh air into their lungs while working hard to find out more about the natural world around them.
Double gold for Cactusland
Southfield Nurseries at Morton – Cactusland – has been awarded Gold and the Lyn Downes Best in the Floral Marquee Award, for the third year running, at the Malvern Spring Flower show.
Centrica gives pledge on sea defences at Sutton Bridge
Energy company Centrica is promising to continue monitoring a crack that appeared in sea defences at Sutton Bridge after it laid wind farm cables through the embankment.
Gardeners being compost aware
Bettaland Products at Crowland took part in International Compost Awareness Week by encouraging membership of its new ‘green gardening club’.
Moulton Seas End grower’s column up for award
Moulton Seas End grower Matthew Naylor has been feeling the backlash since he spoke out nationally against making life too easy for young farmers.
Bad weather hits farmers’ balance sheets
Farm incomes plunged by 14 per cent in 2012 because of the bad weather, according to Defra.
Spalding nursery worker is Apprentice of Year
Eighteen-year-old Charlie Gaunt has been named Apprentice of the Year in the Skills Awards 2013.
Wind farm bosses defy council
Bosses of a proposed wind farm at West Pinchbeck are defying a council request to withdraw their planning application.
Will ‘flawed’ survey sink wind farm at The Delph?
Council officers are asking wind farm bosses to withdraw controversial plans for nine turbines at The Delph, West Pinchbeck, because of a “flawed” ecology survey.
Consumers still buying flowers
British consumers are just as likely to cheer themselves up with a bunch of flowers as they were before the financial crash of 2008, according to a survey.
Moulton onion grower in thankful mood
In the last nine months I think we have broken three records in the onion growing industry.
Road repairs under fire
The county council has come under fire for making a child-like “bodge” of pothole repairs in Sutton Bridge.
Clean-up gets flower power
Volunteers had flower power behind when they toured Spalding at the weekend armed with rubbish bags. Members of the Chamber of Trade and Rotary Club were collecting litter to prepare for Saturday’s Spalding Flower Parade. Pete Williams, landlord of the Punchbowl and Hole in the Wall pubs, said the team of six was out for a couple of hours. He said: “We filled a fair few bags, but I was genuinely surprised at how clean and tidy the town was.”
1 commentAgronomic developments to be shown at Cereals
Hundreds of crop plots showing the latest agronomic developments will form the heart of this year’s Cereals event.
Shoppers shun ready meals for fresh meat
Consumers are increasingly switching from ready meals to fresh beef and lamb, according to new figures.
Farmer and beekeeper approve pesticide ban
The neonicitinoid pesticide ban has been taken without enough evidence of harm to bees.
Quadring farmer’s long holiday job
Michael Featherstone jokes that he has had the longest summer vacation job in the history of casual labour.
Hopes for 25th Gold at Chelsea
Exhibiting at Chelsea will hold particular significance for Linda and Bryan Goodey this year.
Breakfast date with police
Spalding police inspector Jim Tyner is the guest speaker at Thursday’s meeting of Spalding Business Club.
‘Save our big skies’ – MP joins battle against wind farm
“Big sky” thinking is being used by South Holland’s MP to support campaigners who are raising £40,000 to stop a wind farm being built in Sutton St James.
4 commentsCow stuck in bog rescued in Lutton
Fire crews faced a sticky situation in Lutton Marsh where a cow managed to get itself stuck in boggy ground on Thursday.
Deeping St Nicholas grower talks about... the weather
Nearly every time I write my column I am writing about the unusual weather we have had.
Lincolnshire farmers take action on Bovine TB
THE NFU has reiterated the importance of knowing an animal’s provenance as Lincolnshire farmers take action to prevent the spread of Bovine TB.
NFU competition to fight Lincolnshire’s rural crime
Rural insurer NFU Mutual has launched its Country Crime Fighters Awards 2013 to support anti-crime initiatives in rural Lincolnshire.
AWB abolition causes split
Opinion appears to be split over the merits of the abolition of the Agricultural Wages Board.
Land at Low Fulney prepared for pumpkin planting
Pumpkin grower David Bowman was getting the land in shape ready for drilling when this image of a Case Quadtrac working land at Low Fulney was captured.
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Weather for Spalding
Wednesday 22 May 2013
Today
Light showers
Temperature: 4 C to 15 C
Wind Speed: 18 mph
Wind direction: North west
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Temperature: 5 C to 10 C
Wind Speed: 23 mph
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