News and Diary Dates
Better buying, better selling – When risk becomes reward
December 5th 2018
The grain market can be a hostile environment, and becomes ever more volatile. CPM seeks expert advice on how to use it to your advantage. It’s important to work with someone you trust. By Tom Allen-Stevens Editor of CPM Magazine Your attitude to risk may largely define your marketing strategy, and when dealing with a volatile market, […]
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Better buying, better selling – The seed selector
June 8th 2018
Making the right seed choices this autumn are key considerations for every UK grower, so how does the UK’s largest farmer-owned co-operative make the right ones? CPM tours Openfield’s seed plant and asks the man with the answers. You wouldn’t describe a person by numbers, and it’s the wrong way to judge every aspect of a variety, […]
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Openfield underlines that its business is about much more than grain
April 3rd 2018
Openfield talks to the Telegraph Business Club about how its farming grain co-operative works and how they interlinks with best-known names in the British food and drink manufacturing industry Watch the associated video using this link. The Openfield Partnership is the UK’s only national farming grain co-operative. It produces approximately four million tonnes of grain […]
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Openfield: Case study of one of the UK’s leading agricultural co-ops
September 20th 2017
Farming is the second largest industry sector in the UK’s co-operative economy, with 436 farming co-ops owned by 153,000 farmers. These co-ops turned over £7.4bn in 2016 and are behind some of the biggest British food brands. One of them is Openfield, which supplies over 150,000 tonnes of British wheat into a nationwide milling network […]
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Growers to benefit from £250,000 seed plant investment
August 4th 2017
In a bid to improve quality and efficiency, Openfield, the farmer co-operative, has invested £250,000 into its seed production plant, to provide growers with high-quality seed and an unrivalled seed service.
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Openfield new crop exports off to a busy start
August 1st 2017
Farmer co-op Openfield has got exports off to a flying start this season, with 10 boats loaded with 40,000t of new crop barley and oilseed rape since harvest began.
Three oilseed rape shipments totalling about 8,000t have left the UK and seven feed barley boats holding a total of 32,000t.
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Moisture Meter Clinics 2019
- 1 February to 7 July – Openfield, Honey Pot Lane, Colsterworth, Lincolnshire, NG33 5LY – 8am to 3:30pm. Call 01476 862 728 to arrange a time for your meter to be checked
- June (whole month) – Woldgrain Storage Ltd, Hemswell Airfield, Hemswell, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 5TJ – Call 01427 668 741 to make an appointment
- 4 June – Water Lane Farm, Tarbock, Prescot, Merseyside, L35 1RD – 6pm to 9pm
- 5 June and 6 June – Lingrain Storage Ltd, The Docks, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 6BJ – 8am to 3pm
- 17 June – Pools Barn Farm, Little Alne, Henley in Arden, Solihull B95 6JH – 10am to 3pm
- 18 June – Gillow Farm, Herefordshire, HR2 8LE – 10am to 3pm
- 19 June – Openfield, Compton Business Centre, Compton Abdale, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL54 4DL – 10am to 3pm
- 19 June – Weald Granary Ltd, Seven Mile Lane, Mereworth, Maidstone, Kent, ME18 5PZ – 10am to 3pm
- 20 June – Heathcote Farms, Park Road, Toddington, Beds. LU5 6HH
- 20 June – Trinity Grain (Shrewton). Nr Rollestone Camp, Shrewton, Wiltshire, SP5 4DS – 10am to 3pm
- 27 June – Go Outdoors, Maynard Road, Wincheap Industrial Estate, Canterbury, Kent CT1 3RH – 10am to 3pm
- 2 July – Openfield, Harvest House, Thetford Road, Bressingham Diss, Norfolk IP22 2DB – 10am to 3pm
- 3 July – Cannington Grain Ltd, Combwich Road, Cannington, Bridgewater, Somerset TA5 2Pl – 10am to 3pm
- 4 July – Trinity Grain (Membury) Lambourn Woodlands, Hungerford, Berkshire RG17 7TJ – 10am to 3pm
- 4 July – Kernow Grain, Lanivet, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL30 5HX. Please call 01208 830 000 for more information
- 9 July – Trinity Grain (Micheldever), Overton Road, Micheldever Station, Winchester SO21 3AN. -10am to 3pm, Call for appointment 01962 794 924
Staffordshire County Show
29th and 30th May
The 2019 Staffordshire County Show will be held at the Showground on Wednesday 29th and Thursday 30th May.
www.staffscountyshowground.co.uk
North West Crops Evening, 4th June 2019
North West Crops Evening – Tuesday 4th June 2019, 6pm
By kind permission of Edd & Lucy Houghton and Groobarbs
Wild Farm, Mag Lane, High Legh, Cheshire, Sat Nav WA13 0TF
Just off the A50 Warrington to Knutsford Road. Turn onto Mag Lane just by the Linear Art Gallery
- Walking tour of cereal variety trial plots with NIAB TAG Specialists
- Openfield – Market analysis and update
- NFU Industry Update from Tom Bradshaw, National Crops Board Chairman & Chloe Lockhart HQ Crops Team Adviser
- Donate £10 to charity and get your moisture meter tested & calibrated in return
- BASIS and NRoSO points
- BBQ & Refreshments!
All welcome. To help us with catering please reserve your place by contacting the NFU North West Office on 01695 554 900 or email: louise.doson@nfu.org.uk
Kenilworth Show, Warwickshire
8th June 2019
The Kenilworth Show – a fun filled, action packed, exciting and educational day!
Saturday 8th June 2019,
The Lincolnshire Show
19th and 20th June 2019
Experience a true celebration of rural Lincolnshire with an eclectic mix of breathtaking entertainment, food, shopping, music, horticulture and farm life – creating the perfect family day.
19 and 20 June 2019
Venue: Lincolnshire Showground, Grange-de-Lings, Lincoln, LN2 2NA
Great Yorkshire Show
9th to 11th July 2019
Dates for the 2019 event are Tuesday 9 to Thursday 11 July which will be the 161st show
Gillingham and Shaftesbury Agricultural Show
14th August 2019
The Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show is one of the largest one day agricultural shows in the south, held on the Turnpike Showground in North Dorset.
Wednesday 14 August 2019
Midlands Machinary Show 2019
20th and 21st November 2019
This year’s Midlands Machinery Show will be held on the 20th and 21st November at the Newark Showground.
https://www.midlandsmachineryshow.com/
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