Game Fair 2012 Cancelled

The CLA (Country Land & Business Association) website has published a notice with respect to the Game Fair:

It is with great regret that we need to tell you that the CLA Game Fair 2012 has been cancelled due to adverse weather and ground conditions.

We were forecast 36 hours of drying conditions, which we have had. We hoped that this would have been enough to dry out the waterlogged ground. Unfortunately, the benefit has been negligible and as such it would prove impossible to allow the 3,000-4,000 vehicle movements still required to complete the remainder of the show build.

Every effort has been made over the past few weeks to protect the integrity of the ground to enable the event to go ahead.  The weather forecast is predicting significant further rainfall in the next 48 hours. The situation looks set to only deteriorate from this point on.

This knowledge combined with increased health and safety risks during the build and for the public during the three days of the CLA Game Fair has led us to the point where we do not believe we can deliver the show.

Unfortunately we have had no option but to take the sad decision that this year's CLA Game Fair cannot go ahead.

Please bear with us through this challenging time.

The event site is now closed due to ground conditions

For all general enquiries please call: 0845 612 2052

 More information can be found here

Our thoughts go to the CLA and all those involved with the Game Fair.

Where do you get your farming news?

With the advent of the Internet, there has been a reduction of noise of mail falling through the letter box of the door, although there has been an increase of electronic mail coming through to your email in box. But as a farmer or a rural practitioner, how do you find out the news with regard to your industry? 

I have put forward a few links, below, that are useful to farmers and rural practitioners for getting news on their industry. Some of the weblinks may ask you to register or become members with them. Please note that these websites are outside the control of this Blog and whilst we've done our best to make sure it's suitable for you to visit, we remind you that we're not responsible for non Eurolink web content. 

Can you add anymore, add to the comments below.

Country Land & Business Association

Defra 

The Farmers Guardian  

The Farmers Weekly 

The National Farmer's Union

NetRegs, a website that deals with efficiency and environmental guidelines is going through a structural change and is being split up into the countries England, Northern Ireland, Scotland & Wales and the information is being disseminated between the Business Link and the Environment Agency websites (things are not always easy).

Rural Payments Agency

South East Farmer

South of England Agricultural Society

On asking a farming friend in Canada, I was told they read The Western Producer

As I asked, can anyone add their own useful websites? Use the comment box below.