Top links to farming and agriculture on the Net

FARMING ORGANISATIONS

WORLD

Food and Agriculture Organisation  The United Nations organisation promoting better farming in many countries  http://www.fao.org

World Farming  International farming site  http://www.worldfarming.com

MOMAGRI is an international agricultural think tank, based in Paris, and staffed by leading agricultural economists, with considerable influence on policy and development in Brussels and elsewhere. www.momagri.org     

UK

NFU The National Farmers Union is the senior farm representation body in Great Britain, and a good source of information  www.nfuonline.com/  The NFU has a separate organisation for Wales nfu.cymru@nfu.org.uk that concerns Welsh legislation, Agri schemes funded through the Welsh Assemby Government and other matters.

Tenant Farmers Association  Created to specifically help and represent those who farm without land ownership, providing expertise in legal and economic issues. http://www.tfa.org.uk/

Farmers Union of Wales Created to provide dedicated, fully bi-lingual, representation for farmers in Wales; has a natural leaning towards Plaid, the political 'Party of Wales'   http://www.fuw.org.uk/

Agricultural Engineers  The main organisation for farm machinery manufacturers   http://www.bae.umn.edu

National Association of Agricultural Contractors  The main representative body for farm contractors throughout the UK.   http://www.naac.co.uk

Royal Agricultural Society of England  Membership is £40 a year, benefits include the Royal Show, information  http://www.rase.org.uk

ADVISORS

Webb Paton have an excellent page on entitlements, the trading of EU subsidies, subsidies and farm business tenencies  http://www.webbpaton.co.uk/

ADAS  ADAS is a top farm consultancy, involved in many government sponsored studies and projects, but which also works for individual farmers and farm groups.  http://www.adas.co.uk



Farming Futures provides inspiration and information on how to prepare your business for the impacts, opportunities, risks and responsibilities that climate change brings. It is a communications collaboration between the National Farmers' Union, Country Land and Business Association and the Agricultural and Horticultural Research Forum (representing the agricultural and horticultural levy boards), the Agricultural Industries Confederation, Forum for the Future and Defra. http://www.farmingfutures.org.uk/x8.xml

Agriclass is a fascinating directory of properly useful web sites. Don't visit unless you have a spare half hour, and only if it's raining!! This page is for machinery parts http://www.agriclass.co.uk/directory/machineryparts.html

Grainman   Grainman is a direct link to Glencore Grain. Whether you need a price, check figures or are looking for a quote www.grainman.co.uk

Britishfarmingforum The discussion board every farmer should join. This dedicated forum is well moderated (no rubbish is included) and well organised. FARM IDEAS has adopted britishfarmingforum as it's discussion board of choice, and hope you will as well.

The Dairy Development centre is centred in Gelli Aur and provides technical and market information for farmers. Funded by the Welsh Assemby Government, Farming Connect (a publicly funded extension organisation) and DairyCo, the levy board.  www.ddc-wales.co.uk

LANDSMANS BOOKSHOP LTD  LANDSMANS BOOKSHOP LTD Started in 1946, Landsmans is a specialist bookshop supplying Books, CD-ROMs, DVDs and videos on Agricultural, Horticultural, Equine, Forestry and allied subjects through the post, from our Mobile Bookshop or our secure website of over 5,500 titles.  http://www.landsmans.co.uk/

FARM MANAGEMENT

Small Business Software Management Tool i.Agri Ltd develops and markets the 'Landmark Software for the Land and Small Business' range of software which is written specifically for farm and business accounting operations in all countries around the world. Our book keeping management software offers unique tools for financial planning, budgeting, invoicing and reporting. http://www.iagri.com/farming_sites.htm

COUNTRYSIDE ISSUES

Countryside matters  A site which is exactly what is says!  www.countrysidematters.org.uk

Living Countryside  Living Countryside has been established to advance the education of the public in all aspects of agriculture, the countryside and the rural economy.  www.ukagriculture.com

Tripod  Interesting site providing very low cost web page design templates and internet stuff    http://members.tripod.com

The Rodale Institute - regenerative agriculture  The Rodale Institute researches and promotes regenerative agriculture from its California base. They say: "Regenerative Agriculture reminds us of the true importance of farmers in our society. The ridiculous image of the farmer as hick and redneck is forgotten. We remember that agriculture is the foundation of all civilization, that when you improve agriculture, you elevate the whole society. And we affirm that agriculture is an absolutely essential part of any world-wide effort to improve our environment and health." http://www.newfarm.org/index.shtml

Agriculture  Farming general  http://www.agriculture.com

Agrifor  Farm education matters  http://agrifor.ac.uk

Farmerstrader  Provides a place to sell products, services and equipment on a site designed by farmers. Adverts cost from £5 a month  www.farmerstrader.com

Agritradingnet  A place to buy and sell, but requires a subscription of £17.50 to join. www.agritrading.net

Agritel wrap and twine  Agritel supplies a complete range of agricultural baler twines, netwrap and stretchwrap suited to the UK farmer and contractor. Ordering online enables you to buy Agritel agricultural packaging products at the cheapest prices. Recycling Farm Plastics Agritel offers a simple, cost-effective and sustainable solution to the problem of agricultural waste plastic. Compressing waste plastic into mill-sized bales makes it cheaper to transport and readily acceptable to recyclers, cutting the cost of disposal.  www.agritelcroppackaging.co.uk

Euroagri  A site for european farming  http://www.euroagri.net

Muddymatches  An on line dating site that's designed for country people. Simple and effective and of real value to those who have difficulty in meeting people with mud on their boots. The events sound like fun, happen in different parts of the country, and look like they're focussed at a group which is far wider than the Range Rover green welly brigade.    www.muddymatches.co.uk

LINKS TO IRELAND

The de Paor Consultancy Marketing consultancy established in March 1998, with a website that has numerous valuable links to Irish agriculture. Maria & Liam De Paor work with an independent team of professionals - these include an award winning copywriter, a talented designer and specialist photographers.  www.depaor.ie/index.php

MACHINERY

Irrigation  This world site brings together all there is on irrigation, with links to products and suppliers, as well as a useful do-it-yourself section. An impressive amount of information, calalogued in an equally impressice way  http://www.irrigation-hq.com/agriculturalirrigation/

Engineering tips  Useful site for farm engineeers and others  http://www.eng-tips.com

Farm Vehicles  Worth a browse for anyone interested in farm machines  http://www.agricultural-vehicles.co.uk

Used Farm Tractor  Sell or buy your used farm and construction machines on AgroMachine.com Site currently has 500 tractors in many countries. Detailed specifications, but few prices. Worth visiting if you're looking for something very specific - say a Fendt with creeper gears, front linkage etc, etc.  http://www.agromachine.com

All about chainsaws  Everything Chain Saws, from 18v chainsaw to zip power parts for chain saws. Suppliers across the world, chainsaw history - a real mine of information.  http://chainsawshq.com

TractorFinder  TractorFinder.co.uk is a site operated by Motokov UK Ltd. It is designed to aid UK dealers in distributing their second hand tractors among each other and directly to customers.Simplicity and speed, they do not take percentages or charge any fees, and signup is also currently free.  www.tractorfinder.co.uk

tractors-direct  tractors-direct.com carries on-line small ads for tractors, machinery and parts. Buyers and sellers deal direct cutting costs and commissions. Advertise your tractor for £5 with a FREE colour photograph.  www.tractors-direct.com

www.agriplantdirect.co.uk/index.php 

Knight Farm Machinery   On-line parts from Knight Farm Machinery. Comprehensive but slow loading site with prices - you have to know what you want. Not much of a browse, but with Dowdeswell landslides at £10.35 when we looked, value is there. Parts are not original but pattern substitutes.  www.agri-part.com

Claas   Site of the German machinery manufacturer of combines, foragers, rakes and much else besides   http://www.claas.de

FL912   Deutz FL912 engines and spare parts, tractors & tractor spare parts. Indian exporters with complete range for Deutz FL-912 3,4,6 cylinder   e-mail: windexp@india.com

Link Wales Cadwyn Cumru   We are a member owned co operative who currently have 1900 members in Wales, and are one of 12 similar businesses through Wales and England.   www.walesmr.com/index.php?page=29885098&lang=2

BBCi   BBCi is a first-class search engine which is selective - so you spend less time reading unwanted material  http://www.bbc.co.uk

Agrisearch.net  Easy to use site provides a directory of UK farming sites on the net.  http://www.agrisearch.co.uk

First4Farming  First4Farming is the online agricultural shop window for farming and rural industries and is open and available to everyone throughout the supply chain from farmer to retailer. Within this site you can browse the latest news, weather and market price information. 

agriplantdirect A well organised site which allows you to search for what you want, where you want it. There's enough on-site to make it worth looking at, and more will come, because it's so well built.

Globalfarmers  Globalfarmers is an agricultural trading company dedicated to sourcing competitively priced inputs for UK arable, livestock and dairy farmers. globalfarmers source the inputs from a network of UK suppliers and offer an independent and non-biased price to the farmer.  www.globalfarmers.com

Internet company  The Internet Resource for the Agricultural Community. Agricultural Search Engine, Web Site Design & Hosting.  http://www.agriserve.com/

Gofarmer.com  Gofarmer.com - online market place for farmers and smallholders to buy and sell farm machinery & livestock, list farm B&B's, farm shops and home grown produce.  http://www.gofarmer.com

Farmsearch  Rural Properties in a centralised national register of rural and agricultural property.  www.farmsearch.co.uk

Your MP  Find your MP's contact details, and see what their stance is on farming issues  http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/

Farmers with websites

Letham Shank Farm on the River Tweed in Northumberland provides details of cropping, machinery used and a  diary of the farming year, with a selection of images, and information about farming and food production. Farm IDEAS Web Award for information and being kept well up to date. http://www.lethamshank.co.uk/

Grendon House Farm is a well diversified farm in North Warwickshire which makes the most of its assets and location www.grendonhousefarm.co.uk/single.htm?ipg=5279

Thriplow Farms Oliver Walston's 35th annual report shows that our favourite TV farmer is also no mean manager, whose quite prepared to reveal disasters as well as successes. While arable farmers will be interested in varieties and agronomy, all readers, farming and non, will find the report interesting. www.thriplow-farms.co.uk/annual/2008.htm

Jason Rankin has a dairy farm in Ards, N Ireland and maximises grazing and grass production. Lots of useful info for dairy farmers and others interested  www.loughries.demon.co.uk/