Agri-Business
Crossborder water quality project marks halfway stage with completion of NI sites
A major cross-border project, aimed at improving water quality in Carlingford Lough and Lough Foyle has reached the halfway stage....
Agri-Business
Agri-Business
Welsh agricultural college to invest £2.5 million in 10ac solar farm
Aberystwyth University in Wales has announced plans to invest £2.5 million in a 10ac solar farm as part of its...
Agri-Business
Avara Foods makes £6.5 million investment into its Hereford facility
Avara Foods – one of the UK’s largest food companies – and Herefordshire’s biggest private employer, continues investing heavily in...
Agri-Business
NI veterinary school: 200 vets needed for Brexit checks
Northern Ireland's vet shortage appears to be coming to a head as Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots warns as many as...
Agri-Business
100 businesses pledge to increase vegetable consumption
The Peas Please project, which works to make vegetables more appealing, accessible and affordable for everyone, now has 100 major...
Agri-Business
Strict Covid-19 controls in place for Stirling bull sales
United Auctions’ strict regulations and security controls with regards to Covid-19 will continue for the May Stirling bull sales, in...
Agri-Business
DAERA customs infrastructure delay could cost public extra £300,000
Compensation paid to firms involved in the construction of DAERA customs infrastructure, as a result of delays starting the build,...
Agri-Business
NI and ROI join European dairy resilience project
Both Northern Ireland and the Republic have joined an international research network which aims to make European dairy farms more...
Agri-Business
UK food and drink exports fall by 9.7% in 2020
Santander UK and the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) have launched an industry report showing that despite sporadic re-openings of...
Agri-Business
Land Rover Defender named 2021 World Car Design of the Year
The Land Rover Defender has been named 2021 World Car Design of the Year at the annual World Car Awards....
Agri-Business
Farm trials to investigate how seaweed could lower livestock emissions
Northern Ireland's first farm trials into the potential of seaweed to reduce emissions in dairy herds are set to begin...
Agri-Business
DAERA customs facilities delayed again… this time until 2023
Northern Ireland's Department of Agriculture has warned permanent customs facilities for agri-food produce will now not be ready until at...
Agri-Business
Defra abandons its 'Pick for Britain' campaign
The Department of Food Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) has abandoned it’s “Pick for Britain” campaign for 2021. The scheme...
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New working group on BAME veterinary student support holds first meeting
A joint Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) and Veterinary Schools Council (VSC) Working Group on how to better support...
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Green investment in farmland on the rise
The number of people looking to buy farmland so they can manage it to improve biodiversity or generate carbon credits...
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NI total farm income up by a third in 2020
Northern Ireland's total farm income soared by a third last year, according to the department's first provisional estimate for 2020....
Agri-Business
Last chance for farmers in the Midlands to apply for on-farm biodiversity grant
Farmers in the Midlands have until April 18, to apply for funding to improve on-farm biodiversity under the spring STEPS...
Agri-Business
New Zealand government to phase out live exports by sea
The New Zealand government has announced that the export of livestock by sea will cease following a transition period of...
