N.Ireland
Court: NI farmer fined for water pollution offences
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has confirmed that a farmer in Northern Ireland has been fined...
Agri-Business
Agri-Business
Poll: 80% of farmers 'worry for survival' due to UK inheritance tax changes
The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has found that 80% of farmers ‘worry for survival’ as a result of...
Agri-Business
USDA: No detections of screwworm in livestock after human case
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has said that there has been no detections of new world screwworm (NWS) in...
Agri-Business
AHDB: UK dairy exports to Ireland increased by 7% to 251,000t
A new report shows that UK dairy exports to Ireland increased by 7% to 251,000 tonnes in quarter two of...
Agri-Business
Fresh appeal launched for information following tractor collision on A1
A fresh appeal has been launched by Lincolnshire police force to identify the driver of a tractor who was involved...
Agri-Business
Bega Cheese potential Fonterra Oceania acquisition not going ahead
Bega Cheese has indicated that its proposed acquisition of certain businesses within the Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited will not go...
Agri-Business
Cow euthanized following ‘military helicopter exercise’ in Netherlands
Farmers in The Netherlands have been warned that a planned ‘military helicopter exercise’ this week could impact on their livestock....
Agri-Business
Contracts signed to build world’s biggest integrated dairy project
By Chris McCullough Plans have been drawn up to build the world’s biggest integrated dairy farm and milk powder production...
Agri-Business
NSA gives cautious welcome to cancellation of extra border checks
The National Sheep Association (NSA) has responded to the UK Government’s announcement earlier this week on the easing of border...
Agri-Business
Lactalis acquire Fonterra’s dairy ingredients business in new deal
Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd., has announced it has agreed the sale of its global consumer and associated businesses to Lactalis...
N.Ireland
Lakeland Dairies launches second year of bursary programme
Lakeland Dairies has launched the second year of its Pathway to a Better Future Bursary Programme. The announcement was made by chief...
Agri-Business
Annual global milk supply now forecast to grow by 1.4% – Ornua
The global dairy outlook has improved with annual milk supply likely to expand by 1.4% this year, according to a...
Agri-Business
New succession programme 'to help farm families plan for the future'
A new UK-wide initiative is aiming to tackle one of the most important and often most difficult conversations in agriculture:...
Agri-Business
NFU welcomes voluntary blood testing for TB
The National Farmers Union (NFU) has welcomed the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ (Defra’s) announcement of voluntary blood...
Agri-Business
2026 for completion of £20m Ehrmann Cornish Dairy dessert production facility
A £20m chilled dessert production facility in Cornwall is scheduled for completion in 2026. Following European dairy group Ehrmann’s acquisition...
N.Ireland
Extra border checks on live animal imports to UK cancelled
In a win for traders, the UK government is suspending the introduction of extra border checks on live animal imports...
Agri-Business
Valtra upgrades its 100hp+ A series tractors
The number of engine cylinders possessed by a tractor is increasingly being seen as the threshold by which the degree...
Agri-Business
Arla Foods to invest €50.9 million in Bahrain site
Arla Foods has announced today (Thursday August 14), that it will be investing €50.9 million in its Bahrain-based cheese factory....
