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With much of the country working from home and most industry events cancelled, BASIS has taken the decision to relax its CPD requirements…
Wheat markets showed substantial increases this week, but there was volatility in the market. MATIF wheat for May moved from €191.25/t on Friday,…
Muller has announced plans to take on an additional 300 key workers to help feed the nation amid unprecedented consumer demand for dairy…
A new, extended telephone service has been set up by Northern Ireland Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots to avoid delays in the movement of…
The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) trading platform will “continue to remain fully operational” with auctions to continue as normal, according to the international…
All routine farm inspections will be paused until 30 April 2020, Northern Ireland’s Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots has confirmed today (March 27).…
More than 11,000 people have signed up to a new ‘Land Army’ style scheme to help farms across the UK weather coronavirus-driven labour…
As many as 60 workers are understood to have refused to start their shifts at the Linden Foods site in Dungannon this morning…
By Aileen Barron, Green Acre Marketing With many open days, farm demos, discussion group events and other such gatherings unlikely to take place…
The National Sheep Association (NSA) has warned it is growing “more concerned by the day” about market prices and the knock-on effect Covid-19…
The UK’s largest milk and grocery doorstep delivery service, Milk & More, has launched a new recruitment drive as new customers rush to…
Arla Foods has announced it will hold on-account prices for conventional and organic milk for April 2020. However, a slight quarterly currency adjustment…
Farmers have been asked to do what they can to protect agricultural contractors as UK Government implements stricter ‘stay at home’ measures to…
UK veterinary practices will offer emergency care only as measures ramp up against the Covid-19 pandemic. In a joint statement, the British Veterinary…
JCB is suspending UK production until “at least” the end of April as a result of the Covid-19 crisis – and has pledged…
Additional reporting by Rachel Martin Workers at two of Northern Ireland’s biggest agri-food processing sites have walked today (Wednesday, March 25) over fears…
Northern Ireland farmers have been urged to make contingency plans for their farms in case they are infected with Covid-19 and rendered unable…
Departmental farm inspections and testing for bovine TB are set to continue in Northern Ireland, despite extreme lockdown measures across the UK to…
