Schemes
SAGCS application window closes on October 11
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Scotland is reminding its membership that the Sustainable Agriculture Capital Grant Scheme (SACGS) application window...
Agri-Business
Agri-Business
Fonterra sells its dairy farms in China in $555 million deal
Fonterra has agreed to sell its China farms for a total of $555 million (€313.74 million), the New Zealand dairy...
Agri-Business
3 more cases of African swine fever in German wild boars
Three more cases of African swine fever (ASF) have been detected in wild boars in Germany. According to Reuters, the...
N.Ireland
Dodds congratulates food and drink sector for awards success
Economy Minister Diane Dodds has congratulated Northern Ireland’s food and drink sector following significant successes at this year’s Blas na...
Agri-Business
'Even plant-based foods result in the death or the destruction of life'
Following this week’s media coverage of supermarket giants Tesco and Asda’s intentions to substantially grow their ranges of plant-based foods,...
Agri-Business
Peelham Farm wins Innovation in Farming Award
Peelham Farm in Berwickshire has been crowned winner of the Innovation in Farming Award at the national Helping it Happen...
Rural Life
2020 Midlands Agricultural Engineering Apprentice Awards launched
The Newark and Nottinghamshire Agricultural Society (NNAS) has launched its fourth Midlands Agricultural Engineering Apprenticeship Awards in a bid to...
Agri-Business
Food and drink exports have fallen for the first time since 2015
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has published a report which shows that exports of food and drink in the...
Beef
Over 170 Pilgrim's Pride workers test positive for Covid-19
Over 170 workers at a meat processing plant in Cornwall have tested positive for Covid-19. Most of the cases at...
Agri-Business
Women in Dairy conference: Covid-19 is our chance to create a sustainable supply chain
How often, or when was the last time, you had a conversation about your farm’s emissions with your feed company?...
Agri-Business
Women in Dairy conference: Covid-19 is our chance to create a sustainable supply chain
How often, or when was the last time, you had a conversation about your farm’s emissions with your feed company?...
Agri-Business
LAMMA show postponed for 2021
Organisers of LAMMA, one of the UK’s biggest machinery shows, have made the decision to push their 2021 event back...
Agri Politics
'We'll need an army of extra qualified vets to cope with the 500% increase in workload'
The British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) has raised its fears over the number of inspections by vets that will be...
Arable
Budweiser UK now sourcing 100% of its barley from British farms
Budweiser Brewing Group has announced it has achieved its goal of sourcing 100% of the barley used for its UK-produced...
Agri-Business
Food prices becoming ever more important due to Covid-19 effects on employment
Prices are on the rise as a key purchase driver as new research from the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board...
Agri-Business
NI ‘one of Europe’s highest uptakes’ as World School Milk Day celebrates 20 years
School milk schemes in Northern Ireland last year slurped up almost one million litres of the white stuff, according to...
Agri-Business
NI ‘one of Europe’s highest uptakes’ as World School Milk Day celebrates 20 years
School milk schemes in Northern Ireland last year slurped up almost one million litres of the white stuff, according to...
Agri-Business
Over 75 sheep stolen from a farm in North Yorkshire
79 sheep have been stolen from a farm located on the moors of North Yorkshire. 41 ewes and 38 lambs...
