Agri-Business
Restructure at AFBI to see new research division created
Plans are afoot to make major changes to the internal structure of Northern Ireland’s Agri Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI)....
Agri-Business
Agri-Business
ADF Milking wins second Queen’s Award
British dairy equipment firm ADF Milking has been recognised by the Queen for a second time – on this occasion...
Rural Life
RSPCA poll reveals 75% want ban on lower welfare standard imports
The UK’s biggest animal charity, the RSPCA, has launched petition pressing the government to keep its manifesto commitment as it...
Agri-Business
'Ground-breaking changes' announced in the 2021 British Sugar contract
New one-year and three-year sugar beet contracts from 2021 will include a “ground-breaking” new Virus Yellows assurance fund and an...
Agri-Business
Farmers to take over town centre store in bid to reverse retail demise
This Saturday (August 29), a group of farmers will take over a former BHS store in Banbury to open a...
Agri-Business
Call for clarity on vet checks as next round of EU negotiations begins
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has added its weight to calls for clarity on the arrangements for the movement of...
Agri-Business
RCVS to hold special evening event celebrating veterinary excellence
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has announced plans to hold a special evening event to celebrate the recipients...
Pig/Poultry
Pig producers benefit from modest price increases
Scottish pig farmers have benefited from a remarkable occurrence of weekly modest price increases for more than six months, according...
Agri-Business
What jobs are available in the agri-sector for you?
A wide range of interesting jobs are available in the agri-sector right now, and one of them might just suit...
Agri-Business
Research: Covid-19 can potentially spread over 8m in meat processing facilities
Research based on the outbreak of Covid-19 at the Tonnies meat processing facility in Germany has suggested that Covid-19 can...
Agri Politics
Ireland sees second Minister for Agriculture exit in just 3 months
It has been announced this morning (Friday, August 21) that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Dara Calleary...
N.Ireland
Co. Antrim meat plant forced to close as ‘significant’ Covid-19 cluster forms
A Co. Antrim pork processing plant has been forced to close amid report of a ‘cluster’ of Covid-19 cases. Northern...
Agri-Business
Co. Antrim meat plant forced to close as ‘significant’ Covid-19 cluster forms
A Co. Antrim pork processing plant has been forced to close amid report of a ‘cluster’ of Covid-19 cases. Northern...
Agri-Business
AFBI withdraws beef units from specialist research licence
Northern Ireland’s agricultural research institute has withdrawn its beef unit in Hillsborough, Co. Down from its licence for specialist animal research....
Agri-Business
Cranswick sees lockdown sales soar 25%
UK pork giant Cranswick has seen sales soar over the first quarter of the year due to an increase in...
Agri-Business
Demand for champagne goes ‘flat’ as up to 100 million bottles expected to go unsold
Champagne makers in France have seen a dramatic drop in potential sales for this year with the Le Comite Interprofessionnel...
Environment
Meirionnydd farmland flooding could have been avoided, says FUW
Flooding of agricultural land in Meirionnydd, North Wales, could have been avoided, if essential work had been carried out by...
Agri-Business
Covid-19 mart rules: 'The industry cannot afford to get this wrong'
NSA Scottish Region is calling on buyers, sellers and hauliers using livestock marts to ensure strict compliance to Covid-19 guidelines...
