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
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Northern Ireland’s agricultural research institute has withdrawn its beef unit in Hillsborough, Co. Down from its licence for specialist animal research....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...
Environment
UK government sets out legally-binding targets to 'build back greener'
The UK government has set out how it will use ambitious, legally-binding targets under its landmark Environment Bill. The government...
Agri-Business
NI farmers urged to avail of UK self-employment scheme
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has encouraged members whose businesses have been affected by Covid-19 to apply for the second...
Agri-Business
NI farmers urged to avail of UK self-employment scheme
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has encouraged members whose businesses have been affected by Covid-19 to apply for the second...
Agri-Business
Agri-tech 'hackathon' seeks solutions to Covid-19’s impact on farming
Registration is now open for an agri-tech ‘hackathon’ aimed at developing technological solutions to problems posed by Covid-19. Winners will...
Agri-Business
New European Roundtable for Beef Sustainability chairman announced
Europe’s largest multi-stakeholder group for beef sustainability has appointed OSI Europe’s operations director and head of sustainability, Claire Donoghue as...
Arable
AHDB Petitioners claim ballot provides 'mandate for change'
A ‘grower’s ballot’ of almost 2,000 horticulture and potato levy-payers shows the majority of growers view the Agricultural & Horticultural Development...
Agri-Business
Search is on to find Scots ‘Make it’ ambassadors
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) chairman Kate Rowell, is encouraging farmers, butchers, auctioneers, hauliers, processors, chefs and red meat industry professionals...
Agri-Business
New guide to identify opportunities to improve grass utilisation
A new guide hopes to help livestock farmers seeking to improve their profitability through better grazing management, by explaining the...
Agri-Business
Scots project gets funding to develop digital dairy tracing
A digital dairy project led by Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) has been awarded £50,000 in seed-corn funding by UK Research...
Agri-Business
NFU Cymru calls for Housing Minister to encourage use of wool in construction
NFU Cymru has written to the Welsh Government calling for the introduction of new measures to increase the use of...
Agri-Business
UK takeaway market back in growth after coronavirus lockdown
Brits are buying more takeaways than they did before lockdown, with latest figures showing a 2% rise in orders compared...
Rural Life
English and Royal Welsh winter fairs cancelled
Organisers have been forced to cancel this year’s English Winter Fair and Royal Welsh Winter Fair as part of the...
