Agri-Business
AgriSearch board appoints 2 new trustees
The farmer-funded research and innovation body, AgriSearch, has announced two new appointments to its Board of Trustees. It comes as...
Agri-Business
Rural Life
Farmers warned of surge in tractor GPS thefts
Farmers are being warned to ramp up security after a spate of thefts has seen tractor GPS equipment stolen from...
Rural Life
Oxford Farming Conference to proceed as digital event in 2021
Plans are already being put in place for the Oxford Farming Conference (OFC) to run as a digital event in...
Sheep
Latest figures show 15% fall in UK lamb exports in 2020
Newly-released trade figures from HM Revenue and Customs show that the volume of sheepmeat exported from the UK in the...
Agri-Business
Analysis: Dairy markets continue to trend higher despite strong production
Dairy markets continued to trend higher in recent weeks, according to multi-national financial services firm INTL FCStone. Both physical/spot quotations...
Agri-Business
CAFRE Level 2 courses to be ‘open for business’ from June
Northern Ireland’s College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) has announced plans to open applications for the next round of...
Agri-Business
CAFRE Level 2 courses to be ‘open for business’ from June
Northern Ireland’s College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) has announced plans to open applications for the next round of...
Agri-Business
Livestock worrying bill introduced to Scottish Parliament
A bill to implement tough, new measures to tackle livestock worrying is set to begin its three-stage passage through the...
Agri-Business
Minister Poots to begin work to divvy up £25 million Covid fund
Northern Ireland Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots has said he will soon start work to divvy up a £25 million...
Agri-Business
Farming unions warn UK Global Tariffs could be 'negotiated away'
The UK’s farming unions have welcomed the government’s Global Tariff announcement as a “step in the right direction” but warned that...
Agri-Business
24,500 Single Applications submitted on time in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has confirmed that 24,494 Single Applications were received by the...
Agri-Business
Dale Farm boss appointed as new NIFDA chairman
Dale Farm group chief executive Nick Whelan has been appointed as the new chairman of the Northern Ireland Food and Drink...
Agri-Business
MPs urged to press for details of how food standards will be protected in trade deals
The National Farmers’ Union is urging MPs to ask how the government intends to honour its pledge to protect British...
Agri-Business
UK Government and Prince Charles urge workers to 'Pick for Britain'
The UK Government and the Prince of Wales have urged students and furloughed workers to apply for seasonal farm work....
Agri-Business
NI allocates £25 million of its Covid emergency fund to agri-food
Northern Ireland’s Department of Finance has made £25 million emergency Covid-19 funding available to the region’s agri-food sector. The money...
Agri-Business
NI allocates £25 million of its Covid emergency fund to agri-food
Northern Ireland’s Department of Finance has made £25 million emergency Covid-19 funding available to the region’s agri-food sector. The money...
Rural Life
Plaid launches 'I'm buying local' campaign to boost Welsh economy
Plaid Cymru has launched a major new campaign to help boost the Welsh food and drink industry. The ‘I’m buying...
Agri-Business
Researchers develop real-time software to tackle powdery mildew on strawberry crops
Experts at the University of Hertfordshire, in collaboration with Agri-tech Services, have created a web-based, real-time system for calculating when...
