Arable
Major gene breakthrough 'game-changer' in herbicide resistance
A team of scientists from Rothamsted Research have successfully adapted genetic techniques developed for crop improvement to be used in...
Agri-Business
Agri-Business
DAERA relaxes herd restrictions for herds overdue TB tests
Northern Ireland’s Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots has relaxed herd restrictions for herds overdue their TB tests. The decision comes...
Agri-Business
DAERA relaxes restrictions for herds overdue TB tests
Northern Ireland’s Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots has relaxed herd restrictions for herds overdue their TB tests. The decision comes...
Agri-Business
DAERA relaxes restrictions for herds overdue TB tests
Northern Ireland’s Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots has relaxed herd restrictions for herds overdue their TB tests. The decision comes...
Agri-Business
DAERA relaxes restrictions for herds overdue TB tests
Northern Ireland’s Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots has relaxed herd restrictions for herds overdue their TB tests. The decision comes...
Agri-Business
Aileen Barron: Is a website still important in light of other digital marketing tools?
By Aileen Barron, Green Acre Marketing Considering 84% of farmers use smartphones and assuming that these farmers are using digital...
Agri-Business
AgriWebb to host UK's first ever ‘Digital Farm Walk’
Plans are well underway for the UK’s first ‘digital farm walk’. Hosted by AgriWebb, the event will take place on Wednesday,...
Agri-Business
Scotch Beef and Lamb promoted to 1.4 million Scots this Easter
With Easter set to be very different from usual for many families in Scotland, Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) has partnered...
Agri-Business
Scottish retailers to lift lockdown restrictions on dairy products
Supermarkets are beginning to lift restrictions on dairy products following pressure from the farmers’ union in Scotland. The past three...
Agri-Business
UK Farming Recovery Fund extended to 4 more counties
Defra’s Farming Recovery Fund has been extended to allow applications from farmers in four more English counties. On March 20,...
Dairy
RABDF seeks Government support to prevent widespread dairy disruption
Dairy farmers are calling on the Government to help fund a short-term financial support scheme for farmers severely affected by...
Agri-Business
Minister Poots meets with retailers over Polish beef imports
Northern Ireland’s Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots has met with retailers to voice his concerns over Polish beef imports. Farmers...
Agri-Business
Matchmaking service seeks to pair 'angels' with farmers in need
With potential shortfalls in the agricultural labour force imminent, the Aberdeen Angus Cattle Society has released a call to arms...
Agri-Business
UK farmers forced to dump milk as Covid-19 knocks processing capacity
Farmers in parts of England say they have been asked to dump their milk as processors struggle to work through...
Agri-Business
NFU Mutual launches £32 million industry support package
A £32 million support package to support agriculture through Covid-19 has been made available by rural insurer NFU Mutual. The...
Agri-Business
Volac warns against ‘unnecessary stockpiling’
Volac has warned that “unnecessary stockpiling” of its products by customers during the Covid-19 outbreak could put pressure on its...
Dairy
French dairy sector sets up €10 million fund for farmers reducing milk supply
The French dairy sector has urged its farmer suppliers to reduce milk production over the coming weeks to ease the...
Agri-Business
UK’s first online-only livestock auction to take place next week
The catalogue is already published and plans are well underway for the UK’s first-ever totally virtual livestock sale. The lockdown has...
