Agri-Business
NI agriculture minister halts all routine farm inspections
All routine farm inspections will be paused until 30 April 2020, Northern Ireland’s Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots has confirmed...
Agri-Business
Rural Life
Feed the Nation: 11,000 sign up to 'Land Army' style scheme
More than 11,000 people have signed up to a new ‘Land Army’ style scheme to help farms across the UK...
N.Ireland
Linden workers refuse to start shift in row over Covid-19 control measures
As many as 60 workers are understood to have refused to start their shifts at the Linden Foods site in...
Agri-Business
Linden workers refuse to start shift in row over Covid-19 control measures
As many as 60 workers are understood to have refused to start their shifts at the Linden Foods site in...
Agri-Business
Aileen Barron: Online venues for discussion groups and farm demos
By Aileen Barron, Green Acre Marketing With many open days, farm demos, discussion group events and other such gatherings unlikely...
Sheep
Covid-19 market disruption 'serious concern' for UK sheep sector
The National Sheep Association (NSA) has warned it is growing “more concerned by the day” about market prices and the...
Agri-Business
25,000 new customers sign up to Milk & More in unprecedented surge
The UK’s largest milk and grocery doorstep delivery service, Milk & More, has launched a new recruitment drive as new...
Dairy
Arla Foods confirms hold for April milk price
Arla Foods has announced it will hold on-account prices for conventional and organic milk for April 2020. However, a slight...
Agri-Business
Farmers asked to safeguard agri contractors during pandemic
Farmers have been asked to do what they can to protect agricultural contractors as UK Government implements stricter ‘stay at...
Agri-Business
Farmers asked to safeguard agri contractors during pandemic
Farmers have been asked to do what they can to protect agricultural contractors as UK Government implements stricter ‘stay at...
Agri-Business
Covid-19: Veterinary practices to open for emergency care only
UK veterinary practices will offer emergency care only as measures ramp up against the Covid-19 pandemic. In a joint statement,...
Agri-Business
JCB to extend UK production shutdown to ‘at least’ end of April
JCB is suspending UK production until “at least” the end of April as a result of the Covid-19 crisis –...
Agri-Business
Staff at ABP and Moy Park sites ‘hold walkout’ over Covid-19 concerns
Additional reporting by Rachel Martin Workers at two of Northern Ireland’s biggest agri-food processing sites have walked today (Wednesday, March...
Agri-Business
Covid-19: Farmers urged to have a plan in place in case they get sick
Northern Ireland farmers have been urged to make contingency plans for their farms in case they are infected with Covid-19...
Agri-Business
Covid-19: Farmers urged to have a plan in place in case they get sick
Northern Ireland farmers have been urged to make contingency plans for their farms in case they are infected with Covid-19...
Agri-Business
Department to continue farm inspections and TB testing in NI
Departmental farm inspections and testing for bovine TB are set to continue in Northern Ireland, despite extreme lockdown measures across...
Agri-Business
Department to continue farm inspections and TB testing in NI
Departmental farm inspections and testing for bovine TB are set to continue in Northern Ireland, despite extreme lockdown measures across...
Agri-Business
Red Tractor unveils new look logo
The UK’s largest Food and Farming Assurance scheme, Red Tractor, has today launched a new look which aims to set...
