Agri-Business
AHDB announces its first strategic cereal farm for Scotland
Scottish Arable Farm of the Year finalist, Balbirnie Home Farms at Freuchie in Fife, has been selected to be the...
Agri-Business
Agri-Business
UK announces 3-week lockdown to halt spread of Covid-19
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a three-week lockdown for Britain in an effort to contain Covid-19. In an...
Agri-Business
Calls for 'Land Army' to fill UK labour shortfall for harvest
Calls have been made for a modern ‘Land Army’ to help save harvests across the country as the agricultural industry...
Agri-Business
Union launches employment service for labour shortage
Scotland’s farming union has launched a service to help fruit and vegetable growers recruit workers who have lost their jobs...
Agri-Business
UK farm assurance inspections suspended
Three of the UK’s main farm assurance bodies have announced all inspections will be suspended as part of measures to...
Agri-Business
Diageo pledges 2 million litres of alcohol to produce sanitiser
Diageo has pledged to enable the creation of more than eight million bottles of hand sanitiser, by donating up to...
Rural Life
2020 Great Yorkshire Show cancelled
Organisers have been forced to call off the 2020 Great Yorkshire Show as the UK ramps up measures against Covid-19. The...
Rural Life
Vet nurses pulled out of placements as social distancing measures ramp up
The Veterinary Nurses Council has agreed to temporarily suspend placement requirements for student vet nurses and training programmes as several...
Agri-Business
Moy Park to take on ‘hundreds’ of staff in bid to meet Covid-19 demand
Northern Ireland agri-food giant Moy Park Food has announced plans to take on ‘hundreds’ of temporary staff across the UK...
Agri-Business
Moy Park to take on ‘hundreds’ of staff in bid to meet Covid-19 demand
Northern Ireland agri-food giant Moy Park Food has announced plans to take on ‘hundreds’ of temporary staff across the UK...
Agri-Business
Moy Park to take on ‘hundreds’ of staff in bid to meet Covid-19 demand
Northern Ireland agri-food giant Moy Park Food has announced plans to take on ‘hundreds’ of temporary staff across the UK...
Agri-Business
Moy Park to take on ‘hundreds’ of staff in bid to meet Covid-19 demand
Northern Ireland agri-food giant Moy Park Food has announced plans to take on ‘hundreds’ of temporary staff across the UK...
Agri-Business
Government measures for flood-stricken farms 'a huge relief'
The National Farmers’ Union has welcomed a range of measures brought in to help farmers in England recover from extreme...
Agri-Business
Virtual fencing: 'The next big technology' for Scottish hill units
The potential of virtual fencing is being explored in a practical situation ‘on the ground’ by a farmer-led group, set...
Agri-Business
FUWIS presents awards to recognise top performers
FUW Insurance Services Ltd (FUWIS) recently recognised its top performers by presenting them with a selection of awards, highlighting the...
Agri-Business
Grain price: In the green
Grain markets were, for the most part, in the green this week. LIFFE, MATIF and Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT)...
Beef
ABP Angus Youth Challenge winners announced on YouTube
A trio of Co. Antrim schoolboys from St. Louis Grammar in Ballymena have become the overall winners of the Northern...
Agri-Business
Support announced for farmers impacted by recent flooding
DEFRA has announced new support measures to help farmers recover from recent flooding incidents. A £6 million pot of funding...
