Agri-Business
UK researchers develop novel vaccine for Newcastle disease
Researchers at Lancaster University have used a novel genome editing approach to engineer a vaccine that can be used to...
Agri-Business
Agri-Business
Rural and veterinary bodies give their take on the new Agriculture Bill
The long-awaited Bill, which will now start to progress through Parliament, sets out a blueprint for the future of farming...
Beef
UFU members 'outraged' over vegan ads on bus
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) says that some of its members are “outraged” over vegan ads appearing on Translink buses...
Agri-Business
Cranswick profits set to soar higher than forecasted
UK pork giant Cranswick is on course to beat current market forecasts as profits soar amid global issues with African...
Agri-Business
Tractors leave city and head towards Dublin Port
Tractors taking part in the protest in Dublin City are currently leaving the city centre and are heading towards Dublin...
Rural Life
Farming Business fined after employee crushed by concrete beam
A Kent farm has been fined after one of its employees fell from a trailer and was crushed to death...
Agri-Business
Landmark legislation to 'unleash potential' of UK farming for decades to come
A future where farmers are properly supported to farm more innovatively and protect the environment is a step closer today...
Agri-Business
Non-notifiable strain of avian influenza identified on Fermanagh broiler farm
A case of non-notifiable avian influenza H6N1 has been identified in a broiler breeder farm in Co. Fermanagh. While this...
Agri-Business
Non-notifiable strain of avian influenza identified on Fermanagh broiler farm
A case of non-notifiable avian influenza H6N1 has been identified in a broiler breeder farm in Co. Fermanagh. While this...
Rural Life
Government must make rural broadband and mobile coverage a priority, says NFU
More than 4 in 10 farmers still don’t have adequate broadband vital to conduct their business in the 21st century,...
Agri-Business
Views sought on strategy to make NI agri-food sector the most innovative in the UK
The Department of Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is seeking the public’s views on ambitious plans to make Northern...
Sheep
Rustling advice issued after 200 sheep stolen in Wiltshire over just 3 months
Farmers in the south-west have been advised to protect their flocks after almost 200 sheep were reported stolen in Wiltshire...
Agri-Business
British Veterinary Association appoints new board chairman
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) is pleased to announce Steve Anderson Dixon as its new board chairman. Anderson Dixon, who...
Agri-Business
Farmers urged to 'step up' and demonstrate industry's role tackling climate change
The chief executive of farming education charity LEAF has called for the farming industry to step up and demonstrate its...
Agri-Business
QMS kicks off 2020 with latest phase of 'Meat with Integrity' campaign
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) has kicked off 2020 with the next wave of its ‘Meat with Integrity’ marketing campaign, following...
Agri-Business
Grain price: Rapeseed reaches highest price since March 2017
Paris rapeseed futures reached their highest price since March 2017 this week. On Tuesday (January 7), the price closed at...
Agri-Business
Trying to reduce the workload during springtime? Why not install a camera…
Springtime is the busiest time of the year on many farming enterprises across the country, especially dairy and sheep. The...
Agri-Business
OFC 2020: British environmental standards a 'red line' for food imports
British environmental standards are “a red line, that as a society we must defend vigorously”, businessman and cookery writer Henry Dimbleby told...
