Agri-Business
Grain price: UK plantings back; wheat price up
As tillage farmers here at home struggle to plant, the same is true across the water in the UK and...
Agri-Business
Rural Life
New college partnership to offer students ‘real world’ experience
A new partnership between Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) and the James Hutton Institute will put practical skills into the hands...
Agri-Business
2019 BPS entitlement rates announced
The 2019 entitlement values and greening rates for the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) have been set by the Rural Payments...
Rural Life
Almost 1 in 5 UK vets afraid to take sick leave
Nearly two-thirds of vets (63%) worked when they didn’t feel well enough in the last year, according to new figures...
Rural Life
Farmer fined after retired farmworker dies in telescopic handler accident
A Yorkshire farming partnership has been forced to pay more than £28,000 after its former farmworker was knocked down and...
Agri-Business
Agri committee to meet food retail adjudicator
The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine is scheduled to meet with Christine Tacon, the UK’s Groceries...
Arable
Cereals 2020: Crop plots growing well despite 'tricky and wet' conditions
Drilling of crop plots at the 2020 Cereals Event site in Cambridgeshire is nearing completion, with stands of oilseed rape...
Agri-Business
Outstanding 1,246ac 'New Zealand style' dairy complex and arable farm for sale
Galbraith is launching to the open market an outstanding dairy and arable farm, extending to about 1,246.92ac (504.62ha) in total....
Agri-Business
Welsh agri-business makes national business awards shortlist
A Welsh animal bedding firm is in in the running for a trio of awards – including a national accolade...
Agri-Business
Scottish Government announces plans for £160 million convergence money
The Scottish Government announced its proposal to divide the £160 million award from UK Government into two instalments and use...
Pig/Poultry
'Combi' barns banned in new higher British Lion welfare standards
The British Egg Industry Council (BEIC) paved the way for a new barn standard under the British Lion Quality Code...
Agri-Business
Müller decision a 'sign of deep-rooted issues' in UK dairy
Milk processing giant Müller’s decision to serve notice and charge tiered haulage fees will have a “devastating” impact on Scots...
Agri-Business
UK Government announces £35 million fund to grow rural businesses
Rural businesses across the country are set to benefit from £35 million in government funding to create new jobs, boost...
Agri-Business
60% prefer to get their farming information online
Online media is the number one platform of choice for farming-related information. This was the message from extensive face-to-face research...
Agri-Business
Muller to serve notice to suppliers in plan to lower Scottish milk 'surplus'
Milk processing giant Müller has announced it will serve notice to several of its north-east suppliers as part of a...
Agri-Business
AgriScot: 3 Scottish Dairy Farm of the Year finalists named
Three “fantastic” dairy operations have been shortlisted for this year’s AgriScot dairy farm of the year. All three farms – now...
Agri-Business
Dunbia launches 3 new graduate and apprenticeship development programmes
Dunbia has launched three new training and development programmes, which will help boost the future skills of the UK’s meat...
Agri-Business
Dunbia launches 3 new graduate and apprenticeship programmes
Dunbia has launched three new training and development programmes, which will help boost the future skills of the UK’s meat...
