Agri-Business
DIT representatives meet to identify new UK agri-food export opportunities
New export opportunities for the UK post-Brexit were explored when a team of delegates from the Department for International Trade...
Agri-Business
Agri-Business
Arla Foods appoints 2 external advisors to board
Arla Foods has announced the appointment of two external advisors to its board of directors. The appointees are expected to...
Agri-Business
Government tariff review puts several sectors in jeopardy post-Brexit
The UK Government has “severely undermined the British farming industry” by confirming it will remove the tariff safeguards for a...
Agri-Business
Scottish farmers launch bid to save creamery from closure
A group of 29 Scottish dairy farmers have launched a crowd-funding campaign to buy the Mull of Kintyre brand and...
Dairy
New Zealand Ayrshire breeder to judge AgriScot dairy classes
The dairy cattle judge for this years’ AgriScot has been announced as New Zealand farmer and pedigree breeder, Selwyn Donald....
Agri-Business
Pig producers urged to enter 2020 EU PiG Grand Prix
Pig farmers from across Europe are invited to enter their most innovative ideas and examples of on-farm best practice for a...
Agri-Business
Mechanical weeder to be revealed to growers at new plum centre open day
Novel mechanical weeders will be demonstrated to growers at the first Plum Demonstration Centre open day in Kent. The event,...
Sheep
Harper Adams University unveils new sheep feeding research centre
Harper Adams University has unveiled a new state-of-the-art sheep feeding unit, featuring equipment donated by Asda. The facility will allow...
Agri-Business
UK weeding robot trials show chemical reduction of up to 95%
UK research trials of a new automated weed-killing robot have been able to reduce herbicide usage on crops by up...
Agri-Business
New Brexit proposal still leaves Wales ‘out in the cold’ says FUW
The Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) has said the UK Government’s new proposals to solve the impasse over Northern Ireland...
Agri-Business
Scottish vet launches UK's first Mycoplasma bovis vaccine trial
A Scottish vet with a licence to import a pioneering Mycoplasma bovis vaccine from the US has started trials in the...
Agri-Business
Prestigious prize hails half a century of ground-breaking research
A UK scientist has received an international award for his pioneering research to develop more sustainable agriculture practices worldwide. Prof....
Agri-Business
No-deal possibility ‘looms large’ after UK reveals border plans – FF
The possibility of a no-deal Brexit “looms large” after the UK government revealed its plans for an alternative to the...
Agri-Business
No-deal possibility ‘looms large’ after UK reveals border plans – FF
The possibility of a no-deal Brexit “looms large” after the UK government revealed its plans for an alternative to the...
Agri-Business
UK government sets out alternative to backstop
The UK government has set out an “amended protocol” for the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland, which is supposed...
Agri-Business
UK government sets out alternative to backstop
The UK government has set out an “amended protocol” for the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland, which is supposed...
Agri-Business
Johnson: UK ‘will under no circumstances have checks at or near border’
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that the UK will “under no circumstances have checks at or near the...
Agri-Business
‘Europe loses 1,000 farms per day’ – new agriculture commissioner
There could be up to 1,000 farmers losing their farms per day across the EU, according to the prospective European...
