Environment
Auditors to scrutinise EU contribution to biodiversity in farming
The European Court of Auditors has announced it will assess whether the EU’s agricultural policy does enough to help maintain...
Agri-Business
Agri-Business
Migration Advisory Committee recommends adding veterinary to labour shortage list
The latest UK Shortage Occupation List review recommends veterinarians are included, recognising the industry’s increasing difficulty filling roles. Around 95%...
Arable
AHDB launches new Monitor Farm near Canterbury
Trying new methods, techniques and a desire to take on new challenges lay behind grower Will Smith’s decision to join...
Agri-Business
UK farming unions urge new MEPs to engage with farming communities
Four of the main UK farming union presidents are calling on the UK’s new MEPs to listen to the views...
Agri-Business
£30,000 awarded to woodchip bedding trial
Four west Scotland farmers are trialling different kinds of woodchip as an alternative to straw for livestock bedding. The businesses...
Agri-Business
New MEPs must use 'skill and diplomacy' to avoid a No-Deal Brexit
The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) is urging politicians from across the political spectrum to avoid knee-jerk reactions to the outcome...
Agri-Business
Committee puts pressure on supermarkets' supplier payment practices
The chairman of the UK Parliament’s Business Committee has piled pressure on some of the UK’s biggest supermarkets over their...
Beef
Red meat industry urged to do more to communicate with public
Scottish red meat industry workers and producers have been urged to support upcoming marketing campaigns by seizing every opportunity to...
Arable
Business opportunities to top agenda at UK's largest organic farm event
The largest UK organic on-farm event, OF&G National Organic Combinable Crops (NOCC), will take place this year on July 3 at...
Agri-Business
New video highlights careers in agronomy and the role of crop protection
A new educational video, recorded by the National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs (NFYFC), aims to highlight the role crop...
Agri-Business
Cornish mixed farm becomes latest to join Monitor Farm network
Cornish farmer Ashley Jones has been selected as one of the latest to join the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board’s...
Agri-Business
Business idea to help farmers move to organic wins investment for student
A business that provides a dedicated label of quality for farms in the process of becoming organic has won a...
Agri-Business
Galloway deer farmer granted Biosphere Certification
Eight Scottish businesses from a range of industries including food, tourism, forestry, horticulture and publishing have now been recognised for...
Agri-Business
Theresa May to step down as Conservative Party leader
The UK Prime Minister Theresa May has today, Friday, May 24, announced that she will resign from her role as...
Agri-Business
10 new varieties added to 2019 Recommended Grass and Clover Lists
Eight new varieties of ryegrass and one red and one white clover have been added to the 2019-2020 Recommended Grass...
Agri-Business
Welsh pig industry heading towards more but smaller herds
Wales’ pig industry is moving towards a larger number of smaller herds, according to an industry update. Hybu Cig Cymru...
Agri-Business
Union calls for 'emergency measures' to tackle Wales' agricultural plastic backlog
The Farmers’ Union of Wales says emergency measures are needed to help farmers recycle the thousands of tonnes of bale...
Agri-Business
NFU Cymru plans events for tenant farmers
NFU Cymru has arranged two events for tenant farmers to consider Welsh Government Agricultural Tenancy Reform proposals. The events will...
