Agri-Business
‘People are starting to get jittery’: Brexit nerves grow among border farms
Farmers and agri-businesses on both sides of the Northern Irish border are getting increasingly concerned as a no-deal Brexit looks...
Agri-Business
Agri-Business
£509 million Greencore tender offer oversubscribed
Greencore Group plc has announced the results of its tender offer, which it announced last month. The tender offer closed...
Agri-Business
Commons votes have 'done little' to provide Brexit certainty
UK farm union leaders have warned they are still ‘hugely concerned’ about how Brexit will play out following a series...
Agri-Business
Monitor meet to show NI farmers how to review their machinery costs
The next monitor farm meeting to be held in Co. Down, Northern Ireland will look at whether farmers could be missing...
Agri-Business
Scottish farm income falls by £57 million
Scottish farm income is estimated to have fallen by a total of £57 million in 2018, after increasing in 2017. The...
Agri-Business
Inequalities in digital infastructure treat rural population as a second-class
A Welsh farmers union has slammed inequalities in the UK’s digital infrastructure claiming rural dwellers are treated as “second-class citizens”...
Agri-Business
UK wheat under the spotlight at workshop in Algeria
The high quality of UK soft wheat its potential export opportunities was showcased at a baking workshop in Algeria earlier...
Agri-Business
MPs table ammendments to Agriculture Bill
The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) has welcomed the support it has received from a number of MPs in tabling important...
Beef
Beef efficiency scheme errors frustrate farmers
Dozens of farmers and crofters taking part in Scotland’s Beef Efficiency Scheme (BES) have been left frustrated by errors in...
Agri-Business
Arla Foods appoints new UK commercial manager
Britain’s biggest dairy company Arla Foods has announced the appointment of Duncan Malyon as its new UK commercial director. It...
Agri-Business
Tesco teams up with Jamie Oliver to help community cooks reduce food waste
Supermarket giant Tesco has announced a new community cookery training programme in a bid to cut food waste and help...
Agri-Business
QMS appoints two new staff members
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) has boosted its small team with the appointment of two new members of staff. Tom Gibson...
Agri-Business
Valentine steak could win hearts and pounds for butchers
Quality Standard Mark (QSM) is calling butchers to win back shoppers in February, using cuts like the lamb valentine steak,...
Agri-Business
Quality Meat Scotland launches 'Go Places with Pork' campaign
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) has launched a new campaign to inspire and encourage Scottish consumers to try adventurous new pork...
Agri-Business
HCC forums discuss traceability and value in meat processing
Traceability, technology and adding value to produce were the main topics for discussion at two forums organised by Hybu Cig...
Agri-Business
Hancock: 'AMR presents a danger as big as as climate change or warfare'
UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock has set out the UK’s 20-year vision for tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) at the World Economic...
Agri-Business
BASIS launches new award for FACTS candidates
BASIS has launched a new award for high achieving FACTS examination candidates, in honour of Prof. Brian Chambers – a...
Arable
Horticulture conference to bring international robotics experts to UK
Experts in agri-tech, robotics and automation are set to talk at SmartHort 2019, a two-day conference examining new technologies in...
