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
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...
Beef
'Cheeky Beef' campaign sees £1.2 million boost for thin-cut steaks
The first wave of AHDB’s ‘Cheeky Beef’ campaign has brought an additional £1.2 million of retail sales to the thin...
Agri-Business
'Disastrous' impacts of leaving the customs union and single market 'already being felt'
FUW president Glyn Roberts has warned that the disastrous impacts of leaving the EU, the customs union and single market...
Agri-Business
NI sheep farmers would be ‘out of business’ after no-deal
Ivor Ferguson, president of the Ulster Farmers Union (UFU), has warned that many sheep farmers in Northern Ireland would be...
Agri-Business
NI sheep farmers would be ‘out of business’ after no-deal
Ivor Ferguson, president of the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU), has warned that many sheep farmers in Northern Ireland would be...
Agri-Business
Livestock Information Service can transform livestock sector – NFU president
NFU president Minette Batters has praised the Livestock Information Service, saying it has the potential to transform UK livestock farming...
Agri-Business
LacPatrick announces milk prices for December
The board of LacPatrick has today (January 22), announced its base milk price for the month of December holding in...
Agri-Business
NFU Cymru members hear from new First Minister
New First Minister for Wales Mark Drakeford set out his views on Welsh agriculture and the potential impact a ‘No-deal’...
Agri-Business
Agriculture Ministers support digitalisation of OIE animal data systems
Ministers participating in the 11th Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) have backed the ongoing digital transformation of the...