Agri-Business
New post created to manage NFU Scotland's policy team
NFU Scotland has appointed Gemma Cooper as the head of its policy team, a newly created post at the union. Ms....
Agri-Business
Agri-Business
New 'hub' to encourage farmers to start up joint ventures
A new ‘hub’ is set to be launched next week to allow farmers to set up a connection to go...
Agri-Business
Farmers warned to watch out for fraudsters trying to swindle Basic Payment
With the Basic Payment Scheme due to be paid in early December, the Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) is warning...
Agri-Business
Has your farm got the 8 success 'x-factors?'
A new report, released by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS), AHDB and Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) has...
Agri-Business
AHDB seeks farmer views on data-sharing code of practice
UK farmers are being asked for their views to help shape a code of practice to promote the safe sharing of...
Rural Life
Several suspected stolen quads recovered in Lancashire raid
A ‘day of action’ aimed at targeting travelling criminals who commit rural crime has been hailed as a success as...
Agri-Business
UK's newest monitor farm unveiled
Cow comfort is a top priority at AHDB’s latest strategic dairy farm – Carpenter’s Farm near Chippenham in Wiltshire. The...
Agri-Business
TB: Compulsory insurance and an end to compensation on the cards
A review of the Government’s 25-year bovine TB strategy includes recommendations to scrap compensation and give farmers more information when buying...
Agri-Business
Operation Bo Peep: Scottish sheep farmers unleash new weapon against rustlers
Dubbed ‘Operation Bo Peep’, Scottish farmers now have a new secret weapon against sheep theft. It’s the stuff of shepherds’...
Agri-Business
AgriScot Scotch Beef Farm of the Year finalists unveiled
Three livestock farmers hailing from Aberdeenshire, East Lothian, and Dumfries and Galloway have made it to the finals of the...
Dairy
Dairy exporters heading for leading food and drink fair in China
Dairy exporters will be travelling to China later this month, in a UK delegation led by the Agriculture and Horticulture...
Rural Life
Welsh sausage crowned 'Champion of Champions'
A butcher shop in Wales has had its own sausage creation named the ‘Champion of Champions’ at the Butcher Shop...
Agri-Business
Interim Natural England boss appointed as James Cross steps down
Marian Spain has been appointed interim chief executive of Natural England as James Cross steps down after four years. Spain,...
Agri-Business
British livestock farmers warned of Bluetongue virus threat
UK farm organisations have joined forces to urge livestock farmers to think carefully about importing animals from areas that are...
Agri-Business
UK dairy processor fined £32,000 after toe crush incident
A Suffolk dairy processor has been fined £32,000 after a worker’s toe was crushed by unguarded part of a machine....
Rural Life
1 farm vehicle involved in a level crossing incident every week
Farmers are dicing with death at level crossings, as on average, one incident involving a farming vehicle is reported every...
Agri-Business
'Rural crime needs to be a top police priority all year round'
The NFU is calling on Police and Crime Commissioners to make tackling rural crime a strategic objective all year round,...
Agri-Business
Government advice change drives 5% increase in UK egg sales
A year on from a change in official advice, which said that mums to be, young children, and the elderly...
