Agri-Business
Grant funding on the way for computerised calf feeders
Farmers looking to get their hands on computerised calf feeders may soon be able do so, thanks to a new...
Agri-Business
Agri-Business
£9 million Wiltshire ag college investment announced
Over £9 million is set to be invested in a new agricultural education unit and farm facilities at Wiltshire College....
Agri-Business
'F' is for farmers - 'We will never be the National Park keepers' Union'
Just over 24 hours after the ‘Brexit and Our Land’ consultation drew to a close, NFU Cymru president John Davies...
Agri-Business
£5,000 grants up for grabs for Midland farmers
Farmers in the Midlands can apply for a £5,000 environmental grant to help fund management and infrastructure changes that will...
Agri-Business
140 jobs to go at Arla as part of 3-year 'Calcium' plans
Around 140 jobs are set to go as Arla Foods announces the next steps of its €400 million savings programme...
Arable
Scottish Arable Farm of the Year finalists revealed
The three finalists of the AgriScot Scottish Arable Farm of the Year were revealed by award sponsors SoilEssentials and AHDB....
Agri-Business
'Proposals do not match Welsh farmers’ ambitions for growth'
Welsh farmers are concerned that their Government’s ‘Brexit and Our Land’ consultation proposals do not match their ambition for growth,...
Agri-Business
Carlisle farm partnership fined £100,000 after worker's death
An English farm partnership has been fined £100,000 after an employee was struck by a tractor, sustaining fatal head injuries....
Dairy
Call for voluntary dairy codes to be made statutory
NFU Cymru has said it is time producers and processors worked together to create a set of statutory dairy codes...
Agri-Business
AHDB meat subisdiary sale to complete in the 'next few months'
The sale of AHDB’s commercial subsidiary Meat and Livestock Commercial Services Limited (MLCSL) to Hallmark Veterinary Compliance Services is hoped...
Agri-Business
Farming and environmental groups unite on farm funding message
Farmers, landowners and environmental groups are bringing a united message to Parliament today (October 30) calling for the Government to...
Agri-Business
Budget: Some carrots for the countryside but no clarity for farmers
In his last Budget before Brexit, Chancellor Philip Hammond offered some financial carrots for the countryside – but offered no...
Agri-Business
Potential in wheat…due to warm water in the Pacific
Wheat price has the potential to rise. Short supplies and big weather events will drive that rise. That’s according to...
Agri-Business
Vets urged to tackle extreme conformation across all species
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has unveiled a new set of guiding principles to tackle the health impacts of extreme...
Beef
Next round of ‘Meat the Market’ events announced
Sheep and beef farmers around Scotland are invited to attend a series of three meetings to help them boost their...
Agri-Business
BASF increases sales but sees earnings drop 14% on same quarter in 2017
Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) dived by 14% at BASF year-on-year last quarter despite an 8% rise in revenue....
Arable
Could underground farms be the polytunnels of the future
University of Nottingham academics are exploring a new concept for underground farms as an alternative approach to large-scale crop production,...
Agri-Business
Arla joins UK and European farmers' call to avoid 'no-deal' Brexit
Arla Foods has joined farmer organisations from across the UK and several other EU countries to call for politicians to...
