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
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...
Dairy
Arla to hold milk price but warns of reducing commodity prices
Arla Foods’ conventional milk price will be unchanged for November 2018, with the UK manufacturing price remaining at 32.47p/L. However,...
Arable
Batters: Workforce uncertainty is crippling horticultural businesses
NFU president Minette Batters has reiterated the importance of access to a competent and flexible workforce for the horticultural sector,...
Agri-Business
Lords raise 'serious concerns' over Defra’s no-deal preparations
The EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee has written to Secretary of State Rt Hon Michael Gove with serious concerns about...
Agri-Business
Dale Farm announces new 3-year fixed price contract
Northern Ireland dairy cooperative Dale Farm is offering its 1,300 farmers the opportunity to enter a three-year fixed milk price...
Agri-Business
Dale Farm announces new 3-year fixed price contract
Northern Ireland dairy cooperative Dale Farm is offering its 1,300 farmers the opportunity to enter a three-year fixed milk price...
Agri-Business
'Evolution, not revolution' - Wales’ farming unions call for ‘Welsh way forward’
Wales’ two farming unions have launched a joint principles paper aimed at placing Welsh food, farming, livelihoods, communities and the...
Agri-Business
UK veterinary antibiotics sales fall to lowest in 25 years
Total sales of antibiotics for use in animals in the UK have fallen to their lowest level since 1993, according...
Agri-Business
Live exports 'integral' to Northern Ireland farming, UFU warns
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has warned the live export of cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry is an “integral” part of...
Agri-Business
NFU calls for Chancellor to implement 8 measures to Brexit-proof farms
With less than a week until the Budget, the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has written to the Chancellor to call...
Agri-Business
NI farmer banned from keeping animals for life after mistreating pigs
A Co. Antrim farmer was today banned from keeping animals and sentenced to 18 months in prison suspended for four years...
Beef
Importers rewarded for championing the Scottish Red meat industry
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) has recognised two importers for their longstanding loyalty and commitment to the Scottish red meat industry....
Dairy
Round 2 of McDonald’s £500,000 British dairy grants now open
UK Arla farmers have just a few days remaining to apply for up to £10,000 in the second round of...
