Agri-Business
Dunn: Hammond must provide better fiscal framework for farm tenancies
The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) is urging the Chancellor of the Exchequer to consider including tax reforms which would help...
Agri-Business
Agri-Business
Welsh warn no trade deal would have 'stark implications' for red meat sector
The challenges of Brexit for Wales’s iconic red meat industry were laid out in clear terms as Hybu Cig Cymru...
Pig/Poultry
Vaccine shows promise against costly poultry disease
A new vaccine strategy could offer protection to millions of chickens threatened by a serious respiratory disease, research shows. Infectious...
Agri-Business
Co. Down farmer fined £4,000 after polluting 2km of waterway
By Michael Kenwood A Co. Down farmer has been fined £4,000 after polluting 2km of waterway with slurry at almost...
Agri-Business
Defra urged to act now over Brexit challenges for NI farming
A Westminster report examining the prospects of Northern Ireland farming post-Brexit warns Defra has not done enough given the lack...
Agri-Business
Defra urged to act now over Brexit challenges for NI farming
A Westminster report examining the prospects of Northern Ireland farming post-Brexit warns Defra has not done enough given the lack...
Agri-Business
SIAL: 'Strong demand' from importers for Scotch meat
The opening days of SIAL in Paris, one of the world’s largest food trade fairs, have seen a very encouraging...
Agri-Business
South Korean government officials learn from Wiltshire's rural development
A delegation of 23 officials from South Korea’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs visited Wiltshire agri-business support projects...
Agri-Business
Could the ration of the future see your cows chow down...on insects?
We’ve all heard claims insects could be on the menu in the future – but could crawlies could make it...
Agri-Business
Fram Farmers’ cooperative appoints strategic partnerships manager
Fram Farmers, an innovative leader in the farmer-owned cooperative sector, has appointed Gordon Cummings as strategic partnerships manager. With over...
Agri-Business
Bank urges NI farmers to review the viability with 30% less support
Northern Ireland’s farmers need devolved government back in place and lobbying on their behalf to make sure the sector does...
Agri-Business
Bank urges NI farmers to review the viability with 30% less support
Northern Ireland’s farmers need devolved government back in place and lobbying on their behalf to make sure the sector does...
Agri-Business
‘Britain’s most-diseased man’ to address BVA congress
‘Britain’s most-diseased man’, The One Show wildlife presenter Mike Dilger, has been confirmed as keynote speaker for this year’s BVA...
Agri-Business
AHDB launches one-stop guide to straw bedding alternatives
An updated resource from the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), Beef and Lamb, will help farmers find ways to...
Agri-Business
SRUC launches ‘crash course’ in animal breeding science
World-leading livestock scientists will next month deliver a ‘crash course’ in the latest animal breeding technologies at SRUC. Delivered by...
Agri-Business
Shortages, delays and lower standards likely in no-deal Brexit, vets warn
British Veterinary Association (BVA) president Simon Doherty has warned of the significant risks a ‘no-deal’ Brexit could bring to the...
Government
NFU seeks urgent Number 10 meeting to save farming from a no-deal crash out
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) is seeking an urgent meeting with the highest level of Government, after the lack of...
Agri-Business
New licensing procedures introduced for NI imports of British semen
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture has announced it will introduce new licensing procedures for importing bovine semen into the region...
