Agri-Business
Vets raise concerns about migration recommendations
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has warned that the Migration Advisory Committee’s (MAC) report on European migration could have implications...
Agri-Business
Agri-Business
Calls for Welsh badger cull to be reinstated following English results
Welsh farmers are calling for the country’s devolved Government plan to cull badgers to tackle bovine TB to be reinstated...
Agri-Business
'Warm words no substitute to affirmative action' on farm tenancies
An organisation representing Britain’s tenant farmers has demanded the Government moves quickly to make what it describes as “much-needed changes”...
Dairy
Patrick Muller confirmed as new Muller managing director
Muller has confirmed the appointment of Patrick Muller as the new managing director of Muller Milk & Ingredients (MMI) on...
Agri-Business
Farmcare agrees new farm management partnerships
One of the UK’s largest growing farming businesses, Farmcare, has entered into a series of partnerships to take over the...
Agri-Business
£3 million support scheme launched to reduce farming's ammonia emissions
A new team of experts officially start today to help farmers reduce ammonia emissions from agriculture. The £3 million Catchment...
Agri-Business
Nature Friendly Farming Network Welsh chair resigns over disparity in values
The Welsh chairman of Nature Friendly Farming Network has said he resigned because of the disparity between the values held by...
Agri-Business
New UK-first bovine semen processing lab opened
A cutting-edge semen processing lab in Cumbria opened on Monday (September 16) will harness the same technology used for human...
Agri-Business
NFU calls for improvements ahead of 2018 ES payments
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has called for improvements to be made to the current farm payment system ahead of...
Dairy
First Milk accounts: Turnover up but profit down
First Milk bosses report “another year of solid progress” as accounts show significant investment in its own sites. The accounts for...
Environment
Study finds intensive farming has lower environmental cost than organic
Agriculture that appears to be more eco-friendly but uses more land may actually have greater environmental costs per unit of...
Agri-Business
London charity farm launches appeal for 11 stolen piglets
A miniature working farm based on the banks of the Thames has launched an appeal for the safe return of 11...
Agri-Business
Staffordshire farm fined £14,000 for pollution incident
A Staffordshire farm has been fined £14,000 following pollution of the Gayton Brook, where 3,000 fish were killed. In a...
Agri-Business
Annual livestock survey: What's up and what's down in 2018?
Defra has released the final results of its estimates of livestock numbers on commercial agricultural holdings in England on June...
Agri-Business
NI business awards look for region's top agri-food firm
A high-profile Northern Irish business awards ceremony is on the hunt for the region’s top agri-food firm. Back, with a...
Pig/Poultry
Dry summer's impact shows in nutritional analysis of 2018 crop
The recent drought and dry summer experienced across the country has made its impact felt in the nutritional analysis of...
Agri-Business
Agriculture Bill: Government 'myth-busts' on Scottish farm future
Agriculture is devolved to the Scottish Government and will remain devolved, the Government has clarified, refuting SNP claims of a...
Environment
Environmental Stewardship payments on their way
The Government has announced it will make bridging payments to ensure all those who claimed Environmental Stewardship for 2016 or...
