Agri-Business
British organic sector calls for clearer Brexit contingency measures
The Organic Trade Board (OTB) and the United Kingdom Organic Certifiers Group (UKOCG) are calling for a clear contingency plan...
Agri-Business
Agri-Business
£3.6 million TB Excellence Centre to open in Wales
A new £3.6 million Centre of Excellence for Bovine Tuberculosis for Wales will open at Aberystwyth University later this year,...
Agri-Business
Welsh farmers to be paid £1,000 to complete benchmarking
A new £2.15 million benchmarking initiative to help beef and sheep farmers identify improvements to their businesses and prepare for...
Agri Politics
Welsh decarbonisation proposals criticised over lack of focus on impacts
National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Cymru has warned that the Welsh Government’s greenhouse gas emissions consultation is likely to have been...
Agri-Business
Ag students’ vineyard celebrates record harvest
The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) vineyard at Down Ampney has seen a record year with the largest amount of grapes...
Agri-Business
How a farmer ended up with a shop in Vienna’s luxury shopping district
People told Georg Blochberger his idea to turn summer milk from his 50 cows into ice cream would never work....
Agri-Business
Agricultural research projects awarded £750,000 funding
Pioneering agricultural research into genetic resistance to TB and an electronic bovine disease diagnosis platform are among three projects in...
Agri-Business
Agricultural research projects awarded £750,000 funding
Pioneering agricultural research into genetic resistance to TB and an electronic bovine disease diagnosis platform are among three projects in...
Beef
NBA calls for 'bottom-up' approach to beef assurance schemes
The National Beef Association (NBA) Midlands Committee has set the date for a meeting in which it will bring together...
Pig/Poultry
Bernard Matthews in the running to buy Banham Poultry
British poultry giant Bernard Matthews is confirmed to be bidding for Norfolk business Banham Poultry. The company, which employs almost...
Agri-Business
3 new farm apprenticeships to develop farmers and growers of the future
Industry bodies have joined forces to set standards for three new farm apprenticeships in a bid to develop the next...
Agri-Business
Livestock rustlers are closer to home than you think, warns police boss
A police boss has spoken out to dispel the myth that all livestock rustlers raiding North Wales come from outside...
Agri-Business
Merger terms agreed between Lakeland and LacPatrick
Major Irish milk processors Lakeland Dairies and LacPatrick Dairies have reached agreement to merge following months of discussion. The boards...
Agri-Business
2 men die in suspected chemical spill at Norfolk poultry plant
An investigation is underway after two men died in an industrial incident at a poultry processing plant in Attleborough, Norfolk....
Rural Life
Plans for new £35 million Scottish agricultural university announced
Proposals for a new £35 million agricultural university in Dumfries and Galloway have been announced as part of Scotland’s Rural...
Agri-Business
2 weeks left for Seasonal Farm Workers Pilot applications
Businesses have just two weeks to apply for the for the pilot of the Government’s Seasonal Farm Workers Scheme. The...
Agri-Business
Scottish farmers to receive up to 90% of direct payments in 'coming days'
Payments worth more than £241 million will begin to arrive in the bank accounts of Scottish farmers and crofters in...
Agri-Business
20% of Northern Ireland's farm workers from abroad
One in five paid Northern Ireland farm workers are migrants, according to the latest Departmental figures. The figures, put together...
