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
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...
Agri-Business
Government urged to pursue new recognition for protected food names
In a letter to three Secretaries of State, National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Scotland has called for changes to be made...
Agri-Business
Batters calls for ability to 'pause' transition from direct payments
New farming legislation favouring support for environmental efforts as opposed to production will leave British farmers forced to compete internationally,...
Agri-Business
Farm management training scheme opens for 2019 applications
Applications have opened for the 2019 intake of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) professional farm management course. The recognised...
Agri-Business
Vets welcome bill's recognition of animal health and welfare as public goods
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has welcomed Defra’s announcement that animal health and welfare will be considered as ‘public goods’...
Agri-Business
Bill 'fails to recognise farmers as food producers first and foremost'
Critics have said the Government’s new agriculture legislation has failed to recognise farmers for their main responsibility – producing the...
Agri Politics
140 MPs show support for farming on Back British Farming Day
140 politicians showed their support for the British farming industry today by wearing a Back British Farming wheat-pin badge in...
Agri-Business
National Farmers' Union takes food report to Westminster
The National Farmers’ Union has today launched a food report, ‘UK: A Nation United by Food’, which will be sent...
Agri-Business
Government’s plans for agriculture 'lack balance'
The Government’s new Agriculture Bill has been criticised as “lacking balance” by an organisation representing tenant farmers. Tenant Farmers Association...
Dairy
New programme aims to cut costs and increase profits
Over 70 farmers and industry representatives attended the recent launch of the first Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) Strategic...
Agri-Business
Defra was 'not permitted' to consult industry over Brexit vet shortage
A comprehensive report claims that Defra was prevented from consulting veterinary professionals over a potential vet shortage post-Brexit by the...
Agri-Business
Government publishes landmark Agriculture Bill...but what does it mean for farms?
Michael Gove has set out the Government’s major post-Brexit agriculture policy to invest in the environment and take back control...
Dairy
P&O to stop shipping Europe-bound calves 'with immediate effect'
Ferry company P&O has said it will no longer transport Scottish calves destined for Europe following a documentary broadcast last...
