Agri Politics
Green MEP believes that Brexit white paper falls 'between every stool'
Green MEP for the South East Keith Taylor has branded the Government’s Brexit plans “far too deluded for realists and...
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Arable
3 weeks without rain: How tech is helping one Perthshire potato farmer hold up
After three weeks without rainfall, AHDB’s Strategic Potato (SPot) Farm Scotland Open Day took place on the light loams of...
N.Ireland
15 people treated after tractor-drawn tanker crashes into bus
Around 15 bus passengers are understood to have received medical treatment after a tractor-drawn water tanker collided with their vehicle this...
Sheep
Texels could provide tremendous potential for post-Brexit profitability
Sheep farmers are being reminded of the added-value opportunity that exists from using pedigree Texel rams across their flocks beyond...
N.Ireland
15 people treated after tractor-drawn tanker crashes into bus
Around 15 bus passengers are understood to have received medical treatment after a tractor-drawn water tanker collided with their vehicle this...
Rural Life
Researcher's pictures show frightening extent of 6,400ac moor fire
Pictures taken by a scientist on board a research aircraft show the full extent of the devastation caused by the...
Arable
#YourHarvest campaign urges MPs to visit a farm
The NFU will urge MPs to pledge to visit a farm over harvest at the Westminster launch of its ‘#YourHarvest’...
N.Ireland
Co. Down farmer fined following welfare charges
A Co. Down farmer was today fined and sentenced to three months in prison, suspended for two years, on animal...
Agri-Business
Champion Limousin manages Interbreed Reserve at Great Yorkshire Show
In what turned out to be outstanding weather conditions, the quality of the cattle exhibited at the Great Yorkshire Show...
N.Ireland
Co. Armagh farmer fined following welfare charges
A Co. Armagh farmer was today (Monday, July 16) fined and sentenced to three months in prison, suspended for two...
Agri-Business
2018 Great Yorkshire Show branded 'one of the best ever'
More than 134,000 visitors flocked to the 160th Great Yorkshire Show, which organisers have hailed “one of the best ever”....
Machinery
Video: Take a glimpse inside ‘Deutz-Fahr Land’
Deutz-Fahr opened its new tractor factory – the so-called ‘Deutz-Fahr Land’ – last summer. The plant is now busy producing tractors...
Machinery
Mecalac takes over production of Pichon loaders
The Mecalac Group, which is based in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France, will take over production of a range of compact wheel loaders...
Dairy
Farmers urged to take action on Johne's as national deadline nears
Farmers are urged to take action now to ensure they are ready for the beginning of the second phase of...
Sheep
New sheep guides to focus on top ram traits
Sheep breeders looking to produce lambs that meet target specification now have access to two new manuals from Agriculture and Horticulture...
Rural Life
'Quick thinking' ploughing halts crop fires across England
Fire crews and farmers worked together over the weekend to stop the spread of fires across fields of standing crops....
Arable
£1.2 million research project to breed disease and weather resilient crops
The Harper Adams University Fresh Produce Research Centre (FPRC) and University of Warwick Crop Centre have recently been jointly awarded...
Machinery
The no-nonsense tractor that comes with a ‘built-in’ 25% grant
This unusual-looking tractor (pictured above) is the XT3-243K; it’s produced by Ukrainian company XTZ. It’s notable for its articulated (pivot-steer) chassis;...
