Beef
Latest Gira report profiles world meat trends for the next decade
Northern Ireland’s Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) has procured the latest Long Term Meat Strategy Report, produced by the renowned...
Latest Stories
Opinion
Farmers and the National Living Wage...is it possible to keep everyone happy?
There has been a lot of talk this week about the possible impact of increases in the National Living Wage...
Sheep
Colton family's pet ram killed in the field
An investigation has been launched by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty (RSPCA) after a sheep named Shaun...
Opinion
Is once-a-day milking an option in extreme weather conditions?
Farming Connect in Wales has said the past nine months have seen some extreme weather which is creating challenges when...
Arable
MPs see first-hand 'appalling waste' on Scotland's fields of rotting fruit
A band of brave Westminster Scottish Affairs Committee members have taken to Scotland’s fields to give fruit picking a go...
Rural Life
It's a wrap: NFU Cymru drives home the farming message
Silage bales with eye-catching stickers will pave the way to this year’s Royal Welsh Show. The bale sticker and gate banner campaign...
Opinion
Farmers should be forced to retire at 65
The last year or so has seen the press filled with stories of elderly farmers killed by cattle and other...
Agri-Business
Courts ease tax relief bindings for diversified rural businesses
Rural businesses which run furnished holiday lets or livery stables could now benefit from Inheritance Tax relief following two favourable...
Arable
Calls for retailers to back vegetable growers as drought continues
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) is calling on supply chain partners, including big and small retailers, to support local growers...
Agri-Business
Fresh produce graduate scheme calls for more members in Scotland
The organisation offering graduate schemes for the fresh produce industry, Management Development Services (MDS), has called for more members in...
Agri-Business
Scottish growers say they fear a 'second season where harvest will go unpicked'
Scottish growers say they fear a second successive season where crops will go unpicked due to extreme labour shortages. National Farmers’...
Beef
Hot weather drives 40% increase in store cattle sales
The prolonged period of dry, hot weather is beginning to impact on the livestock market as the effects of lack...
Pig/Poultry
Newcastle Disease confirmed in Belgium: What you need to know
UK flock keepers have been urged to review their biosecurity measures after two cases of a highly infectious poultry disease...
N.Ireland
Newcastle Disease confirmed in Belgium: What you need to know
Northern Irish flock keepers have been urged to review their biosecurity measures after two cases of a highly infectious poultry...
Rural Life
Lorry transporting bales goes up in smoke on UK motorway
A lorry transporting a large number of straw bales went on fire on the side of a motorway yesterday (Thursday,...
Agri-Business
Farm Safety Week: Seeing a worker thrown to the ground was the first sign I had hit a power line
Today marks the last day of Farm Safety Week, with one Fife farmer talking about the dangers of overhead power...
Agri-Business
More than 183,000t of red meat exported in first half of 2018
Exports of red meat products from the UK got off to a strong start this year – with the total...
Sheep
Young Lancashire shepherd takes £1,000 prize money in Sheep Event national final
Competitors from throughout the UK fought it out on Wednesday (July 18) in the final of the National Sheep Association...
