Rural Life
£4.5 million Crown Estate investment to support Scottish farm tenants
Crown Estate Scotland is investing £4.5 million over two years in a range of activity on its four rural estates,...
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Machinery
The ultimate ‘one-pass’ system: Could it work here?
“You’re already harvesting the grain from your fields; why not bale in the same pass?” That’s the question Hillco Technologies...
Machinery
New tractor sales in the UK on the increase
The latest figures from the AEA (Agricultural Engineers Association) show that 1,187 new (agricultural) tractors were registered in the UK...
Agri-Business
Near-miss tractor cam footage watched more than a million times in just 2 days
Machinery drivers have taken to social media asking motorists to take extra care around tractors in light of a dashcam compilation...
Dairy
First ever Louise Hartley Award winner to tour West Wales
Holstein Young Breeders (HYB) is thrilled to be sending one of its members to West Wales for a dairy trip...
Machinery
Auction report: John Deere highlights from July Cambridge sale
Monday of last week (July 9) saw the latest monthly Cambridge Machinery Sales auction take place at Cheffins Auctioneers’ sale...
Environment
Farmers urged to plan ahead to meet impending ammonia regulations
With ammonia regulations set to be enforced from as early as 2020, dairy and beef farmers are being encouraged to...
Rural Life
Farm Safety Week: How to plan a safe school visit
Farms and crofts can often be dangerous places for children but, according to the Royal Highland Education Trust (RHET), with...
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...
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...
