Agri-Business
Quality Meat Scotland to host 'Meat the Market' workshops for farmers
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) has announced a series of ‘Meat the Market‘ workshops for beef and lamb farmers. The events...
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Agri-Business
Scottish Institute of Auctioneers elects new president
The Institute of Auctioneers and Appraisers in Scotland (IAAS) has appointed Alan Hutcheon as its new president. The IAAS said...
Rural Life
DM Hall brings 'pristine' rural property to the market
DM Hall Chartered Surveyors has brought Hawksland Hall, a rural Scottish package of house, land, and outbuildings, to the market....
Environment
UK government contributes £10m to Global Biodiversity Framework Fund
The UK government has announced a £10 million contribution to the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF). The newly established international...
Rural Life
Police appeal for info after 150 hay bales set alight in Staffordshire
Police are appealing for information after 150 hay bales were deemed to have been deliberately set alight at a farm...
Other
Farm business fined £60k following fatal electrocution
A farm has been fined £60,000 following the the death of a man who was electrocuted on the site while...
N.Ireland
Farmers urged to work with milk processors and feed companies
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) agriculture spokesperson, Tom Elliott MLA, has urged dairy farmers, milk processors and animal feed companies to...
Agri-Business
Farmers urged to assess on-farm fire risk following barn fires in Cumbria
Farmers are being urged to continually assess the risk of fire on their land by Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service....
N.Ireland
Teemore Engineering celebrates anniversary supplying farmers
Teemore Engineering is celebrating its 50th anniversary today (Thursday, August 24) with an event attended by farming and business leaders...
Agri-Business
AgriSearch webinars to help farmers after ‘particularly challenging’ summer
AgriSearch will host two webinars for Northern Ireland’s ruminant livestock farmers with the aim of helping them mitigate challenges they...
Agri-Business
NPA urges awareness of PRRSV risk when importing pigs
The National Pig Association (NPA) is urging those importing live pigs or semen to only source from herds negative for...
N.Ireland
Ospreys breed in NI for first time in over 200 years
Ospreys have been recorded breeding in Northern Ireland - and the entire island of Ireland - for the first time...
Dairy
Dairy farmers are facing 'enormous' financial pressure - RABDF
British dairy farmers are facing “enormous financial pressures” as farmgate milk prices remain low and input costs remain high. This...
Agri-Business
140t of illegal pesticides seized in Brazil
Around 140t of imported pesticides have been seized by authorities in Brazil during the country’s largest ever operation targeting illegal...
Dairy
China to become third largest milk-producing country in world - Rabobank
China will continue to play a “critical role” in global dairy markets as the world’s largest importer but it is...
Pig/Poultry
Poultry sector preparing for 'similar outbreak' of bird flu this autumn
The UK poultry sector will be preparing to face a “similar outbreak” of avian influenza (bird flu) this autumn, following...
Agri-Business
Ukraine: Russian attacks destroy 270,000t of grain
Officials in Ukraine have said that 270,000t of grain has been destroyed as a result of Russian attacks on the...
Agri-Business
Lakeland Dairies campaigns to attract women shareholders
Lakeland Dairies has launched a targeted campaign to encourage more women and other family members to become involved as shareholders...
