Agri-Business
Success at the double as creamery’s mellow Double Gloucester cheese crowned best in Wales
A farmer-owned creamery in North Wales is celebrating after its tasty Double Gloucester cheese scooped a gold award and went...
Latest Stories
Agri-Business
Merlo telehandler stable produces a cross-breed
Merlo is never short of new ideas and its latest concept involves taking the power and compactness of a farm...
Agri-Business
‘Staggering’ cost of NI’s Brexit customs posts revealed
Agri-food customs posts required in Northern Ireland (NI) have cost more than £24.4 million to staff in their first year....
Arable
NFU Scotland surveys potato growers ahead of levy board changes
NFU Scotland is urging potato growers to complete its survey to identify what functions carried out by the industry’s statutory...
Agri Politics
UK secures new trade deal with Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein
The United Kingdom (UK) has secured a new trade deal with Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, that will boost British sectors...
N.Ireland
RamCompare webinar to unlock the potential of sheep genetics in NI
The latest results of the RamCompare project in Northern Ireland (NI) are set to be discussed at an upcoming sheep...
Rural Life
11 year-old boy seriously injured after falling from a tractor in Nottinghamshire
An 11 year-old boy is in hospital after he fell from a tractor and suffered “severe leg injuries” in a...
Rural Life
Tri-axle trailer stolen in barn break-in in Somerset
Police in Somerset are appealing for information after a tri-axle Ifor Williams trailer was stolen from a barn near Frome...
Agri-Business
NSA urges consumers to continue to shop local
As lockdown easing continues, including the recent reopening of indoor hospitality, the National Sheep Association (NSA) is now stressing the...
Agri-Business
Cranswick Foods becomes NI’s first agri-food firm to achieve carbon-neutral status
Pork processor Cranswick Country Foods has become the first agri-food company in Northern Ireland (NI) to be officially recognised as...
Rural Life
Tractor rolls over onto car in Cornwall road traffic collision
Emergency services were called to the scene of a collision between a car and tractor which took place in Cornwall...
Dairy
Farming unions warn of rising dairy production costs and unstable milk prices
The UK farming unions are warning that the dairy industry is facing an extremely challenging year on the back of...
Agri-Business
Tackling emissions through methane-reducing masks for cows
A new strategic partnership aims to tackle methane emissions in the dairy industry - through the use of methane-reducing masks...
N.Ireland
Poots urged to expand criteria for North West floods support
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has been urged to widen the criteria of a support package for farmers afflicted...
Dairy
Grazing targets for replacement dairy heifers
The rearing of heifers contributes a significant cost to dairy systems, yet can be the most commonly overlooked component. Grazing...
Agri Politics
UK-Australia trade deal could give major boost to Scotch whiskey producers
A UK-Australia trade deal could include a major boost for Scotch whisky producers with the removal of a 5% tariff...
N.Ireland
North West floods: Applications for payments to open in August
A long-awaited support package for farmers in the North West affected by floods in 2017 will open for applications in...
Arable
The impact of tillage farming on soil ecosystems
The impact of tillage farming on soil ecosystems has been likened to creating a ‘gangsters’ paradise’ by one of the...
