Environment
Successful embryo transfer gives hope for one of the UK’s rarest semi-wild cattle breeds
The birth of a female Vaynol calf through the first-ever successful embryo transfer for a semi-feral breed of cattle has...
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Agri-Business
2 new appointments for Strutt & Parker’s rural team
BNP Paribas Real Estate is today announcing that Rhodri Thomas will be appointed as the new head of its Strutt...
Agri-Business
Cranswick Country Foods: Company growth is ‘ahead of previous expectations’
Cranswick Country Foods has released its third quarter trading statement for the 13 weeks leading up to December 26, 2020...
Agri-Business
Department to seek legal changes for NI’s review of decisions process
The department cannot delegate decision-making responsibilities over schemes without legal changes, a senior civil servant has told Stormont’s Agriculture Committee....
Rural Life
Massey Ferguson tractor stolen in farm theft in Somerset
A Massey Ferguson tractor (pictured above) has been stolen after a farm was broken into in Horton near Ilminster, Somerset....
Agri-Business
Prime Minister ‘prepared to use Article 16 if necessary’ to allow agri-food movement
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnston has reportedly told the DUP this morning that he “is prepared to use Article 16”...
Rural Life
Royal Highland Centre to become vaccine centre
The Royal Highland Centre, home to the Royal Highland Show, is set to be transformed into one of Scotland’s main...
Beef
Finishing spring-born bulls – talk to your processor now
According to the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE), producers finishing last year’s spring-born bulls are currently moving...
N.Ireland
Dog attacks estimated to cost more than £115,000 in Northern Ireland
Dog attacks on farm animals across Northern Ireland cost over £115,000 in 2020, according to new statistics released by rural...
Rural Life
The cost of feeding the nation: 258 agri-food Covid deaths recorded in England and Wales
The number of agri-food workers who have died in England and Wales within 28 days of a positive Covid-19 test...
Agri Politics
'Safeguarding the welfare of animals should be the primary focus of any regulatory change'
Any regulatory changes introduced as a result of the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) consultation on the...
Arable
Can biofungicides deliver effective crop protection?
A new generation of biofungicides is now coming on stream in the UK, backed by claims that they can deliver...
Dairy
Farming unions give their support to new dairy Code of Conduct
Four UK farming unions – the National Farmers Union (NFU); NFU Cymru; Ulster Farmers Union (UFU); and NFU Scotland –...
Rural Life
No kidding: Farm makes €56,000 offering ‘virtual goats’ for video calls
A farm has seized the initiative to liven things up on lockdown video calls through the introduction of a “virtual...
Dairy
UK Government launches Code of Conduct for fairness in the dairy supply chain
Government ministers have today (February 3), announced plans for a fairer dairy supply chain. The UK government and Devolved Administrations...
Machinery
LAMMA 2021 cancelled due to Covid-19
Following the ongoing uncertainties surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic, LAMMA organisers have taken the difficult decision to cancel the 2021 edition...
Rural Life
November date confirmed for AgriScot 2021
Wednesday, November 17, is the date for AgriScot 2021, directors of the farm business event confirmed following a recent board...
Environment
Pollution regulations are a 'knee-jerk reaction and completely wrongheaded' - TFA Cymru
The Tenant Farmers Association in Wales (TFA Cymru) has said that the decision of the Welsh government to introduce new...
