Agri-Business
FBIS Tier 1 funding doubled to £15 million
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has doubled funding for the latest tranche of Tier 1 of the Farm Business...
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Agri Politics
FUW members raise concern about the threat of non-tariff barriers to slaughterhouses
Members of Montgomeryshire Farmers’ Union Of Wales (FUW) branch are to meet virtually with MP Craig Williams to raise concerns...
Arable
Poots calls on GB counterparts to take step in over soil and plant trade restrictions
Northern Ireland’s Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has called on his counterparts in the rest of the UK to take action...
Agri-Business
Grassland UK set to return to Somerset in 2021
Grassland UK – the triennial event covering every aspect of grass production – returns to Somerset on May 6, boasting...
Machinery
JCB expands staff to gear up for ‘surge in production’
JCB is expanding its number of UK employees to “gear up for a surge in production”, the company announced today...
Agri-Business
Dairy-Tech Online increases online capacity to meet demand
Registrations for Dairy-Tech Online have rocketed reaching almost 2,500, with one week still left to sign-up for the free fortnight-long...
N.Ireland
‘Coping with the Pressures of Farming’ workshops to return for second year
Rural mental health charity Rural Support has announced the return of its ‘Coping with the Pressures of Farming’ workshops for...
Rural Life
John Deere Gator and power tools stolen in Suffolk theft
A John Deere Gator farm vehicle worth thousands of pounds and a selection of power tools have been stolen after...
Agri-Business
Poots outlines future for NI agriculture to YFCU conference
The first of four webinars, making up the 2021 Young Farmers’ Clubs of Ulster (YFCU) Agri-Food Conference, saw Agriculture Minister...
Pig/Poultry
QPP processing plant to temporarily close after Covid-19 outbreak
A pork processing plant in Angus has been forced to close for two weeks after it was discovered that a...
Dairy
3 students announced as winners of the RABDF Farm Health Management Award
Students from Liverpool Vet School, Duchy College and Harper Adams University have beat off a bumper number of entries to...
Agri Politics
Free Covid-19 testing offered to food sector workers
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has confirmed that food sector workers will be offered government-funded Covid-19 tests. The NFU has...
N.Ireland
Farmers urged to think ‘SAFE’ as slurry spreading period approaches
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) is urging the region’s farmers to take simple safety measures when...
Agri-Business
'I predict that changes forced by Brexit will bring further opportunity for MDS' - Tacon
The agrifood graduate training organisation, MDS, has experienced unprecedented demand from graduate applications as well as from new members over...
Agri-Business
Poots backs calls for meat plant workers to get vaccine priority
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has added his backing to calls for meat plant workers in the region to...
Rural Life
'We gave a clear warning that doing nothing was not an option' - Llanfrothen flooding
The Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) members in the northern area of Meirionnydd have expressed deep anger and frustration following...
Pig/Poultry
Over 13 million pigs assessed by AHDB Real Welfare scheme
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) Real Welfare scheme is unique in the type of data it collects and...
Beef
BVD inspections ‘step in the right direction’
The Ulster Farmers’ Union has welcomed new inspections to crack down on BVD animal retention as a “step in the...
