Agri-Business
Sperrins floods farmers have ‘strong sense of injustice’ over 2017 flood funding
West Tyrone MLA Declan McAleer has urged the Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots to urgently conclude his deliberation on funding for...
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Rural Life
Hazardous waste dumped on farm in Dumfriesshire
A lorry-load of asbestos sheets dumped on a farm near Annan has shown the major flaws that exist in Scotland’s...
Agri-Business
No promises over post-Brexit labels for food imports in NI
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has indicated he will not push for increased food labelling to differentiate food imports...
Agri-Business
GDT index records slight rise to mark 3rd consecutive increase
The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) index has lifted in its latest auction to record a third consecutive increase. The most...
Sheep
Shear brilliance of UK shearers during Covid-19
British Wool has stated that it wishes to thank and congratulate UK shearers and the shearing community for their hard...
N.Ireland
Farmers urged to give views on NI’s Rural Needs Act
Farmers and agricultural groups in Northern Ireland have been urged to have their say on the Rural Needs Act consultation....
N.Ireland
Farmers urged to give views on NI’s Rural Needs Act
Farmers and agricultural groups in Northern Ireland have been urged to have their say on the Rural Needs Act consultation....
Agri-Business
Avara Foods invests £11 million into Brackley processing site
Avara Foods, one of the UK’s leading food businesses, is spending record sums at its processing site at Brackley, Northamptonshire....
Agri Politics
NFU Scotland urges House of Lords to revisit Agriculture Bill
NFU Scotland is urging members of the House of Lords to revisit a potential amendment to the Agriculture Bill when...
Agri-Business
'More realism needed in letting farm business tenancies' - TFA
The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) is calling for a greater degree of realism from landlords of farmland and their agents...
Agri-Business
Politics and economics affecting grain prices
At last week’s Grain Market Outlook Conference, held by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) in the UK, grain...
Agri-Business
Politics and economics affecting grain prices
At last week’s Grain Market Outlook Conference, held by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) in the UK, grain...
Agri-Business
Foodservice likely to be NI’s weak link in cheap imports threat
Foodservice buyers are likely to pose more of a risk to domestic food standards post-Brexit than supermarkets, according to Northern...
Agri-Business
Foodservice likely to be NI’s weak link in cheap imports threat
Foodservice buyers are likely to pose more of a risk to domestic food standards post-Brexit than supermarkets, according to Northern...
Agri-Business
'Our food and drink providers are the unsung heroes' - ActionCOACH
ActionCOACH Cotswolds and Gloucestershire based organisation Happerley are working together to provide vital business support to farmers, growers and the...
Agri-Business
Report: 60% of global population worries about food safety
An international study on the global food safety has revealed more than half the world’s population (60%) worry about the...
Rural Life
Release of beavers a 'short-sighted' move - FUW
The Montgomeryshire branch of the Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) has called plans to release beavers into an enclosure at...
N.Ireland
Police appeal for witnesses after teenager’s car collides with cow
Police are appealing for witnesses after a teenage motorist died after he crashed his car into a cow near Moira,...
