Agri-Business
LAMMA show postponed for 2021
Organisers of LAMMA, one of the UK’s biggest machinery shows, have made the decision to push their 2021 event back...
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Dairy
Calf-rearing: ‘I don’t want the calf to ever know I’m not here’
Reducing heifer calf mortality could lower costs and improve profitability on many UK and Irish dairy farms; yet on some...
Dairy
Calf-rearing: ‘I don’t want the calf to ever know I’m not here’
Reducing heifer calf mortality could lower costs and improve profitability on many UK and Irish dairy farms; yet on some...
Agri Politics
'We'll need an army of extra qualified vets to cope with the 500% increase in workload'
The British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) has raised its fears over the number of inspections by vets that will be...
Agri Politics
NFU Scotland calls for members to contact MPs ahead of Agri Bill debate
NFU Scotland is urgently requesting its members to contact their MPs ahead of the UK government’s Agriculture Bill’s anticipated return...
Rural Life
2021 Suffolk Agricultural show cancelled due to Covid-19
The 2021 Suffolk Agricultural show has been cancelled due to increasing uncertainty of the viability of the show due to...
Arable
Budweiser UK now sourcing 100% of its barley from British farms
Budweiser Brewing Group has announced it has achieved its goal of sourcing 100% of the barley used for its UK-produced...
N.Ireland
Poots announces new Brucellosis protocol for Northern Ireland
A new surveillance protocol for Brucellosis will benefit farmers and industry, Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has said. The revised surveillance...
Agri-Business
Food prices becoming ever more important due to Covid-19 effects on employment
Prices are on the rise as a key purchase driver as new research from the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board...
Agri-Business
NI ‘one of Europe’s highest uptakes’ as World School Milk Day celebrates 20 years
School milk schemes in Northern Ireland last year slurped up almost one million litres of the white stuff, according to...
Agri-Business
NI ‘one of Europe’s highest uptakes’ as World School Milk Day celebrates 20 years
School milk schemes in Northern Ireland last year slurped up almost one million litres of the white stuff, according to...
Dairy
Average milk yield up by nearly 300L/cow
Figures from Kite Consulting’s Milk Monitor Dairy Herd Costings show that average milk yield increased by nearly 300L/cow, in the...
Dairy
Dairy industry facing a shortage of workers after government decision
A last-ditch attempt to get dairy workers included on the Migration Advisory Committee’s (MAC) Shortage Occupation List (SOL) has been...
Environment
Poots announces £645,000 of additional funding for NI environmental projects
An additional £645,000 will be made available for environmental projects across Northern Ireland, the region’s Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister...
Environment
Poots announces £645,000 of additional funding for NI environmental projects
An additional £645,000 will be made available for environmental projects across Northern Ireland, the region’s Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister...
Agri-Business
Over 75 sheep stolen from a farm in North Yorkshire
79 sheep have been stolen from a farm located on the moors of North Yorkshire. 41 ewes and 38 lambs...
Rural Life
Motorcyclist involved in accident with tractor dies from his injuries
A motorcyclist who was involved in a collision with a tractor has died of his injuries 10 days later. A...
Agri-Business
Beef and Lamb to take place behind closed doors
It might be one of the few agricultural shows to proceed this year but The Royal Ulster Agricultural Society (RUAS)...
