Dairy
Autumn calving: Achieving 100 SCC in the first 100 days
As we are now into the thick of autumn calving, it’s important to be considerate of keeping your somatic cell...
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Agri-Business
Cattle methane vaccine project receives $9.4m in funding
Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos, has provided $9.4 million (€8.7 million) in funding towards a project examining the viability of a...
Environment
Scotland pledges continued leadership during COP29
Acting cabinet secretary for Net Zero and Energy, Gillian Martin, will attend the COP29 UN Climate Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan,...
N.Ireland
AHDB hosts its 2024 Grain Market Outlook briefing
This week has seen the Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) hosting its 2024 Grain Market Outlook (GMO) briefing. The...
N.Ireland
Dairy advice: Getting prepared for a smooth drying off
Cows are coming in for winter housing and grazing 2024 is finishing up, which means the next job on the...
Machinery
Machinery: Reality bites as CNH income tumbles in Q3
The fall off in machinery sales has started to hit the margins of the big corporations as CNH announces its...
Dairy
UK watchdog sets out concerns about baby formula market
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) today (Friday, November 8) issued a new report that sets out its concerns...
Sheep
The Farming Network to host sheep scab information night
The Farming Network has embarked on various initiatives, including an upcoming information night, aimed at tackling the prevalence of sheep...
N.Ireland
FFA supports Aontú’s Equitable Beef Pricing Bill
Farmers for Action (FFA) is supporting the principles espoused within the Aontú ‘Equitable Beef Pricing Bill’, which was defeated in...
N.Ireland
Lemken keeps the plough developments coming
Lemken is continuing to develop its range of ploughs and has launched the latest model from its Diamant series, the...
N.Ireland
Ministers meet with contractors tasked with saving Lough Neagh
Stormont ministers have met with the five bodies tasked with finding solutions to treat and reduce the incidence of blue-green...
N.Ireland
DAERA warns poultry sector of winter bird flu spread
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is urging all bird keepers in Northern Ireland to prepare for...
N.Ireland
Ursus sold to Ukrainian backed aerospace company
Ursus, the much troubled Polish tractor company, has at last found a new buyer, although very little is known about...
N.Ireland
Bird flu confirmed at poultry farm in Yorkshire
The UK government has confirmed a case of bird flu on a commercial poultry farm in Yorkshire today, (Wednesday, November...
Agri Politics
CAAV maintains budget changes will be 'costly' to farms
The inheritance tax (IHT) changes and reductions in agricultural and business property relief (APR and BPR) will be costly to...
N.Ireland
Fendt joystick steering: A boon for yard and field
The steering wheel has dominated vehicle cabs for well over a century, and that is a perfectly logical situation for...
Agri Politics
NFU meets with Defra to discuss inheritance tax
Yesterday (Monday, November 4) the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) met with the Defra secretary of state and treasury officials to...
N.Ireland
Air Ambulance Agribusiness Group seeks £2.5m to sustain emergency service
With an increase in callouts experienced this year, Air Ambulance Northern Ireland’s Agribusiness Group is urging the agricultural community to...
