Agri-Business
Devenish signs £30 million agreement with Jamaican poultry firm
Agri-tech firm Devenish has agreed a 10-year research and development supply agreement worth £30 million with Jamaican poultry producer Caribbean...
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Agri-Business
US meat giant on Covid-19: ‘The food supply chain is breaking’
US meat giant Tyson Foods has issued a stark warning that “the food supply chain is breaking” across the Atlantic...
Environment
Galloway wildfire spans 15km² of gorse, grassland and forest
Firefighters have are working to put out the final flames of a large wildfire which spread across 15km² of countryside...
Agri-Business
TFA calls for rethink to UK food and environmental security
The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) is calling for the Government to pause plans for major policy change for food, farming...
Beef
McDonald’s to conduct ‘operational tests’ this week to ‘explore’ reopening
Multinational fast food giant McDonald’s is to conduct “some operational tests to explore” what reopening might look like this week...
Agri-Business
Extra month to claim for farm payments in England and Wales
Farmers and land managers in England and Wales now have until June 15 to apply for the Basic Payment Scheme...
Rural Life
College lecturer shares practical agricultural lessons online
A college lecturer in the Scottish borders has taken even his practical lessons online to stop his students from missing...
Agri-Business
150 attend UK-based 'digital farm walk'
More than 150 people logged on to the UK’s first-ever ‘digital farm walk’. The eight-hour-long event was run on Wednesday...
Environment
Sheep cross Strangford Lough on barge, continuing 200-year-old island farming tradition
We might not have any holidays of our own planned any time soon but 150 sheep got a cruise experience...
N.Ireland
2020 Balmoral Show cancelled as NI Covid-19 cases continue to rise
The Royal Ulster Agricultural Society has announced it will cancel this year’s Balmoral Show as coronavirus (Covid-19) numbers continue to...
Dairy
How to boost your herd’s fertility this breeding season
At this stage, farmers will be putting a plan in place for the upcoming breeding season in order to achieve...
Beef
US ‘dangerously close’ to meat shortages as plants close
Meat processing and packing plant closures are leaving the US “dangerously close” to meat shortages as a result of the...
Agri-Business
Vet offers top tips for social distancing on-farm
Vets are urging farmers to consider how they can apply Government guidance on social distancing when vets are working on...
Rural Life
Calf choked to death on litter in Scotland as lockdown sees fly-tipping soar
More than 100 fly-tipping incidents are thought to have occurred across Scotland since the start of the lockdown amid reports...
Agri-Business
Mike Sheldon reappointed AHDB pork chairman
UK Ministers have reappointed Mike Sheldon as chairman of AHDB’s pork sector board for a second consecutive term. As part...
N.Ireland
Recent dry weather sparks NI wildfire warning
DAERA and Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) are asking farmers and the public for their help amid warnings...
N.Ireland
Recent dry weather sparks NI wildfire warning
DAERA and Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) are asking farmers and the public for their help amid warnings...
Agri-Business
Dale Farm appoints new board chairman and vice-chairman
Dairy cooperative Dale Farm has appointed a new chairman and vice-chairman to its board. It follows the recent retirement of...
