N.Ireland
£4.5 million redirected to help NI rural dwellers cope through Covid-19
Over £4.5 million of public money has been redirected to help around 50,000 vulnerable and isolated people in rural communities...
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N.Ireland
£4.5 million redirected to help NI rural dwellers cope through Covid-19
Over £4.5 million of public money has been redirected to help around 50,000 vulnerable and isolated people in rural communities...
N.Ireland
£4.5 million redirected to help NI rural dwellers cope through Covid-19
Over £4.5 million of public money has been redirected to help around 50,000 vulnerable and isolated people in rural communities...
Sheep
What parasites are young lambs susceptible of picking up this time of the year?
Over the last two weeks or so, the weather has finally become good and grass growth rates are on the...
Rural Life
SRUC makes major donation to food bank charity
Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) has donated a whopping 1.4t donation of chicken to food banks, school breakfast clubs and homeless shelters...
Dairy
UK relaxes competition law to help struggling dairy industry
Elements of UK competition law will be temporarily relaxed to support the dairy industry through the coronavirus outbreak. The intention...
Dairy
What are my options when it comes to heat detection?
Preparations for the breeding season are more than likely underway on many dairy farms across the country. Over the coming...
Dairy
What are my options when it comes to heat detection?
Preparations for the breeding season are more than likely underway on many dairy farms across the country. Over the coming...
Agri-Business
Seasonal worker shortage sees eastern Europeans flown into UK
Several large UK farms are taking drastic steps to cope with the seasonal labour shortage chartering flights for eastern European...
Arable
‘Agriculture is going full throttle; yet emissions remain the same’ – US scientist
Agriculture is going “full throttle” across the globe, yet the sector’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions remain at pre-Covid-19 levels, it...
Agri-Business
Public urged to holiday local to help under-threat rural businesses
The millions of people who have had to cancel their Easter holiday plans because of coronavirus have been used to...
Arable
Can drones now be used to spot disease earlier in crops?
Developers have launched a new mobile phone app designed to use drone imagery to pinpoint diseases such as yellow rust...
Beef
Consumers encouraged to learn with leading chefs during lockdown
As people are spending more time at home than ever before, Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) is encouraging consumers to use...
Rural Life
Scottish skills matching service to help rural businesses
A new service has been launched to match Scottish rural businesses with potential employees and volunteers during the Covid-19 lockdown....
Agri-Business
UK agricultural university offers drones to disinfect Covid-19 hotspots
An English agricultural university has offered to deliver drone sprayer training to qualified emergency services drone pilots, to enable them...
Agri-Business
Grain price: Wheat falls, corn supplies ample
Wheat price declined this week in LIFFE and MATIF markets for nearby and future markets. On Thursday evening, Chicago Board...
Agri-Business
Grain price: Wheat falls, corn supplies ample
Wheat price declined this week in LIFFE and MATIF markets for nearby and future markets. On Thursday evening, Chicago Board...
Agri-Business
NI processor refuses to rule out further Polish beef imports
The Ballymena firm revealed to have imported beef from Poland for sale in Northern Ireland butcher’s shops has refused to...
