Agri-Business
Volac warns against ‘unnecessary stockpiling’
Volac has warned that “unnecessary stockpiling” of its products by customers during the Covid-19 outbreak could put pressure on its...
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Dairy
French dairy sector sets up €10 million fund for farmers reducing milk supply
The French dairy sector has urged its farmer suppliers to reduce milk production over the coming weeks to ease the...
Agri-Business
UK’s first online-only livestock auction to take place next week
The catalogue is already published and plans are well underway for the UK’s first-ever totally virtual livestock sale. The lockdown has...
Agri-Business
Butchery WorldSkills UK competition deadline extended
The deadline for the 2020 heats of a competition to find the UK’s best butcher has been extended. The closing...
N.Ireland
Letter to the editor: ‘Our over-55 farmers would have never retired in the first place’
Farmers supply what fills the supermarkets’ shelves. Life on Northern Ireland’s farms is not getting any easier, as Covid-19 tightens...
N.Ireland
Letter to the editor: ‘Our over-55 farmers would have never retired in the first place’
Farmers supply what fills the supermarkets’ shelves. Life on Northern Ireland’s farms is not getting any easier, as Covid-19 tightens...
N.Ireland
Study suggests humans transported badgers from Britain to Ireland
A new study into badger genetics has shown those from the north-eastern and south-eastern counties of Ireland share genetics with badgers...
Environment
Shropshire farmers plant 4,000 trees in anticipation of ELMS changes
Farmers in Shropshire have planted nearly 4,000 native trees after Severn Trent gave out tree-packs at two local events, to...
N.Ireland
Home educating on the farm: Family share lessons learned
With many parents struggling to home school their children during the Covid-19 pandemic, the advice from a home educating farm...
N.Ireland
Home educating on the farm: Family share lessons learned
With many parents struggling to home school their children during the Covid-19 pandemic, the advice from a home educating farm...
Rural Life
Scottish rural organisations plea with those exercising in the countryside
With the country in lockdown and all gyms and sporting facilities closed; people have taken to new forms of exercise...
Agri-Business
Retailers slammed for importing 400t of Polish meat during Covid-19 boom
Angered producers have accused a major beef processor and two retailers of “underhand tactics” amid revelations the firm has imported...
Agri-Business
Machinery and contractor groups: Interconnected sectors ‘critical’ to food production
European groups representing agricultural machinery manufacturers, distributors, dealers and agri contractors have committed their support to farmers and cooperatives across...
Dairy
American farmers dump milk amid Covid-19 crunch
A number of farmers in the US and Canada have been forced to open their bulk tanks and dump milk...
Agri-Business
Aileen Barron: SEO and setting your agri-business up for online success
Search engine optimisation (SEO) is a practice that will help your website rank higher on search engines; ultimately making it...
Sheep
NSA Sheep Event and NSA Scotsheep 2020 postponed
The National Sheep Association (NSA) has announced plans to proceed with a revised summer schedule, after two of its flagship...
Agri-Business
Hotel and restaurant closures add farm-gate price instability
Huge shifts in the retail and foodservice sectors as a result of the coronavirus pandemic are causing significant and unpredictable...
N.Ireland
The ins and outs of artificially rearing surplus lambs
Before the lambing season kicked off, farmers should have set up a designated area for pet/surplus lambs to be reared...
