Machinery
Fendt production suspended at 2 plants due to Covid-19
The agricultural machinery producer AGCO – maker of Fendt – is suspending the production at its Marktoberdorf and Asbach-Bäumenheim sites...
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N.Ireland
Linden workers refuse to start shift in row over Covid-19 control measures
As many as 60 workers are understood to have refused to start their shifts at the Linden Foods site in...
Agri-Business
Linden workers refuse to start shift in row over Covid-19 control measures
As many as 60 workers are understood to have refused to start their shifts at the Linden Foods site in...
Arable
Getting the right seed rate in your spring cereals
Spring sowing is underway in many parts of the country. Seed rate should take in a number of factors including...
Agri-Business
Aileen Barron: Online venues for discussion groups and farm demos
By Aileen Barron, Green Acre Marketing With many open days, farm demos, discussion group events and other such gatherings unlikely...
Sheep
Covid-19 market disruption 'serious concern' for UK sheep sector
The National Sheep Association (NSA) has warned it is growing “more concerned by the day” about market prices and the...
Agri-Business
25,000 new customers sign up to Milk & More in unprecedented surge
The UK’s largest milk and grocery doorstep delivery service, Milk & More, has launched a new recruitment drive as new...
Rural Life
Spanish farmers aid authorities in battle against Covid-19
Spanish farmers have joined in the fight alongside the country’s authorities to tackle the spread of Covid-19 in the southern EU nation...
Rural Life
Pirbright begins testing potential Covid-19 vaccines on animals
The UK’s Pirbright Institute is to begin testing new coronavirus vaccines on animals to help combat the Covid-19 pandemic. Working...
Arable
3-crop rule lifted in Northern Ireland for 2020
Growers in Northern Ireland have been granted a derogation to the crop diversification requirement of the Basic Payment Scheme for...
Dairy
Arla Foods confirms hold for April milk price
Arla Foods has announced it will hold on-account prices for conventional and organic milk for April 2020. However, a slight...
Agri-Business
Farmers asked to safeguard agri contractors during pandemic
Farmers have been asked to do what they can to protect agricultural contractors as UK Government implements stricter ‘stay at...
Agri-Business
Farmers asked to safeguard agri contractors during pandemic
Farmers have been asked to do what they can to protect agricultural contractors as UK Government implements stricter ‘stay at...
Arable
Watch: Calibrating your seed drill is an important task
Tillage farmers are out in force across the country. The past few days have provided great opportunities for all jobs...
Rural Life
Peak District farmer assaulted by walker
A farmer in Peak District has appealed for the UK to enter a total lockdown after he was reportedly punched...
Agri-Business
Covid-19: Veterinary practices to open for emergency care only
UK veterinary practices will offer emergency care only as measures ramp up against the Covid-19 pandemic. In a joint statement,...
Agri-Business
JCB to extend UK production shutdown to ‘at least’ end of April
JCB is suspending UK production until “at least” the end of April as a result of the Covid-19 crisis –...
Agri-Business
Staff at ABP and Moy Park sites ‘hold walkout’ over Covid-19 concerns
Additional reporting by Rachel Martin Workers at two of Northern Ireland’s biggest agri-food processing sites have walked today (Wednesday, March...
