Agri-Business
Grain price: In the green
Grain markets were, for the most part, in the green this week. LIFFE, MATIF and Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT)...
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Pig/Poultry
Cost of pigmeat production in UK increased by 8% in 2018
The cost of pigmeat production in 17 countries has been examined in a report by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development...
Beef
ABP Angus Youth Challenge winners announced on YouTube
A trio of Co. Antrim schoolboys from St. Louis Grammar in Ballymena have become the overall winners of the Northern...
Arable
It's official: Plants can tell the time
Research carried out at the UK’s John Innes Centre has confirmed that plants have a circadian clock, similar to that...
Dairy
How might Covid-19 impact on dairy and red meat sectors?
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) dairy analyst Patty Clayton and her red meat colleague Duncan Wyatt have gone...
Agri-Business
Support announced for farmers impacted by recent flooding
DEFRA has announced new support measures to help farmers recover from recent flooding incidents. A £6 million pot of funding...
Rural Life
School closures raise farm safety concerns
The Farm Safety Foundation is highlighting the link between the closure of schools and the need for a clear focus...
Agri-Business
Scottish agriculture responds to the threat of Covid-19
NFU Scotland president, Andrew McCormick, has issued a statement confirming that Scottish agriculture will be to the fore in making...
N.Ireland
Investigations underway into theft of cattle scales
Investigations are underway into the theft of a cattle weighing scales from a property in Co. Armagh earlier in the...
N.Ireland
Investigations underway into theft of cattle scales
Investigations are underway into the theft of a cattle weighing scales from a property in Co. Armagh earlier in the...
Beef
Coronavirus adding uncertainty to UK beef market
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) market analyst Hannah Clarke is reporting that the coronavirus outbreak is adding uncertainty...
Beef
Quality Meat Scotland responds to coronavirus threat
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) has outlined a planned approach to inspections of its six quality assurance schemes to limit the...
Arable
Black-grass is costing UK agriculture £1 billion per annum
Research by Rothamsted has helped put an economic figure on herbicide resistance in black-grass, the farmland weed that is decimating...
Rural Life
Brexit negotiator Barnier tests positive for Covid-19
Chief Brexit negotiator for the European Commission Michel Barnier has confirmed that he has tested positive for the Covid-19 coronavirus....
Agri-Business
BVA wants vets included in support plans for businesses affected by Covid-19
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has written to the Government, urging that veterinary practices be covered in the scope of...
Beef
Beef support is at the top of UFU agenda
Securing a sustainable support package for Northern Ireland’s beef sector remains a priority for the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU), according...
N.Ireland
International dairy product markets to come under pressure throughout 2020
According to Rabobank, the upward trajectory in global dairy product prices, visible in the fourth quarter of 2019, has stalled...
Dairy
International dairy product markets to come under pressure throughout 2020
According to Rabobank, the upward trajectory in global dairy product prices, visible in the fourth quarter of 2019, has stalled...
