Dairy
GDT index rises slightly for third consecutive auction
The latest Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction has seen the international index climb marginally for a third successive time. Held...
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Agri-Business
Sales of veterinary antibiotics drop by 32% across Europe
European countries continue to reduce the use of antibiotics in animals – with the overall sales of veterinary antibiotics across...
Dairy
Body condition score: Are your cows on track for drying off?
With the drying-off period only around the corner, one of the key components of setting your cows up for next...
Agri-Business
UK secures ‘listed status’ to protect £5 billion export market
The UK has secured approval to continue exporting animals and animal products to the EU if it leaves without a...
N.Ireland
Criminal damage investigation on bales slashed in Fermanagh
An investigation is ongoing into criminal damage where bales of silage were slashed in Co. Fermanagh recently. In a statement...
N.Ireland
Criminal damage investigation on bales slashed in Fermanagh
An investigation is ongoing into criminal damage where bales of silage were slashed in Co. Fermanagh recently. In a statement...
Agri-Business
Welsh Government to establish 'taskforce' to support Tomlinsons staff
The Welsh Government has announced it will launch a ‘taskforce’ to support around 330 members of staff affected by the...
Machinery
Video: ‘The phone never stopped ringing; this 390 gathered great interest’
AgriLand paid a visit to Johnstons Farm Equipment – on the edge of Longford town – to chat to salesman Diarmaid...
Machinery
Ursus to sell 2 of its factories in a bid to survive
Polish tractor manufacturer Ursus plans to sell two of its factories. This is reportedly part of a major restructuring plan. The...
Agri-Business
'Electronic nose' for sniffing out spoiled potatoes wins World Agri-Tech Pitch Day 2019
A Cambridge-based start-up which uses sensors to detect contamination in agricultural produce has beat more than 100 rivals in an...
Machinery
New-look Belarus tractors set to be unveiled
Belarus – also known as MTZ (Minski Traktarny Zavod) – is set to reveal a whole new breed of tractors...
Beef
Sheep and cattle farmers urged to start testing for liver fluke this autumn
Sheep and cattle farmers have been urged to monitor for liver fluke this autumn amid concern 2019 could be a...
Agri-Business
2020 Nuffield Farming scholars announced
The recipients of next year’s 19 Nuffield farming scholars have been named. The cohort come from across UK agriculture, food...
Agri-Business
Fife farmer raises £550,000 to launch Scotland's first buffalo mozzarella
Fife Buffalo farmer and star of the BBC’s This Farming Life, Steve Mitchell, has reached a staggering £556,000 of his...
N.Ireland
Suspended sentence for farmer sentenced on multiple animal welfare charges
A farmer has been given a suspended jail sentence after pleading guilty to 18 charges relating to animal welfare and...
Agri-Business
Questions as Welsh dairy processor Tomlinson’s stops milk collections
Dairy farmers supplying Wales’ largest liquid milk processor are calling for answers after milk collections were stopped at Tomlinson’s today...
Agri-Business
8 in 10 farms receiving pollution advice have seen water quality improvements
Eight in 10 farmers receiving advice from the government’s Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF) service have seen improvements in water quality...
Machinery
Contractors so ‘incensed’ by new diesel tax that they may go ‘Dutch’ – FCI
Contractors are so incensed by the new carbon tax burden (on green diesel) that they are strongly contemplating going “Dutch”...
