Agri-Business
ADAMA to take over French-Swiss crop protection company
One of the world’s largest crop science companies, ADAMA Ltd, has today announced it will take over French-Swiss crop protection...
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Machinery
Video: ‘It’s as good as a new tractor, but you can fix this with a spanner’
AgriLand paid a visit to Co. Westmeath to meet the owners of a pair of very fetching Fiat (Fiatagri) ‘classic’ tractors...
Arable
‘When we stand on soil we’re standing on the rooftop to another world’
“When we stand on soil we’re standing on the rooftop to another world.” Dr. Christine Jones gave the attendance at...
Beef
UK retailer claims Irish meat is ‘sold at loss’ to price it’s bought for
The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine heard from Christine Tacon, the UK’s Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA)...
Dairy
Grass growth: Could be time to pull the plug
While some farmers are continuing to graze, others have been forced to house animals due to the extremely heavy rain...
Agri-Business
Monitor farm trial results to be showcased in one-off AgriScot seminar
Collaboration, sustainability and resilience will be the key themes at a one-off AgriScot seminar as the four-year Monitor Farm Programme...
Beef
Spring-calving warning: Farmers advised to consider delaying weaning
Spring-calving beef farmers in Scotland are advised to consider delaying weaning as a means to burn off excess condition on...
Dairy
Farmers' bid to take over Campbeltown Creamery fails
A bid by a group of farmers to take over their local creamery, saving it from closure has failed due...
Rural Life
Wife and her lover guilty of killing Hertfordshire farmer after he refused divorce
An estranged wife and her lover who plotted to kill a wealthy farmer after he refused to agree to a...
Agri-Business
Boortmalt becomes world’s leading malt producer as Axereal acquires Cargill Malt
Axereal, the largest farmer-owned co-operative in France has acquired Cargill Malt on behalf of its subsidiary Boortmalt. This acquisition now...
Agri-Business
Grain price: UK plantings back; wheat price up
As tillage farmers here at home struggle to plant, the same is true across the water in the UK and...
Rural Life
New college partnership to offer students ‘real world’ experience
A new partnership between Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) and the James Hutton Institute will put practical skills into the hands...
Agri-Business
2019 BPS entitlement rates announced
The 2019 entitlement values and greening rates for the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) have been set by the Rural Payments...
Rural Life
Almost 1 in 5 UK vets afraid to take sick leave
Nearly two-thirds of vets (63%) worked when they didn’t feel well enough in the last year, according to new figures...
Rural Life
Survey results: Which machinery brand comes out on top?
The ‘state of the nation’ survey – conducted with almost 3,000 farmer participants in recent weeks by AgriLand and Empathy...
Rural Life
Farmer fined after retired farmworker dies in telescopic handler accident
A Yorkshire farming partnership has been forced to pay more than £28,000 after its former farmworker was knocked down and...
Agri-Business
Agri committee to meet food retail adjudicator
The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine is scheduled to meet with Christine Tacon, the UK’s Groceries...
Beef
‘Hypocrisy’: ICSA calls out EAT Lancet funders following airline takeover
Reports that Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia has been bought by a consortium led by Petter Stordalen “exposes complete hypocrisy and...
