Beef
What is best practice when it comes to weaning my suckler calves?
As we move into the back end of 2019, most spring-calving suckler herds will be looking to sell calves at...
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Agri-Business
AHDB campaign makes strides in reversing falling dairy consumption
11% more young parents will buy dairy products according to research carried out after the second year of AHDB and...
Arable
Scottish growers' harvest held back by weather woes
Brexit worries, tariff concerns, mixed weather and high drying costs are blighting what promised to be a great harvest in...
Agri-Business
New NI requirements for soil sampling to come into effect in January
All grassland farms using chemical phosphorus fertilisers or phosphorus-rich manures – such as poultry litter, pig farmyard manure and digestate – will...
Agri-Business
BASIS expands team with new COO
Standard setting, auditing and training organisation, BASIS, has appointed a chief operating officer (COO) to support the current team and...
Agri-Business
Welsh dairy co-op posts record sales of £52.9 million
Wales’s oldest dairy farming co-operative is celebrating record sales of £52.9 million. The boost has allowed South Caernarfon Creameries to create 11...
Agri-Business
Government launches consultation on future of UK agri-food industry
British shoppers could be able to buy environmentally-friendly, healthy and affordable food under plans for a radical shake-up of the...
Environment
Farmer fined for effluent pollution of waterway
A farmer has been fined for allowing farm effluent to enter a waterway causing local pollution, according to the Department...
Beef
Union calls for clearer country of origin labelling on processed beef
Farmers in Scotland are calling for clearer and more detailed country of origin labelling on processed beef products to allow...
Rural Life
Video: Passenger jet makes emergency landing in maize field
A passenger jet has made an emergency landing in a field of maize in Russia after getting into difficulty shortly...
Machinery
What’s the contractor charge-out rate for combine harvesting?
The ‘guide’ contractor rate for combine harvesting (of cereals and oilseed rape) for 2019 is €52/ac (plus VAT). This rises...
Machinery
Zetor to ‘re-invigorate the brand’ at the National Ploughing Championships
Zetor is reportedly planning a significant presence at next month’s National Ploughing Championships. It’s part of the manufacturer’s drive to...
Agri-Business
Cow gut DNA study finds bugs that could up meat and milk yields
Cutting-edge DNA technologies have discovered thousands of bugs in cows’ stomachs that could improve meat and dairy production, and keep...
Agri-Business
Defra slams 'inaccurate' People's Vote claims
Defra has hit back at “inaccurate” prophecies of post-Brexit doom for the UK’s agri-food sector made in a report published...
Agri-Business
BPS loan support for Welsh farm businesses announced
A new loan facility to help Welsh farmers who won’t receive their Basic Payment on day one has been announced...
Machinery
‘New’ tractor brand to debut at the National Ploughing Championships
A tractor brand that is new to Ireland will likely be unveiled at this year’s National Ploughing Championships (close to...
Agri-Business
Union pushes for delay to Sustainable Farming and our Land consultation
The Farmers’ Union of Wales has urged senior politicians at this week’s Pembrokeshire Show to push back the deadline for...
Agri-Business
Farmers for a People’s Vote: New lobby group forms
A new lobby group representing UK farmers is being launched today (Thursday, August 15) to warn against the risks of...
