Rural Life
'Chaotic' record-keeping lands farmer in court
A Carmarthenshire dairy farmer has been fined for ‘chaotic’ record-keeping that may have contributed to the spread of bovine tuberculosis...
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Machinery
Pottinger to build new factory for round balers and big rakes
Pottinger will embark on the construction of a new assembly plant (factory) in Austria next year. Assembly of round balers...
Arable
Watch: Cribit Seeds trialling and processing seed in Ontario
Reporting from Ontario, Canada. The tallest grain bin in the picture above holds 2,000t. It belongs to Cribit Seeds –...
Rural Life
Man arrested in connection to illegal field butchery
A man has been arrested as a Northamptonshire Police investigation into illegal sheep butchery ramps up. Dubbed ‘Operation Stock’, the inquiry...
Agri-Business
Reinstatement to Shortage Occupation List a 'resounding win' for veterinary
The BVA has hailed the Home Office’s decision to accept the Migration Advisory Committee’s (MAC) recommendation for vets to be...
Agri-Business
NFUS welcomes early Basic Payment loan scheme as Brexit looms
NFU Scotland has welcomed the early announcement that the National Basic Payment Support Scheme (NBPSS) will operate again this year,...
N.Ireland
‘Hard Brexit is doomsday for farmers’ – McAleer
Independent reports by the Irish Institute of European Affairs (IIEA) and the Department of Economy confirm that a hard Brexit...
N.Ireland
‘Hard Brexit is doomsday for farmers’ – McAleer
Independent reports by the Irish Institute of European Affairs (IIEA) and the Department of Economy confirm that a hard Brexit...
Agri-Business
Johnson on NI border: ‘Never mind the backstop’
The UK and EU can do a deal without checks on the Northern Irish border, according to new Prime Minister...
Agri-Business
Johnson on NI border: ‘Never mind the backstop’
The UK and EU can do a deal without checks on the Northern Irish border, according to new Prime Minister...
Agri-Business
Young farmer crowned Wales Woman Farmer of the Year 2019
A beef and sheep farmer from Trefecca, near Brecon, has today (Thursday, July 25) been announced as the NFU Cymru/NFU...
Agri Politics
Theresa Villiers appointed as new Defra Secretary
The Rt. Hon. Theresa Villiers has been appointed Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) as predecessor...
Arable
Straw in demand in Canada…price rises by 200%
Reporting from Ontario, Canada. It seems demand for straw is across the water as well as at home. Straw in...
Rural Life
Pembrokeshire beef and sheep farmer honoured for services to agriculture
Pembrokeshire beef and sheep farmer, Brian Thomas, who started his farming career at the age of 15, has been recognised...
Agri-Business
Ontario…supplying consumers both at home and abroad
Reporting from Ontario, Canada. Having just landed in Ontario, to learn about a country that exports a large amount of...
Agri-Business
Acidity suspected to hinder production on as much as half of Scotland's farms
Nearly half of the soil samples collected from the Farm Advisory Service Soil and Nutrient Network farms are suffering from...
Agri-Business
£50 million Telford expansion to give Muller 500 million pot capacity
A £50 million expansion project to build a chilled yogurt manufacturing facility capable of producing 500 million pots each year...
N.Ireland
CAFRE’s Agricultural Business Operations courses open for 2019 applications
Applications are open for this year’s intake of the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) Agricultural Business Operations...
