Agri-Business
Defra chief scientist departs after 7 years in post
Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers thanked Prof. Sir. Ian Boyd on his last day as the chief scientific adviser for the...
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Agri-Business
Police boss beefs up pioneering rural crime taskforce
Three extra police constables will be added to the North Wales Rural Crime Team, bringing its numbers up to 11...
Agri-Business
1948 ‘grey Fergie’ and plough shine at Kverneland Agritechnica showcase
2019 may have marked 140 years of tillage innovation for Kverneland (KV), but it was a simple, single-furrow horse-drawn plough...
Agri-Business
Pilgrim's Pride to take over Tulip in £290 million deal
US food firm Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation has announced it has signed a contract to acquire the UK’s largest pig producer...
Rural Life
3 injured as tractor spills bales outside English pub
A number of people were injured when a tractor towing a trailer of bales shed its load outside a pub...
N.Ireland
Bridging the great divide with due diligence and a sense of care
McNamee’s Bakery was established in Crossmaglen in 1939 – on the day World War II began the family signed for...
N.Ireland
Bridging the great divide with due diligence and a sense of care
McNamee’s Bakery was established in Crossmaglen in 1939 – on the day World War II began the family signed for...
Agri-Business
Arla bosses 'alert and prepared' for 'Brexit damage'
Arla bosses have warned they remain cautious over the “potential adverse consequences” of Brexit in the firm’s half-year report. Over...
Beef
US government to investigate beef pricing margins for unfair practices
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is to investigate beef pricing margins for evidence of unfair practices as part of...
Rural Life
More than 700 sheep illegally butchered in England since February
Gangs behind a spate of illegal field butchery incidents have killed and stolen the carcases of more than 700 sheep...
Agri-Business
Hunt begins for 2019 Welsh dairy person of the year
The Farmers’ Union of Wales is once again looking to recognise an individual who has made a great contribution towards...
N.Ireland
‘This Brexit will set us back years and years – it’s difficult times’
Arthur O’Neill of O’Neill’s Tractors in Crossmaglen set up the business in 1985 and, while it has weathered a few...
N.Ireland
‘This Brexit will set us back years and years – it’s difficult times’
Arthur O’Neill of O’Neill’s Tractors in Crossmaglen set up the business in 1985 and, while it has weathered a few...
Rural Life
11 more lambs illegally butchered in Daventry district
Officers investigating a series of illegal sheep butcheries and thefts are appealing for information and witnesses after 11 more lambs...
Agri-Business
NFUS calls for urgent beef sector intervention
NFU Scotland has called on the Scottish Government to recognise the crisis in the beef sector by immediately improving the...
Agri-Business
Increased lamb supply impacts prime sheep market prices
An increased supply of lambs has acted as a brake on prime sheep prices over the past couple of months,...
Environment
CAFRE to host Environmental Farming Scheme farm walk
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise’s Enniskillen Campus will host two farm walks tomorrow (August 28) showcasing work...
Arable
AHDB launches 4 new strategic centres for field vegetable crops
Field vegetable producers are set to benefit from four new centres that will demonstrate the latest horticultural research in practice....
