Agri-Business
Antibiotics training to become mandatory for assured NI beef and lamb farmers
Antibiotics training is to become mandatory for Northern Ireland beef and lamb farmers under changes to the region’s Farm Quality...
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Beef
Chinese protein deficit presents opportunities for beef – commission
A senior official from the European Commission has said that the losses in the Chinese pig herd from African swine...
Beef
Beef Plan asks for ‘clarity’ from UK’s groceries adjudicator
The Beef Plan Movement is asking for clarity from the UK groceries code adjudicator after comments she made in relation...
N.Ireland
Smoke signals point to ‘red’ for driver in Dungannon
A driver was “in the red” with members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) after being caught using...
N.Ireland
Smoke signals point to ‘red’ for driver in Dungannon
A driver was “in the red” with members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) after being caught using...
Rural Life
Agriculture students turn sleuth to 'solve' farm accident cases
Agriculture students at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) were challenged to roleplay as Health and Safety Executive officers and investigate a...
Environment
New 'landscape leadership' programme to help shape Scotland’s rural environments
A new programme has been launched to help shape Scotland’s landscapes for future generations and take action against the biggest...
Agri-Business
Meat Promotion Wales campaigns sweep up 4 major PR awards
Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC), has scooped four major awards at the 2019 CIPR Cymru Wales PRide...
Agri-Business
Farmers to take centre stage in campaign to promote British meat
Britain’s farmers will be showcasing their quality food in the national press over the next four weeks as the National...
Beef
Sexed semen now accounts for almost 1 in 3 UK inseminations
Sexed semen now accounts for almost one in three inseminations in the UK, according to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development...
Rural Life
Farm owner handed 18-month sentence following animal cruelty prosecution
The owner of a farm in Olveston, South Gloucestershire has been handed an 18-month custodial sentence with immediate effect along...
Agri-Business
Nestlé joins GDT Oversight Board
Food giant Nestlé is set to join the Global Dairy Trade (GDT) Oversight Board and become a bidder group member,...
Schemes
Stable CAP 2021 budget ‘crucial’ for young EU farmers
A stable budget for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in 2021 – and beyond – is essential for European farmers,...
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...
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...