Agri-Business
Graduates recruited to oversee 'ambitious work' in HCC programme
Two agriculture graduates have been recruited by Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) to help deliver the “ambitious...
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Agri-Business
NSA launches a UK-wide survey on sea eagle release
The National Sheep Association (NSA) has opened a farmer-facing survey to gather views on the introduction of sea eagles in...
Agri-Business
Cardigan mart closure 'another blow' for industry
The announcement by J.J. Morris Auctioneers that Cardigan Animal Market will close next month, has been described as another blow...
Agri-Business
Red meat exports up 13% in first half of 2019
Exports of red meat and offal from the UK have enjoyed a strong start to the year with shipments surpassing...
N.Ireland
Bomb explodes in Fermanagh close to Cavan border
Police at the scene of an ongoing security operation in Newtownbutler, Co. Fermanagh, have confirmed that some form of an...
N.Ireland
Bomb explodes in Fermanagh close to Cavan border
Police at the scene of an ongoing security operation in Newtownbutler, Co. Fermanagh, have confirmed that some form of an...
Agri-Business
Businesses urged to buy British amid Dioxin egg recalls in Belgium
UK food businesses have been urged to put trust in British Lion assured eggs after several Belgian supermarkets were forced...
Agri-Business
Grain price: WASDE report doesn’t help prices
This week, many farmers were paid money on account for grain which has been delivered. The injection will provide cash-flow...
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...
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...
