Agri-Business
New RHET group to take farming message to Argyll And Bute schools
A new group proposed for Argyll and Bute aims to inform and engage with schoolchildren about food and farming. Farmers,...
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Agri-Business
Hands Free Hectare to expand to 35ha site
The UK’s award-winning Hands Free Hectare project has received funding from Innovate UK to create a whole hands-free farm. The...
Agri-Business
Hoey’s winning formula: ‘Face your crisis. Address it. Drive through it’
Starting out as “the new kid on the block” and dealing with the horsemeat scandal of 2013 have been “the...
Beef
What is the carbon footprint of the entire US beef industry?
It’s not just in Ireland that the beef industry has been targeted as a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions...
Machinery
Fully-electric ‘utility’ tractor can run for ‘up to 8 hours’ on a charge
North American entity Solectrac is on a mission to garner support for its electric tractor. The so-called ‘eUtility‘ model costs...
Agri Politics
FUW urges against Brexit protest votes in EU election
The Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) has warned that ‘protest votes’ in Thursday’s EU election in favour of hard-line Brexit...
Rural Life
Farmer finds missing calf…buried in badger burrow
A farmer has made quite an unexpected discovery in a badger burrow on his farm when he discovered one of...
Agri-Business
UK’s first 2 SmartHort Centres selected to address labour challenges
AHDB has named the two English horticulture businesses which will become the UK’s first Strategic SmartHort Centres. Lincolnshire based propagators, Volmary...
Agri-Business
Training scheme boasts business savings of £50,000 or more per business
Applications for the 2019 Professional Manager Development Scheme (PMDS) have now opened, with the first session starting in September. Farmers...
N.Ireland
20 Angus-cross calves presented to NI teenagers
Four teams of students from Northern Ireland secondary schools left this year’s Balmoral Show with a very special prize –...
N.Ireland
20 Angus calves presented to NI teenagers
Four teams of students from Northern Ireland secondary schools left this year’s Balmoral Show with a very special prize –...
N.Ireland
Ulster Wool invites wool producers and shearers to depot open day
Sheep farmers wanting to gain a greater understanding of how Ulster Wool grades and sells their wool are invited to...
N.Ireland
Ulster Wool invites wool producers and shearers to depot open day
Sheep farmers wanting to gain a greater understanding of how Ulster Wool grades and sells their wool are invited to...
Arable
Nominations open for 2 AHDB industry awards
AHDB is currently seeking nominations of outstanding individuals for two prestigious potato industry awards, which will be presented at this...
Machinery
Grimme to partner with ‘world’s largest manufacturer of rotary tillers’
Grimme has announced a 50:50 joint venture to develop and sell potato (and other root crop) machinery in India. Grimme...
Agri-Business
New Welsh group to tackle antimicrobial resistance in animals
A new initiative to prevent antibiotic resistance to bacteria in animals and its spread in the environment has been set...
Dairy
First Milk to reduce June milk price by 0.3p/L
British dairy processor First Milk has announced it will reduce its milk price by 0.3p/L from June 1, 2019. This...
Machinery
MF to launch new 75-95hp tractors
Massey Ferguson is launching three new 3700 AL Series tractors. With 75hp, 85hp or 95hp, these models are designed for...
