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...
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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...
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...
Rural Life
Roadside trailer ‘bale’ out prompts policing pun contest
An unfortunate driver of a tractor drawing a trailer of bales became the subject of a caption contest on social...
Arable
UK's largest hemp farm forced to destroy crop
The UK’s largest hemp farm has been forced to destroy its crop after the Home Office declined its application to...
Agri-Business
Royal Welsh Show sees cross-industry meeting on beef prices
Representatives from across the beef supply chain met at this week’s Royal Welsh Show, to address the falling market prices...
Arable
Vigilance key to tackling BYDV post-neonicotinoids
Trials are taking place into new technology to alert cereal growers to the earliest signs aphids in a bid to prevent...
Agri Politics
Royal Welsh: FUW raises major farming concerns to Secretaries of State
The potential impact of a No-deal Brexit was just one of the issues raised during a meeting between the Farmers’...
UFU commits to working with Johnson to achieve ‘best Brexit outcome’
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has said that it will work with incoming UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to “achieve...
Agri-Business
British agriculture reacts to Boris' election as the UK's next Prime Minister
Figures from across agriculture called on the new Prime Minister to focus on stability and to avoid playing ‘populist politics’ as he...
