Rural Life
Productive livestock unit with a range of farm buildings in the 'Big Tree Country'
Extending to about 149.53ac is Duallin Farm, Ben Lawers, Aberfeldy, Perthshire. It includes a traditional farmhouse, a contemporary house and a range...
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Agri-Business
Tesco teams up with Jamie Oliver to help community cooks reduce food waste
Supermarket giant Tesco has announced a new community cookery training programme in a bid to cut food waste and help...
Agri-Business
QMS appoints two new staff members
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) has boosted its small team with the appointment of two new members of staff. Tom Gibson...
Agri-Business
Valentine steak could win hearts and pounds for butchers
Quality Standard Mark (QSM) is calling butchers to win back shoppers in February, using cuts like the lamb valentine steak,...
Grass
Northern Ireland hosts EU delegates for major grassland project
Farming representatives from 11 European countries were hosted in Belfast for a seminar showcasing Northern Ireland’s grassland management techniques. The...
Grass
Northern Ireland hosts EU delegates for major grassland project
Farming representatives from 11 European countries were hosted in Belfast for a seminar showcasing Northern Ireland’s grassland management techniques. The...
Rural Life
Thriving, profitable and well-established rural enterprise on the market in Angus
Located in the county of Angus, between Dundee and Aberdeen, is rural enterprise Charleton Fruit Farm, Charleton, Montrose on 182.11ac....
Rural Life
Popular television farmer looking to save rare Albion breed
Farmer and television host Adam Henson has a new project: saving the rare native Albion cattle from extinction. There are...
Agri-Business
Quality Meat Scotland launches 'Go Places with Pork' campaign
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) has launched a new campaign to inspire and encourage Scottish consumers to try adventurous new pork...
Rural Life
Search begins for new agri-tourism monitor farms in Scotland
Farming families around Scotland are being invited to put their names forward to be selected as Scotland’s next monitor farm...
Beef
Project calls for farmers to 'shout about the sire'
With only 23% of sires currently registered on passports, AHDB Beef & Lamb is urging farmers to start recording to...
Sheep
Farmer feedback suggests just 1 in 5 pet lambs get enough colostrum
Just one in five sheep producers rearing surplus lambs artificially are feeding them enough colostrum in the first 24 hours...
Agri-Business
HCC forums discuss traceability and value in meat processing
Traceability, technology and adding value to produce were the main topics for discussion at two forums organised by Hybu Cig...
Machinery
‘Type-approval’ solution for machinery manufacturers after Brexit?
A new regulation has been published to facilitate the requesting of EU type-approvals for vehicles such as tractors (and components...
Machinery
‘Practically 1 in every 2 4WD tractors in Europe contain our drive-shafts’
With Walterscheid Welsberg AG’s new manufacturing facility in South Tyrol, Italy, Walterscheid Powertrain Group now claims to have the “world’s...
Sheep
Sheep prices hold steady as supplies stay tight - QMS
Despite a slight dip in prime sheep prices since the start of 2019, values remain 5% higher than a year...
Machinery
Vaderstad Group’s turnover tops €300 million
Vaderstad Group’s turnover has exceeded €300 million for the first time in the company’s history for the 2018 financial year....
Rural Life
Farmers urged to take care in mixing slurry as deadline approaches
As the January 31 deadline for spreading slurry approaches, the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) is warning...
