Agri Politics
Three in the running for NFUS top spots
Three candidates will contest the two vice presidential positions at the National Farmers’ Union Scotland AGM in February. Martin Kennedy,...
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Rural Life
Struggling to shop for your farming family this Christmas?
Thinking about getting an agriculture-loving loved one or farming family member some stylish AgriLand branded merchandise for Christmas? An ideal...
Machinery
Topcon adds tillage depth control to its high-tech toolbox
Topcon has taken the concept of sprayer boom height control and applied it to tillage equipment which, it claims, will...
Machinery
Lozova on its way to LAMMA…for the first time ever
Lozova Machinery is not a company that is well known here in the west. It hails from Ukraine – a...
Machinery
Steel wheels and strakes are neither gone nor forgotten
Before the days of 4WD for tractors, much attention was paid by engineers to increasing the traction available from just...
Agri-Business
Political deadlock risks farmers’ income, warns HCC chairman
Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) chairman, Kevin Roberts has warned that a potentially bright future for Wales’s...
Arable
Regional agronomy events to start the New Year
To integrate applied technical research with on-farm practice, AHDB will start 2019 with a road-show of arable agronomy events taking...
Agri-Business
Warmer winters threaten UK blackcurrant farming
Warmer winters may not provide sufficient chilling for blackcurrants in the UK, delaying the start of the growing season and...
N.Ireland
DAERA launches 2019 Postgraduate Research Competition
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced the opening of the annual Postgraduate Studentship competition for...
N.Ireland
DAERA launches 2019 Postgraduate Research Competition
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced the opening of the annual Postgraduate Studentship competition for...
Sheep
Welsh Lamb pleases Parisian palates
A promotional push by Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) and French retailers has been well received, with...
Beef
Harper Adams to host sheep and cattle health day
Five scientists from the Moredun Research Institute will be at Harper Adams University College on Tuesday, January 8 to provide...
Agri-Business
Nuffield scholar urges farmers to consider viability without antibiotics
A Nuffield scholar with a specialism in the pork industry has urged policymakers to encourage ‘optimisation’ of antibiotics rather than...
Beef
Farmers advised to stay vigilant on liver fluke
The Welsh livestock sector is being warned not to assume that 2018’s hot summer will make liver fluke less of...
Agri-Business
ABP’s Olleco on shortlist for Davos Sustainability Award
The renewables division of beef and lamb processing company ABP has been shortlisted for a prestigious “Circular” sustainability award for...
Agri-Business
Planet strikes deal with BASF to provide daily monitoring for European farmers
Planet, an integrated aerospace and data analytics company, and BASF today announced a commercial deal to deliver satellite imagery and...
Agri-Business
1.4m more shoppers intend to trade up to Red Tractor following TV campaign
The number of primary shoppers who say they will trade up and buy Red Tractor food instead of cheaper alternatives...
Arable
New AHDB contact for arable farmers in North West
Michelle Nuttall has joined AHDB as a new arable knowledge exchange manager for the North West. Covering the counties of...
