Rural Life
New study finds public farm visits having a positive effect
New research has found that farmers who invite members of the public onto their land are changing the way people...
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Agri-Business
Hancock: 'AMR presents a danger as big as as climate change or warfare'
UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock has set out the UK’s 20-year vision for tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) at the World Economic...
Machinery
Nearly 4 of every 5 new tractors in the UK come from just 3 giants
As we previously reported, 12,102 new agricultural tractors were registered in the UK during 2018. That’s according to data from...
Machinery
Case IH marks 50 years of ‘Steiger’ tractor production in Fargo factory
John, Maurice and Douglass Steiger, the father and sons who built the first Steiger articulated 4WD tractor more than 60...
Agri-Business
BASIS launches new award for FACTS candidates
BASIS has launched a new award for high achieving FACTS examination candidates, in honour of Prof. Brian Chambers – a...
Machinery
Average power of new tractors sold in the UK climbs to 167hp
As we previously reported, 12,102 new agricultural tractors were registered in the UK during 2018. That’s according to data from the...
Machinery
How many new tractors were registered in NI last year?
Data relating to registrations of new tractors in Northern Ireland (and across the UK) has just been released by the UK-based AEA (Agricultural...
Arable
Horticulture conference to bring international robotics experts to UK
Experts in agri-tech, robotics and automation are set to talk at SmartHort 2019, a two-day conference examining new technologies in...
Beef
'Cheeky Beef' campaign sees £1.2 million boost for thin-cut steaks
The first wave of AHDB’s ‘Cheeky Beef’ campaign has brought an additional £1.2 million of retail sales to the thin...
Agri-Business
'Disastrous' impacts of leaving the customs union and single market 'already being felt'
FUW president Glyn Roberts has warned that the disastrous impacts of leaving the EU, the customs union and single market...
Agri-Business
NI sheep farmers would be ‘out of business’ after no-deal
Ivor Ferguson, president of the Ulster Farmers Union (UFU), has warned that many sheep farmers in Northern Ireland would be...
Agri-Business
NI sheep farmers would be ‘out of business’ after no-deal
Ivor Ferguson, president of the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU), has warned that many sheep farmers in Northern Ireland would be...
Environment
Derry farmer prosecuted and fined for water pollution
A farmer from Magherafelt, Co. Derry, was today fined £750 for polluting part of the Moyola River with silage effluent....
Rural Life
Next Generation AGM brings changes
NFU Scotland’s Next Generation Working Group AGM on Friday (January 18) saw Colin Ferguson and Zander Hughes elected as chairman...
Rural Life
Full house for presentation by UK chief vet
The UK’s chief veterinary officer addressed a packed lecture theatre at Harper Adams University on Monday, January 21. During her...
Rural Life
‘Distinctive’ classic machinery worth over £100,000 stolen from farm
Police are appealing for witnesses after “distinctive” tractors valued at over £100,000 were stolen from a farm in Yoxall, East...
Arable
AHDB opens tender for potato desiccants research project
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is inviting researchers to tender for a new project to understand alternative potato...
Agri-Business
Livestock Information Service can transform livestock sector – NFU president
NFU president Minette Batters has praised the Livestock Information Service, saying it has the potential to transform UK livestock farming...
