Dairy
Dairy Crest sales up 2% as key brands and spreads grow
Sales at British dairy processor Dairy Crest Group are up 2% to £224.9 million, according to the firm’s interim results...
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Dairy
7% of UK milk wasted between bulk tank and consumer
A new report has estimated up to 330,000t of milk are wasted in the UK every year, worth more than £150...
Machinery
870hp John Deere undergoes German investigation…in Italy
Launched earlier this year, the 9000 Series forage harvesters from John Deere were promised to improve harvesting speed and efficiency...
Rural Life
Full list: Names and topics of 2019 Nuffield Farming Scholars announced
The Nuffield Farming Scholarship Trust has announced the names of its 19 2019 Nuffield Scholars, who are to commence their...
Agri-Business
Grain price: Relatively stable, with the odd slump
Last week saw grain prices take a hit. MATIF milling wheat hit a low of €198.50/t – its lowest since...
Machinery
Space-age Case IH embraces Galileo’s ‘beacon-in-the-sky’
Case IH has announced a move away from relying solely on military-based Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). It has added...
Machinery
Milestone: Where have precision drills and electric metering come from?
Kverneland is celebrating 25 years of involvement with electric seed metering this year. The company claims that it’s “an achievement...
Pig/Poultry
More than 1,000 cases of African Swine Fever confirmed in Europe
More than 1,000 cases of African Swine Fever have been confirmed across eastern Europe in the last four months alone....
Agri-Business
AHDB to take on up to 15 new board members
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is looking to recruit up to 15 new board members across its six...
Machinery
Landini treads slow road to tractor autonomy
The full frontal digital assault on the blameless tractor driver appears to have abated a little. Rather than having tractors...
Machinery
Pottinger goes large…with a set of 10m discs
Pottinger appears to have caught the ‘bigger is better’ bug, when it comes to cultivation equipment. The latest additions to...
N.Ireland
Tyrone man convicted of tyre burning at Lough Neagh
A Co. Tyrone man has today, November 6, been convicted of burning tyres on the shore of Lough Neagh in...
N.Ireland
Tyrone man convicted of tyre burning at Lough Neagh
A Co. Tyrone man has today, November 6, been convicted of burning tyres on the shore of Lough Neagh in...
Rural Life
Yorkshire farmer pleads guilty to 22 offences after burned carcass found on farm
A Yorkshire farmer has been given a suspended sentence for breaches of the Cattle Identification Regulations and for failing to...
Rural Life
Nottinghamshire cattle market fire being treated as arson
An investigation into a fire at the cattle market in Nottinghamshire has determined the fire was started deliberately. Police are...
Arable
British onion crop yields fall by 40%
Weather conditions in the UK mean that onion yields have been severely affected, and the national crop is likely to...
Agri-Business
EU should trump US in post-Brexit trade deals - union warns
Free trade agreements with Australia, New Zealand and the US present few opportunities but have the potential to undermine production...
Environment
France withdraws pesticide authorisations due to health risks
France has decided to withdraw marketing authorisations for the pesticide metam-sodium due to concerns relating to risk to human health...
