Sheep
2 farmers wanted to help shape the future of the UK's sheep industry
Two farmer representatives from England and one from Wales are sought for SHAWG, a sheep industry group, to help shape the...
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Arable
2018 one of the lowest risk years for wheat bulb fly recorded
This year has been one of the lowest-risk years for wheat bulb fly since monitoring began, according to the final...
Arable
New guide launched to help growers test for PCN
AHDB Potatoes has launched a new guide to help growers test for Potato Cyst Nematode (PCN) – a pest that...
Agri-Business
Yorkshire ag college launches £650,000 precision farming training project
A Yorkshire agricultural college has launched a £650,000 project to train a generation of tech-savvy precision farming pioneers. Bishop Burton College,...
Machinery
20,000th loader rolls off the line at Tobroco-Giant
Tobroco-Giant has produced the 20,000th machine at its factory in Oisterwijk (the Netherlands). The machine in question is a D337T...
Beef
Limousin Society to double number of genetic evaluations
The British Limousin Cattle Society has announced it will double the number of genetic evaluations it carries out each year...
Machinery
Kuhn to take over French sprayer manufacturer Artec
Kuhn has announced that it has “signed an agreement to purchase all of the outstanding shares” of Artec – a...
Agri-Business
Difficult year sees major shifts in Scottish farming
Poor weather affected the output of Scottish agriculture over the past year. According to the latest official data, sheep and...
Machinery
Bredal is building a new spreader test centre
Danish company Bredal – best known for its high-capacity, trailed fertiliser spreaders – has started work on a new ‘test...
Agri-Business
Brexit 'perfect time' for Government to address long-standing farm tenancy issues
The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) is calling for the Government to use Brexit as the “perfect time” to bring forward...
Agri-Business
British organic sector calls for clearer Brexit contingency measures
The Organic Trade Board (OTB) and the United Kingdom Organic Certifiers Group (UKOCG) are calling for a clear contingency plan...
Agri-Business
£3.6 million TB Excellence Centre to open in Wales
A new £3.6 million Centre of Excellence for Bovine Tuberculosis for Wales will open at Aberystwyth University later this year,...
Grass
Could working on your soil health reduce your fertiliser wastage?
With 40% of fertiliser lost to leaching and volatilisation, growers are being urged to improve soil health to increase nutrient...
Rural Life
Young Farmers launch week-long celebration of all things YFC
The National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs (NFYFC) has today started its week-long celebration of all things Young Farmers. The...
Environment
1.5° climate warming impacts ‘far greater than previously thought’
A limit of 1.5° in global warming is feasible – but will still have far greater implications than previously thought,...
Agri-Business
Welsh farmers to be paid £1,000 to complete benchmarking
A new £2.15 million benchmarking initiative to help beef and sheep farmers identify improvements to their businesses and prepare for...
Arable
EU cereal harvest drops due to summer drought
This summer’s drought has led to a significant drop in total EU cereal production – thought to be as much...
N.Ireland
Cattle worth £10,000 stolen in farm raid
Cattle worth £10,000 were stolen in a farm raid in Co. Tyrone last week, according to the Police Service of...
