Dairy
Record turnout at 5th UK Dairy Day
A record 9,000 visitors descended on the International Centre in Telford last week for the 5th annual UK Dairy Day...
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Agri-Business
Vets raise concerns about migration recommendations
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has warned that the Migration Advisory Committee’s (MAC) report on European migration could have implications...
Agri-Business
Calls for Welsh badger cull to be reinstated following English results
Welsh farmers are calling for the country’s devolved Government plan to cull badgers to tackle bovine TB to be reinstated...
Agri-Business
'Warm words no substitute to affirmative action' on farm tenancies
An organisation representing Britain’s tenant farmers has demanded the Government moves quickly to make what it describes as “much-needed changes”...
Dairy
Patrick Muller confirmed as new Muller managing director
Muller has confirmed the appointment of Patrick Muller as the new managing director of Muller Milk & Ingredients (MMI) on...
Machinery
Auction report: 1980s MF workhorses under the hammer
Monday, September 3, saw the latest monthly Cambridge Machinery Sales auction take place at Cheffins Auctioneers’ sale grounds in Sutton,...
N.Ireland
75% rate Open Farm Weekend 10 out of 10
Three-quarters of those who visited Northern Ireland farms through this year’s Open Farm Weekend rated the event ’10 out of...
Agri-Business
Farmcare agrees new farm management partnerships
One of the UK’s largest growing farming businesses, Farmcare, has entered into a series of partnerships to take over the...
Rural Life
Pics: 10-mile stretch of motorway closed after milk tanker crash
A 10-mile stretch of motorway in Wiltshire was closed for almost 14 hours after a milk tanker overturned on one...
Agri-Business
£3 million support scheme launched to reduce farming's ammonia emissions
A new team of experts officially start today to help farmers reduce ammonia emissions from agriculture. The £3 million Catchment...
Agri-Business
Nature Friendly Farming Network Welsh chair resigns over disparity in values
The Welsh chairman of Nature Friendly Farming Network has said he resigned because of the disparity between the values held by...
Arable
Insecticide guidelines updated in light of recent pesticide bans
Guidelines for the management of insecticide resistance in several key UK crops have been updated by the Insecticide Resistance Action...
Agri-Business
New UK-first bovine semen processing lab opened
A cutting-edge semen processing lab in Cumbria opened on Monday (September 16) will harness the same technology used for human...
Dairy
'Meticulous' Oxfordshire herd manager wins national award
Leigh Woolmer of Stuchbury Manor Farm, Banbury has been named Promar’s 2018 Milkminder Manager of the Year. Leigh, who manages...
Agri-Business
NFU calls for improvements ahead of 2018 ES payments
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has called for improvements to be made to the current farm payment system ahead of...
Dairy
Predicting cattle disease ahead of time – through blood tests
MicroRNA levels in the blood could be used to predict the future health and productivity of dairy cattle, British scientists...
Dairy
First Milk accounts: Turnover up but profit down
First Milk bosses report “another year of solid progress” as accounts show significant investment in its own sites. The accounts for...
Environment
Study finds intensive farming has lower environmental cost than organic
Agriculture that appears to be more eco-friendly but uses more land may actually have greater environmental costs per unit of...
