Dairy
GDT takes hit for 7th consecutive auction
The latest Global Dairy Trade (GDT) index has taken yet another hefty blow at its most recent auction – event...
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Beef
5 new profit-led EBVs launched to help boost beef margins
Five new Estimated Breeding Values (EBVs) for traits that farmers are directly paid for have been developed to help farmers...
Machinery
Emissions: Stage V widens scope to cover all ‘non-road vehicles’
Limits on exhaust emissions are getting ever tighter. The start of 2019 will see the introduction of the ‘European Stage...
Beef
Royal Welsh Winter Fair to host UK's first commercial hide competition
New, for this year’s Winter Fair, the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society has joined forces with an up-and-coming Welsh entrepreneur to...
Dairy
Muller to offer 0.5p/L bonus to farmers who boost welfare
Muller Direct farmers who commit to initiatives designed to continually improve herd health and welfare standards, are to be offered...
Machinery
Steyr gets ‘personal’; it’s all in a name…
In the war to gain market share in some regions of Europe, Steyr has taken a new approach. Under the...
Machinery
Bridgestone has one for the road…quite literally
Bridgestone has released news of its latest tractor tyre in time for LAMMA 2019 – the UK-based machinery show. Known...
Agri-Business
Tenant Farmers Association to back delinked payments
The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) has spoken out in favour of plans to allow the delinking and consolidation of Basic Payments...
Beef
Scotch livestock farms report margin improvement...but it's tough without CAP
Despite some slight improvement in the financial performance of some types of cattle and sheep enterprises, the results of a...
Machinery
Pottinger takes the ‘pressure’ off your field; here’s how…
Pottinger has issued an updated guide to tyre choice and use for agricultural implements, including its own balers and forage...
Rural Life
Farm attack vandals squirted purple spray into goat's orifices
Thugs attacked several sheep and goats belonging to a Hampshire farm yesterday afternoon (November 18). The incident has come as...
Machinery
French-based Pichon goes into receivership
Pichon – the French-based machinery manufacturer – has been put into receivership. The development happened at the Commercial Court of Rennes....
Rural Life
Farm worker freed from under a tractor in Cheshire
A farm worker has escaped with serious injuries after he was trapped beneath a tractor in Burland, Cheshire on Saturday (November 17)....
N.Ireland
Dairy is most sought-after food by Irish shoppers in Northern Ireland
Dairy products are the most sought-after foods by Irish shoppers looking for bargains in Northern Ireland, according to a major...
Machinery
Claydon to launch ‘light-weight’ 6m drill
Direct drilling of tillage crops is now a well established practice. Claydon has focused on developing the principle further by...
Agri-Business
Dairy tops list of food products bought across the border
Dairy products are the most sought-after foods by cross-border shoppers, according to a major consumer data firm. The statistics from...
Agri-Business
Fram Farmers Group announces record results
One of the UK’s biggest farmer-owned buying groups Fram Farmers Group has reported record results at its Annual General Meeting on...
Sheep
Calls for tougher legislation following spate of dog attacks
The Ulster Farmers’ Union says it is disappointed that another farming family has been left to deal with the aftermath...
