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...
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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...
N.Ireland
Council issues warning to dog owners after 3 huskies worry housed sheep
A Northern Ireland council is urging members of the public to keep their dogs under control after a man was...
N.Ireland
Council issues warning to dog owners after 3 huskies worry housed sheep
A Northern Ireland council is urging members of the public to keep their dogs under control after a man was...
Agri-Business
London charity farm launches appeal for 11 stolen piglets
A miniature working farm based on the banks of the Thames has launched an appeal for the safe return of 11...
Agri-Business
Staffordshire farm fined £14,000 for pollution incident
A Staffordshire farm has been fined £14,000 following pollution of the Gayton Brook, where 3,000 fish were killed. In a...
Agri Politics
'Seismic' shift in farm support will mean rewriting budgets
The “seismic shift” in farm support announced earlier this week will mean rewriting budgets and forecasts for thousands of family...
Rural Life
£2.5 million ‘Pick Pork’ TV promotion to launch today
The latest £2.5 million phase of the AHDB ‘Pick Pork’ advertising campaign will hit TV screens today (September 17). The...
