Arable
New panel members sought to support AHDB Horticulture
Horticultural growers are being sought to join the specialist advisory crop panels that support and shape the decisions made by...
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Dairy
Arla takes unprecedented step to pay out entire 2018 profits
Directors of Arla have proposed to pay out the firm’s entire 2018 net profit to the firm’s farmer-owners in a...
Machinery
John Deere’s new 9000 Series foragers: The full details…
Building on the existing 8000 Series machines, John Deere has launched four new self-propelled forage harvester models – from 625...
Agri-Business
English Total Farm Income up 41% in 2017
Total Income from Farming (TIFF) in England increased by 41% last year compared to 2016. It brings the amount earned...
Pig/Poultry
UK half-year egg sales up by 187 million
British Lion eggs are in good health, with the latest figures showing sales continuing to rise for the 12th year...
N.Ireland
Overnight incident leaves town covered in ‘slurry’
An incident has occurred in Aughnacloy, Co. Tyrone, in which one of the village’s streets has been layered in a...
Machinery
Meet the mini monster tank tackling Scotland's gorse fires
He might only be a volunteer, but armed with his remote control ‘tank’, Cameron McCrae is the latest crucial addition...
Machinery
In the mix: What’s new about Lemken’s latest high-speed harrow?
Lemken has been busy promoting the “mixing efficiency and high forward speed” of its compact disc harrows since 2001. The...
Rural Life
Search is on for Welsh Dairy Stockman of the Year
Nation Farmers’ Union (NFU) Cymru and NFU Mutual have once again launched the search for the Dairy Stockman of the...
Machinery
Lemken buys specialist Dutch company to combat ‘reduced acceptance of chemicals’
Lemken has acquired Dutch company Machinefabriek Steketee BV in a bid to expand its crop-care product portfolio. The deal will...
Dairy
Arla's UK income hits £961 million
Arla Foods’ UK arm has seen its revenue grow by 2.3% in the first half of 2018 with a net...
Agri-Business
2 stolen tractors found 26 miles away with false plates
Two stolen tractors worth more than £200,000 have been found with false number plates 26 miles away from the Chorley farm...
Agri-Business
The results are in...but do cover crops really work against black-grass?
The results are in from a study by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) – and it appears to...
Agri-Business
Texan climate change expert to speak at agri-economics seminar
A distinguished Texan professor is set to speak about climate change and its impact on the future of farming at...
Agri-Business
Texan climate change expert to speak at agri-economics seminar
A distinguished Texan professor is set to speak about climate change and its impact on the future of farming at...
Rural Life
New study finds goats prefer smiling faces
A new London-based study has found that not only can goats differentiate between human facial expressions – but that they...
Agri-Business
Farmer who lost arm: 'Hearing the air ambulance was the best sound I have ever heard'
A Warwickshire farmer who was flown to hospital after his arm was ripped off by machinery is urging locals to...
Machinery
Who needs a chaser bin? Just ‘carry’ a truck trailer into the field
For large-scale tillage farmers, growing vast acreages, the chaser bin is seen as the proven method for shunting the crop...
