Dairy
Entry date looming for Northern Ireland multi-breed calf show
Budding showmen and women are reminded that entry forms for Northern Ireland’s 16th annual dairy calf show must be submitted...
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Dairy
Entry date looming for Northern Ireland multi-breed calf show
Budding showmen and women are reminded that entry forms for Northern Ireland’s 16th annual dairy calf show must be submitted...
Agri-Business
First English AD plant certified in performance scheme
Bore Hill Farm has become the first anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in England to be certified under a new performance scheme....
Rural Life
Lucky escape: Cows cut from overturned trailer
Firefighters cut six cows from an overturned trailer outside Carlisle yesterday morning (Wednesday, August 1). Emergency services were called to...
Agri-Business
NI’s post-Brexit framework document gets the nod from union
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has welcomed the long-awaited publication of post-Brexit options for the farming industry in Northern Ireland....
Agri-Business
NI’s post-Brexit framework document gets the nod from union
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has welcomed the long-awaited publication of post-Brexit options for the farming industry in Northern Ireland....
Agri-Business
Calls to give flexibility to farming rules amid drought
The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has supported industry calls to relax farming regulations to reduce the pressure on...
Government
UK's first post-Brexit farming scheme unveiled
The Environment Secretary has today announced that the ‘Payment by Results’ (PBR) project will be the first agri-environment scheme directly...
Dairy
Agricultural drought summit sets agenda for Government action
The farming industry leaders, Government officials and Secretary of State Michael Gove came together this morning for the National Farmers’...
Agri Politics
Natural England appoints life peer as new deputy chairman
A senior politician has been appointed as the new Natural England (NE) deputy chairman. Secretary of State for the Environment,...
N.Ireland
DAERA launches consultation on post-Brexit agricultural policy for Northern Ireland
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is to engage with the wider farming, food and environmental sectors...
N.Ireland
DAERA launches consultation on post-Brexit agricultural policy for Northern Ireland
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is to engage with the wider farming, food and environmental sectors...
Dairy
37ac solar farm powering Dale Farm’s cheddar cheese plant
Dale Farm has launched the largest ‘self-consumption’ solar farm in Ireland at its cheese processing facility in Co. Tyrone. The...
Dairy
37ac solar farm powering Dale Farm’s cheddar cheese plant
Dale Farm has launched the largest ‘self-consumption’ solar farm in Ireland at its cheese processing facility in Co. Tyrone. The...
Machinery
Auctioneer at massive monthly machinery sale ‘moves up’
Joe Page from Cheffins’ Cambridge Machinery Sales has been promoted. According to the company he is now an ‘Associate’. Joe (pictured...
Machinery
Deere to acquire sprayer and planter manufacturer
Deere & Company has signed a “definitive agreement” to acquire PLA, a privately-held manufacturer of sprayers, planters and specialty products...
Machinery
Flagship 'IDEAL' combine notches up awards, but will it sell?
AGCO – in the guise of Massey Ferguson and Fendt on this occasion – has been presented with a ‘Red Dot:...
Environment
Rural support for green watchdog - but warnings to drop the complexity
Rural land managers have warned that to deliver for the environment successfully, any new ‘green watchdog’ must not add extra...
