Agri-Business
Batters calls for ability to 'pause' transition from direct payments
New farming legislation favouring support for environmental efforts as opposed to production will leave British farmers forced to compete internationally,...
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Agri-Business
Farm management training scheme opens for 2019 applications
Applications have opened for the 2019 intake of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) professional farm management course. The recognised...
Government
Measures to fight TB unveiled as new data shows badger cull halves disease
Reductions in new outbreaks of bovine TB have been recorded in Gloucestershire and Somerset following the completion of licensed four-year...
Rural Life
North England police join forces for 'largest rural crime operation of its kind'
Five police forces covering 6,500 square miles of northern England came together earlier this month for what has been described...
Rural Life
Cows die on German farm following overnight release
Four cows have died with up to 40 others in severe difficulty on an organic dairy farm in Germany, due...
Arable
British Sugar and NFU Sugar announce 2019 sugar beet price
British sugar beet growers will benefit from a new contract free of deductions for crown tare. In a statement, British Sugar...
Arable
Early egg count results indicate a relatively low wheat bulb fly risk
Initial egg count results from an autumn wheat bulb fly (WBF) survey suggest it is likely to be another relatively...
Agri-Business
Vets welcome bill's recognition of animal health and welfare as public goods
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has welcomed Defra’s announcement that animal health and welfare will be considered as ‘public goods’...
Dairy
Holstein UK launches DNA bank to boost breed's authenticity
A brand new initiative is set to revolutionise Holstein and British Friesian breeds by providing a global standard in animal...
Agri-Business
Bill 'fails to recognise farmers as food producers first and foremost'
Critics have said the Government’s new agriculture legislation has failed to recognise farmers for their main responsibility – producing the...
Machinery
New forager with a whopping 1,156hp on tap
The drive to build increasingly powerful self-propelled forage harvesters shows no signs of abating. Krone, already top of the heap...
Agri Politics
140 MPs show support for farming on Back British Farming Day
140 politicians showed their support for the British farming industry today by wearing a Back British Farming wheat-pin badge in...
Dairy
Dairy Day: Could a checklist approach improve your youngstock health?
Score-based audits of youngstock rearing systems could help pinpoint calf husbandry weaknesses and identify opportunities to improve the health and...
Agri-Business
National Farmers' Union takes food report to Westminster
The National Farmers’ Union has today launched a food report, ‘UK: A Nation United by Food’, which will be sent...
Agri-Business
Government’s plans for agriculture 'lack balance'
The Government’s new Agriculture Bill has been criticised as “lacking balance” by an organisation representing tenant farmers. Tenant Farmers Association...
Dairy
Lely narrows the gap between dairy farmers and consumers
After being kept a secret, Lely unveiled its latest Yellow Revolution – the Lely Orbitor – on a test farm...
World News
Japan suspends pork exports as Classical Swine Fever outbreak is confirmed
Japanese officials have suspended all pork exports from the country following news of a Classical Swine Fever (CSF) outbreak at...
Dairy
New programme aims to cut costs and increase profits
Over 70 farmers and industry representatives attended the recent launch of the first Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) Strategic...
