Dairy
Environment
NI AD company fined £6,000 after ‘slurry-like’ discharge
Dairy
British woman aims to milk 10,000 cows in 10 days for charity
N.Ireland
Vintage tractors for sale at Northern Ireland auction
Environment
Beavers to be reintroduced into south-west England
N.Ireland
Defra identifies 2 calves ‘with blindness’ among bluetongue cases
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) has confirmed that the number of bluetongue cases in Great Britain…
N.Ireland
Machinery: Preparing the livestock trailer for mart season
With marts up and running full steam ahead again, it is important to make sure your livestock trailer is up…
Forestry
Extensive tree planting needed to hit net-zero livestock by 2050 – study
Scotland would have to plant several hundred thousand hectares of new woodland to achieve net-zero carbon emissions in the livestock…
Arable
No return in sight for fungicide used to treat potato blight – GB Potatoes
The industry body, GB Potatoes has confirmed that attempts to obtain an emergency approval for the continued use of mancozeb…
Beef
AHDB: Beef and lamb price gap narrows driving shoppers to switch
As the price difference between beef and lamb continues to narrow, shoppers are “beginning to change their buying habits”, according to…
N.Ireland
Flooding ‘increases risk of avian influenza incursion’ – DAERA
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) advised poultry farmers that flooding can increase the risk of infections…
Machinery
Investment in state-of-the-art Claas baler factory
One year after opening a new prototype workshop, CLAAS yesterday inaugurated two new assembly lines at its Metz-Woippy baler site. The investment is…
Agri-Business
Defra launches free nutrient planning tool for farmers
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has launched a free, online nutrient management planning tool (NMPT-GB) that…
Arable
Scottish Quality Crops launches new website
The quality assurance body for grain grown in Scotland, Scottish Quality Crops (SQC), has launched a new website as part of efforts to…
Agri-Business
NFU Scotland releases paper calling for food labelling reform
Current UK food labelling regulations are “confusing, inconsistent and unfair” to the consumer and domestic producer, according to National Farmers…
Dairy
Retained cleanings and the potential knock-on effects
Retained cleanings can cause big issues on dairy farms during spring calving, and their knock-on effects can be very costly….
N.Ireland
France passes rules to ‘reduce the burden on farmers’
The government in France has passed new decrees intended to make it easier for farmers to create new cattle, pig,…
N.Ireland
‘No meaningful support’ for young NI farmers this year – UFU
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has criticised the Northern Irish government over the lack of support available to young farmers…