Agri-Business
Department to continue farm inspections and TB testing in NI
Departmental farm inspections and testing for bovine TB are set to continue in Northern Ireland, despite extreme lockdown measures across...
Agri-Business
Departmental farm inspections and testing for bovine TB are set to continue in Northern Ireland, despite extreme lockdown measures across...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland’s agricultural college – CAFRE – has ceased all face-to-face teaching and education programmes. The decision was made by DAERA...
Agri-Business
Scotland’s farming union has launched a service to help fruit and vegetable growers recruit workers who have lost their jobs...
Agri-Business
Three of the UK’s main farm assurance bodies have announced all inspections will be suspended as part of measures to...
Agri-Business
Diageo has pledged to enable the creation of more than eight million bottles of hand sanitiser, by donating up to...
Rural Life
Organisers have been forced to call off the 2020 Great Yorkshire Show as the UK ramps up measures against Covid-19. The...
Rural Life
The Veterinary Nurses Council has agreed to temporarily suspend placement requirements for student vet nurses and training programmes as several...
Agri-Business
The National Farmers’ Union has welcomed a range of measures brought in to help farmers in England recover from extreme...
Beef
Niall Claffey and Claire Mc Cormack A large number of marts across Northern Ireland have announced the suspension of operations...
Agri-Business
Grain markets were, for the most part, in the green this week. LIFFE, MATIF and Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT)...
Agri-Business
DEFRA has announced new support measures to help farmers recover from recent flooding incidents. A £6 million pot of funding...
Rural Life
The Farm Safety Foundation is highlighting the link between the closure of schools and the need for a clear focus...
Beef
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) has outlined a planned approach to inspections of its six quality assurance schemes to limit the...
N.Ireland
According to Rabobank, the upward trajectory in global dairy product prices, visible in the fourth quarter of 2019, has stalled...
Machinery
JCB is stopping production at all of its UK manufacturing plants today, Wednesday, March 18, as a result of “disruption...
Rural Life
Organisers of Open Farm Sunday have announced the event will be postponed until September due to the global coronavirus (Covid-19)...
Agri-Business
UK-headquartered feed firm Anpario has announced a 3% increase to sales (to £29 million) and a 7% increase in gross...
Agri-Business
Covid-19 (coronavirus) continues to take its toll on the calendar of agricultural events. The latest cancellations in Northern Ireland include...