Agri-Business
Report recognises white-tailed eagles predation of healthy sheep
A report by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) has acknowledged the impact large wild birds can have on agricultural businesses. The...
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N.Ireland
UK unions take opposite stances over convergence money review
Two of the UK’s farming unions have set out different arguments for how the country’s convergence money should be spent....
N.Ireland
UK unions take opposite stances over convergence money review
Two of the UK’s farming unions have set out different arguments for how the country’s convergence money should be spent....
Sheep
More than 1,000 to benefit from £7m Scottish Upland Sheep Support Scheme
More than 1,100 Scottish upland sheep farmers are expected to benefit from payments worth around £7 million in the coming...
Rural Life
New partnership launched to tackle Ayrshire rural crime
Organisations have joined together to tackle the blight rural crime increasingly causes for farmers in Ayrshire. The Ayrshire Partnership Against...
Agri-Business
Galloway deer farmer granted Biosphere Certification
Eight Scottish businesses from a range of industries including food, tourism, forestry, horticulture and publishing have now been recognised for...
Environment
Scottish Natural Heritage to launch consultation into General Licences
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) has announced it will carry out a 12-week consultation into General Licences later this year. A General...
Pig/Poultry
Tesco weighing up challenge of cost for Scottish egg producers
Plans are underway at Tesco to convert its entire UK egg supply to barn and free-range as the supermarket giant...
Sheep
Worrying: Calls for jail time to be made available to judges
NFU Scotland has called for lawmakers to allow judges to hand down prison sentences in order to punish the most...
Agri-Business
Farming unions lay out agenda for 'navigating change in Europe'
Farming unions in the UK have outlined their “agenda for the Future” in a joint document aimed at tackling issues...
Agri-Business
Union raises concern over late mapping letters
NFU Scotland (NFUS) has raised its concerns with Scottish Government after it emerged that a significant number of businesses submitting...
Agri-Business
Single Application: Thousands still outstanding with less than 2 weeks to go
It’s crunch time for tens of thousands of farmers across the UK yet to submit their Single Application for this...
Agri-Business
New film highlights livestock farmers’ key environmental role
A powerful short film has been launched to highlight the environmental credentials of livestock farming in Scotland and the role...
Agri-Business
Agri-food sighs relief as regulator blocks Sainsbury's and Asda merger
A proposed merger between two of the UK’s largest retailers – Sainsbury’s and Asda – has been blocked by the...
N.Ireland
'No-deal' could have immense impact on marts in Northern Ireland
A no-deal Brexit could be the tipping point that puts a number of livestock marts in Northern Ireland out of...
Sheep
Scottish Sheep farmers still have Brexit worries, despite extension
Scottish Sheep farmers still “harbour concerns” about the possibility of a no-deal Brexit, despite the EU’s offering of an extension...
Agri-Business
UK unions reach out to European farmers on Brexit
UK farming unions are reaching out to their counterparts on the continent to seek support in avoiding a ‘no-deal’ Brexit....
Agri Politics
Politicians in line of fire at UFU annual dinner
Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) president Ivor Ferguson has derided Northern Ireland’s politicians for allowing the Stormont Executive and Assembly to...
