Pig/Poultry
Confidential helpline set up to support pig industry
A confidential, 24-hour helpline has been set up by the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) to support workers affected by...
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Arable
Farming sectors performing well in Northern Ireland
Danske Bank’s head of agri-business, Rodney Brown, is confirming that most of Northern Ireland’s farming sectors are performing well at...
Agri Politics
Government launches support measures for the pig industry
The government has announced a package of measures to support the pig industry which has faced a number of challenges...
N.Ireland
Underspend on NI pilot Protein Crops Scheme
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced that payments totalling £208,655 will be issued to all...
Rural Life
35% of English and Welsh farmers possibly/probably depressed
The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) has today, Thursday, October 14, published the findings of The Big Farming Survey, which...
Agri-Business
Levy holiday announced for English and Scottish pig producers
Two meat levy bodies, in agreement with Ministers from Scotland and England, have today (Thursday, October 14) announced a pork...
Agri-Business
2 leading research centres join the LEAF Network as centres of excellence for sustainable farming
Agrii’s Throws Farm Technology Centre and Newcastle University Farms have become the latest two establishments to join the LEAF Network....
Pig/Poultry
Insurers now investigating Oxfordshire pig-farm fire
Insurers are now investigating the cause of a fire that killed a number of pigs in Oxfordshire last week, as...
N.Ireland
Applications open for CAFRE Advisory Group industry reps
Applications have opened for four new members of CAFRE’s College Advisory Group (CAG). The group makes recommendations regarding the College...
Pig/Poultry
Pig industry protest Conservatives in Manchester
‘What do we want? Butchers; When do we want them? Now.’ This is one of chants echoed by members of...
Agri-Business
UFU urges DAERA to act over NI’s pig sector pressures
Shoppers could see fewer of their favourite pork products on supermarket shelves this Christmas, while farmers struggle to cope with...
Agri-Business
Eustice rules out nationalisation of UK CO2 production
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) Secretary George Eustice has ruled out any prospect of the government nationalising...
Agri-Business
CO2 shortage: Supermarkets say NI poultry farms were ‘days from crisis’
Northern Ireland's agri-food chain was just days away from crisis, had the government not intervened to reinstate carbon dioxide (CO2)...
Agri-Business
UK government strikes deal to reinstate CO2 production
Reports have emerged this afternoon (September 21), claiming the UK government has struck a deal to reinstate carbon dioxide production....
Agri-Business
Pork crisis: NI’s pig backlog to reach 24,000 by mid-October
The backlog of pigs to be slaughtered could reach as many as 24,000 in just a month, according to representatives...
Dairy
Arla explores regenerative agriculture on 24 pilot dairy farms
Dairy cooperative Arla Foods has announced that it is taking tangible, farmer-led steps to gain more data and knowledge of...
Agri-Business
FAO: Global food commodity prices experience ‘rapid rebound’
Following two consecutive months of decline in June and July, global food commodity prices experienced a 'rapid rebound' in August,...
Agri-Business
UK animal charity wound up amid allegations of ‘serious mismanagement’
A Lincolnshire animal charity which raised more than £10 million in just over a decade has been wound up after...