Agri-Business
Applications now open for Scottish Pig Producer Hardship Support Scheme
A £715,000 hardship fund has been set up to offer financial support to pig producers affected by the temporary closure...
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Arable
Year one of protein crop trial heavily subscribed in Northern Ireland
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) has confirmed that 80 farmers successfully applied for the first year...
N.Ireland
Livestock judges announced for 2021 Balmoral Show
Judges have been announced for livestock classes at this year's Balmoral Show. The 152nd Balmoral Show, run in partnership with...
Agri-Business
Farmers now able to access free TB advice
All English farmers can now access free TB advice regardless of their risk status, following the awarding of a new...
Pig/Poultry
AHDB’s Pig Health scheme set to return in the autumn
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) Pig Health scheme will return this autumn with an enhanced benchmarking feature, following...
Agri Politics
Banning live exports is a 'major blow' - NFU Cymru
National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Cymru says it is a ‘major blow’ that the Welsh government has decided to ban the...
Agri Politics
Government introduces new welfare standards for transporting animals
Higher welfare standards for farm animals being transported, including shorter journey times, more headroom and stricter rules on being moved...
Pig/Poultry
Applications open for AHDB’s Pig Industry Scholarship programme
Companies in the pig industry have until August 31 to apply to take an agricultural student on in their business...
Agri-Business
UK pig throughput rises as sheep and cattle numbers dip
Pig throughput at UK abattoirs was historically high for the first half of 2021, whereas lamb and beef supply was...
N.Ireland
Farmer convicted for failing to notify movement of animals
A Co. Down farmer has been convicted of 24 charges of failure to notify the movement of animals onto his...
Agri-Business
Public-private partnership required to help control African swine fever
A public-private partnership approach to help control the spread of African swine fever (ASF) has commenced, coinciding with a recent...
N.Ireland
What’s planned for 2021 Virtual Farm Weekend?
The countdown is on for this year’s Bank of Ireland Virtual Farm Weekend in Northern Ireland. The event will take...
Agri-Business
UK urged to act over EU plans to relax animal protein feed ban
A Northern Ireland peer has demanded the UK intervene over changes to EU law that would allow processed animal protein...
Pig/Poultry
NFU Scotland calls for urgent action to be taken to protect future of Scottish pig farmers
NFU Scotland president, Martin Kennedy, has written to Pilgrim’s, the processing partner of Scotland’s largest abattoir located in Brechin, to...
Pig/Poultry
Cargill appoints new research coordinator
Clare Gaukroger has joined Cargill’s pig team as research coordinator for the UK. Based in North Yorkshire, she is establishing...
Pig/Poultry
UK pig industry posts further reductions in antibiotic use
New figures show the amount of antibiotic prescribed to treat pigs on UK farms in 2020 fell by 5%, bringing...
Rural Life
Disqualified farmer guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to sheep
A disqualified farmer in Gloucestershire has pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to a sheep which inspectors found dead on...
Agri Politics
'If the government is to raise the welfare bar here, it must do so for food imports' - NFU
National Farmers’ Union (NFU) president Minette Batters has said the government must apply the same standards to imports as it...