Agri-Business
Welsh beef industry uses international techniques to train quality graders
A major beef research project in Wales has launched a training course to explore world-leading techniques for grading meat by eating...
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Agri-Business
Sheep scab meeting to explore interest in NI eradication scheme
A Northern Ireland sheep scab event will explore whether demand exists for a programme to combat the disease following anecdotal...
Agri-Business
Sheep scab meeting to explore interest in NI eradication scheme
A Northern Ireland sheep scab event will explore whether demand exists for a programme to combat the disease following anecdotal...
Agri-Business
Welsh vets receive training to provide Export Health Certificates post-Brexit
The Welsh Government has committed £96,000 of funding to train veterinary surgeons to certify produce of animal origin in the...
Rural Life
'Eco-warrior' announced as preferred Natural England chairman
The Environment Secretary has announced Tony Juniper is the preferred candidate to become the next Natural England chairman. The role...
Agri-Business
Welsh meat industry tries for double French success
Wales’ rugby players weren’t the only team aiming to get the better of the competition in France at the weekend....
Sheep
Welsh Red Meat Summit: ‘No-deal’ threat puts sector in ‘perilous position’
Red meat industry leaders are warning that the industry sits in a “perilous position” as the threat of a no-deal...
Rural Life
New flock and herd health officers to help drive Welsh red meat efficiency
Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) has appointed two new flock and herd health officers to its ambitious...
Arable
Have your say on the Monitor Farm Programme
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is calling for cereal and oilseed growers to have their say how its...
Rural Life
Welsh farmhouse breakfasts raise nearly £15,000 for charity
The Farmers’ Union of Wales annual Farmhouse Breakfast Week has raised more than just awareness of the great food farmers...
Agri-Business
Scottish farm income falls by £57 million
Scottish farm income is estimated to have fallen by a total of £57 million in 2018, after increasing in 2017. The...
Agri-Business
Inequalities in digital infastructure treat rural population as a second-class
A Welsh farmers union has slammed inequalities in the UK’s digital infrastructure claiming rural dwellers are treated as “second-class citizens”...
Agri-Business
MPs table ammendments to Agriculture Bill
The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) has welcomed the support it has received from a number of MPs in tabling important...
Beef
Project calls for farmers to 'shout about the sire'
With only 23% of sires currently registered on passports, AHDB Beef & Lamb is urging farmers to start recording to...
Agri-Business
HCC forums discuss traceability and value in meat processing
Traceability, technology and adding value to produce were the main topics for discussion at two forums organised by Hybu Cig...
Machinery
Average power of new tractors sold in the UK climbs to 167hp
As we previously reported, 12,102 new agricultural tractors were registered in the UK during 2018. That’s according to data from the...
Machinery
How many new tractors were registered in NI last year?
Data relating to registrations of new tractors in Northern Ireland (and across the UK) has just been released by the UK-based AEA (Agricultural...
Agri-Business
'Disastrous' impacts of leaving the customs union and single market 'already being felt'
FUW president Glyn Roberts has warned that the disastrous impacts of leaving the EU, the customs union and single market...
