Agri-Business
Defra launches new food strategy for England
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) launched a new food strategy policy which aims to create a...
Agri-Business
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) launched a new food strategy policy which aims to create a...
Dairy
Animals can be moved from restricted zones in England to a bluetongue-approved ‘red market’ in Wales from today (Monday, July...
Beef
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today (Friday, July 4) backed calls for farmers to vaccinate their livestock against...
Dairy
An outbreak of contagious lumpy skin disease (LSD) has been confirmed for the first time in France yesterday, June 29,...
Pig/Poultry
Poultry keepers in Wales have been urged to follow Welsh Government guidance on bird flu for their pets as protection...
Dairy
A new Bluetongue Movements Checker has been created to help farmers navigate the bluetongue serotype 3 (BTV-3) restrictions that are...
Pig/Poultry
A decline in UK poultry feed production levels has been confirmed by the Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB). Driving...
N.Ireland
A fresh warning has been issued that bluetongue disease could arrive in Ireland before the summer is out, according to...
Environment
A court has found a Somerset pig farmer guilty of polluting a local stream after he constructed an illegal slurry...
Pig/Poultry
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has confirmed that a case of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI)...
N.Ireland
Bluetongue disease will, inevitably, reach the island of Ireland. And this may well happen sooner rather than later. This is...
N.Ireland
Arable farmers in the UK are to benefit from a new government review tackling unfair practices in the combinable crops’...
N.Ireland
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has confirmed an increase in the UK wheat area for 2025, while the...
Agri-Business
In a significant drive to end the UK badger cull, tuberculosis (TB) vaccinations administered to badgers in England increased by...
N.Ireland
The further we get into the summer, the warmer temperatures will become, and the higher the risk of pest invasions...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland’s net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2023 were estimated to be 18.2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent...
N.Ireland
With international trade increasingly making headlines, an industry expert has reiterated the importance of safeguarding market access for the UK...
Beef
Australia’s red meat sector has recorded a significant lift in cattle and lamb slaughter volumes in the first quarter of...