Rachel Birch

New feasibility study predicts calving time using heart rate data
New feasibility study predicts calving time using heart rate data

A new feasibility study published in the science journal, Nature, predicts cow calving time 40 plus hours in advance of...

Port of Liverpool welcomes UK’s largest maize shipment
Port of Liverpool welcomes UK’s largest maize shipment

The Port of Liverpool has welcomed the UK’s largest shipment of feed maize, reinforcing its critical role in supporting the...

UK Dairy Day 2024 drew huge crowds for 10th anniversary
UK Dairy Day 2024 drew huge crowds for 10th anniversary

UK Dairy Day 2024 attracted huge crowds for its 10th anniversary event this year. There were over 280 trade stands...

NSA Welsh Sheep 2025 now open to trade stand admissions
NSA Welsh Sheep 2025 now open to trade stand admissions

The National Sheep Association (NSA) has announced that trade stand applications are now open for NSA Welsh Sheep 2025 event,...

RSABI survey: Stress prevents 41% of farmers from taking time off
RSABI survey: Stress prevents 41% of farmers from taking time off

A survey of over 280 respondents conducted by agricultural charity RSABI has revealed important insights into the challenges that farmers...

Tillage: Ukraine’s grain exports have risen by 60%
Tillage: Ukraine’s grain exports have risen by 60%

Ukraine’s grain exports have risen to 85,940,000t for the market year dating from September 2023 to September 2024, according to...

UK sanctions 3 new emergency bluetongue vaccines
UK sanctions 3 new emergency bluetongue vaccines

Authorities in Great Britain have permitted the use of three unauthorised bluetongue virus (BTV) vaccines within the UK, which will...

Back British Farming Day champions agriculture in Westminster
Back British Farming Day champions agriculture in Westminster

Today, September 11, marks national ‘Back British Farming Day’ and the NFU is using the occasion to promote British agricultural...

Carmichael MP calls to rebuild local abattoirs across UK
Carmichael MP calls to rebuild local abattoirs across UK

Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has spoken out in Parliament this week on the need to rebuild the network...

Air Ambulance NI calls for support ahead of awareness week
Air Ambulance NI calls for support ahead of awareness week

Air Ambulance Northern Ireland (NI) is drawing attention to a significant increase in the demand for its services ahead of...

NI teenagers invited to enter ABP’s ‘Angus Youth Challenge’
NI teenagers invited to enter ABP’s ‘Angus Youth Challenge’

ABP has announced that its skills development programme, Angus Youth Challenge, is live and open for entries from teenagers living...

Changes to tenancy succession laws have come into effect
Changes to tenancy succession laws have come into effect

Changes to the Agricultural Holdings Act (AHA) 1986 relating to tenancy succession laws in the UK, which were adopted under...

Oxford Farming Conference launches new initiative for 2025
Oxford Farming Conference launches new initiative for 2025

The Oxford Farming Conference (OFC), in partnership with McCain Foods Ltd, announced the launch of the ‘Inspiring Innovators’ programme ahead...

Scottish sheep farmers urged to donate to Lamb Bank 2024
Scottish sheep farmers urged to donate to Lamb Bank 2024

Organisers of Lamb Bank 2024 are calling on Scottish sheep farmers to donate to the charitable initiative ran by the...

Former monk runs ‘cow cuddling’ service for stress relief
Former monk runs ‘cow cuddling’ service for stress relief

Former monk, Grahame Barritt, has founded Wale’s first cow cuddling therapy service, ‘Cow Companions’, which offers people a chance to...

13-year-old girl charged with barn fire in Scottish Highlands
13-year-old girl charged with barn fire in Scottish Highlands

A 13-year-old female has been charged in connection with what has been described as a deliberate barn fire in the...

Farmers ditch plastic twine in favour of biodegradable alternative
Farmers ditch plastic twine in favour of biodegradable alternative

Farmers are turning to biodegradable twine in lieu of “nightmare” single-use plastic twine to bind hay bales, according to Innovative...

Study: Farmer-led badger vaccination effective against TB
Study: Farmer-led badger vaccination effective against TB

Research on a farmer-led badger vaccination programme has been published in the British Ecological Society journal and has found that...