Agri-Business
Yorkshire ag college launches £650,000 precision farming training project
A Yorkshire agricultural college has launched a £650,000 project to train a generation of tech-savvy precision farming pioneers. Bishop Burton College,...
Agri-Business
Agri-Business
Difficult year sees major shifts in Scottish farming
Poor weather affected the output of Scottish agriculture over the past year. According to the latest official data, sheep and...
Agri-Business
Brexit 'perfect time' for Government to address long-standing farm tenancy issues
The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) is calling for the Government to use Brexit as the “perfect time” to bring forward...
Agri-Business
British organic sector calls for clearer Brexit contingency measures
The Organic Trade Board (OTB) and the United Kingdom Organic Certifiers Group (UKOCG) are calling for a clear contingency plan...
Agri-Business
£3.6 million TB Excellence Centre to open in Wales
A new £3.6 million Centre of Excellence for Bovine Tuberculosis for Wales will open at Aberystwyth University later this year,...
Agri-Business
Welsh farmers to be paid £1,000 to complete benchmarking
A new £2.15 million benchmarking initiative to help beef and sheep farmers identify improvements to their businesses and prepare for...
Agri Politics
Welsh decarbonisation proposals criticised over lack of focus on impacts
National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Cymru has warned that the Welsh Government’s greenhouse gas emissions consultation is likely to have been...
Agri-Business
Ag students’ vineyard celebrates record harvest
The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) vineyard at Down Ampney has seen a record year with the largest amount of grapes...
Agri-Business
How a farmer ended up with a shop in Vienna’s luxury shopping district
People told Georg Blochberger his idea to turn summer milk from his 50 cows into ice cream would never work....
Agri-Business
Agricultural research projects awarded £750,000 funding
Pioneering agricultural research into genetic resistance to TB and an electronic bovine disease diagnosis platform are among three projects in...
Agri-Business
Agricultural research projects awarded £750,000 funding
Pioneering agricultural research into genetic resistance to TB and an electronic bovine disease diagnosis platform are among three projects in...
Beef
NBA calls for 'bottom-up' approach to beef assurance schemes
The National Beef Association (NBA) Midlands Committee has set the date for a meeting in which it will bring together...
Pig/Poultry
Bernard Matthews in the running to buy Banham Poultry
British poultry giant Bernard Matthews is confirmed to be bidding for Norfolk business Banham Poultry. The company, which employs almost...
Agri-Business
3 new farm apprenticeships to develop farmers and growers of the future
Industry bodies have joined forces to set standards for three new farm apprenticeships in a bid to develop the next...
Agri-Business
Livestock rustlers are closer to home than you think, warns police boss
A police boss has spoken out to dispel the myth that all livestock rustlers raiding North Wales come from outside...
Agri-Business
Merger terms agreed between Lakeland and LacPatrick
Major Irish milk processors Lakeland Dairies and LacPatrick Dairies have reached agreement to merge following months of discussion. The boards...
Agri-Business
2 men die in suspected chemical spill at Norfolk poultry plant
An investigation is underway after two men died in an industrial incident at a poultry processing plant in Attleborough, Norfolk....
Rural Life
Plans for new £35 million Scottish agricultural university announced
Proposals for a new £35 million agricultural university in Dumfries and Galloway have been announced as part of Scotland’s Rural...
