Agri-Business
Scottish growers say they fear a 'second season where harvest will go unpicked'
Scottish growers say they fear a second successive season where crops will go unpicked due to extreme labour shortages. National Farmers’...
Agri-Business
Agri-Business
Farm Safety Week: Seeing a worker thrown to the ground was the first sign I had hit a power line
Today marks the last day of Farm Safety Week, with one Fife farmer talking about the dangers of overhead power...
Agri-Business
More than 183,000t of red meat exported in first half of 2018
Exports of red meat products from the UK got off to a strong start this year – with the total...
Agri-Business
Scotland's Less Favourable Area Scheme: 4,675 payments on their way today
The 2017 Less Favourable Area Support Scheme (LFASS) payments for farmers and crofters in Scotland have now started. 4,675 payments worth...
Beef
Scotch Beef PGI campaign delivers 7% increase in British sales
The recent marketing campaign behind Scotch Beef PGI has delivered strong results for the Scottish red meat industry. The focus...
Agri-Business
Change in the top teams at RCVS Day
Several changes to the top team of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) have been made at its annual...
Agri-Business
Leeds vet convicted of animal welfare charges to be struck off
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) Disciplinary Committee has directed the registrar to strike off a Leeds-based veterinary surgeon...
Agri-Business
FUW to host Brexit seminar at Royal Welsh Show
The Farmers Union of Wales (FUW) is hosting Brexit seminar at this year’s Royal Welsh Show. The event titled ‘Brexit:...
Rural Life
£4.5 million Crown Estate investment to support Scottish farm tenants
Crown Estate Scotland is investing £4.5 million over two years in a range of activity on its four rural estates,...
Agri-Business
Near-miss tractor cam footage watched more than a million times in just 2 days
Machinery drivers have taken to social media asking motorists to take extra care around tractors in light of a dashcam compilation...
Agri-Business
Champion Limousin manages Interbreed Reserve at Great Yorkshire Show
In what turned out to be outstanding weather conditions, the quality of the cattle exhibited at the Great Yorkshire Show...
Agri-Business
2018 Great Yorkshire Show branded 'one of the best ever'
More than 134,000 visitors flocked to the 160th Great Yorkshire Show, which organisers have hailed “one of the best ever”....
Rural Life
'Quick thinking' ploughing halts crop fires across England
Fire crews and farmers worked together over the weekend to stop the spread of fires across fields of standing crops....
Arable
£1.2 million research project to breed disease and weather resilient crops
The Harper Adams University Fresh Produce Research Centre (FPRC) and University of Warwick Crop Centre have recently been jointly awarded...
Agri-Business
Industry visits to inspire new robotics and crop quality research
Students from the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) £1.4 million PhD programme visited food and agricultural businesses to boost...
Agri-Business
'Sentences for rural crime must act as a deterrent'
The NFU raised its concerns with the solicitor general that the sentences given for rural crime do not act as a strong...
Agri-Business
360t of counterfeit pesticides seized in Operation Silver Axe III
The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) has seized 360t of illegal or counterfeit pesticides as part of its Europol-coordinated campaign Operation...
Agri-Business
Just 2 out of every 5 English farm managers have had formal training
Less than 40% of farm managers in England have any formal agricultural training, according to a Government survey published this...
