Agri-Business
Isotope testing 'effective' in verifying origin of pork
Isotope testing carried out by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has been described as highly effective in verifying...
Pig/Poultry
Agri-Business
Tesco invests further £10 million into UK egg sector
Tesco has today (Tuesday, August 1) announced further investment of £10 million for the UK egg sector, with £6 million...
N.Ireland
North’s poultry sector on full biosecurity alert
Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) chief executive, Wesley Aston, is advising all poultry farmers in Northern Ireland to maintain the highest...
Pig/Poultry
Government loosens controls on meat imports from Brazil
The government has loosed controls on meat imports coming from Brazil to Great Britain, following an audit of the South...
Machinery
Farmers urged to consider fire safety following 10ac blaze
Firefighters have urged farmers to think about fire safety following a call out to a field fire in Essex last...
Beef
Farm Safety Week: Farmers urged to review safety measures
Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) president William Irvine is encouraging farmers to review safety measures on their farm and work out...
Pig/Poultry
Bird flu: 2 poultry workers test positive for virus
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) confirmed today (Friday, July 14) that an additional two people, who had direct exposure...
N.Ireland
World farmers take a stand against lab-grown food
The World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO), representing over 1.2 billion farmers worldwide, hastaken a stand against adopting lab-grown food as an...
Pig/Poultry
Bird flu: Over 500 birds removed from Aberdeenshire coast
430 birds have been removed from Stonehaven Beach on the east coast of Scotland. Aberdeenshire Council has also confirmed that...
Arable
21 killed in agri-sector work-related incidents last year
21 people were killed in work-related incidents in the agriculture, forestry, and fishing industry in Great Britain last year, according...
Pig/Poultry
AIPZ lifted as bird flu risk is reduced to 'low'
The avian influenza (bird flu) prevention zones (AIPZ) for poultry and captive birds in England, Wales and Scotland have been...
N.Ireland
Video: Farmer ‘lucky to be alive’ after fall into slurry pit
An Irish suckler farmer has said he is lucky to be alive after surviving a fall into a slurry pit...
Agri-Business
Brazil confirms first bird flu case in non-commercial farm
Brazil has confirmed its first case of avian influenza (bird flu) in a non-commercial or “subsistence” farm this week. The...
Beef
World Meat Congress set for October in Netherlands
The World Meat Congress 2023, a global meeting of representatives from the meat industry and related sectors, will take place...
N.Ireland
Focus: Pedigree pork on a Co. Down farm
By Barbara Collins “I always say I was born two generations too late,” said Robbie Neill from Stonebridge Cottage Farm...
Beef
Discussions over increasing AHDB levy rates begin
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board’s (AHDB’s) four sector councils have begun discussions over increasing levy rates to address the...
N.Ireland
Health services cross-border exercise to prepare for bird flu
Today (Tuesday, June 13), health services in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland led an exercise to enhance cross-border...
Pig/Poultry
Shropshire farmer sentenced for unnecessary harm to poultry
A Shropshire farmer has been sentenced for causing unnecessary harm to his poultry following an investigation by the Animal and...
