Rural Life
Top TV chefs to showcase Scotch brands this weekend
Scotch Beef, Scotch Lamb and Specially Selected Pork will enjoy a high profile this weekend as Perthshire Chamber of Commerce...
Agri-Food Industry
N.Ireland
Next generation to 'Dig In' to agri-food education
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has joined forces with rural education body Agri Aware to help primary school children understand...
Agri-Business
Feeding Britain: Report says food regulations could be suspended in event of no deal
In the latest Feeding Britain Food Brexit Briefing, food policy specialists have urged the Government and the consuming public to...
Agri-Business
NIFDA puts baker and dairy man at the helm of new top team
The Northern Ireland Food and Drink Association (NIFDA) has appointed bakery boss Brian Irwin as the new chairman of its...
Agri-Business
NIFDA puts baker and dairy man at the helm of new top team
The Northern Ireland Food and Drink Association (NIFDA) has appointed bakery boss Brian Irwin as the new chairman of its...
Arable
MPs see first-hand 'appalling waste' on Scotland's fields of rotting fruit
A band of brave Westminster Scottish Affairs Committee members have taken to Scotland’s fields to give fruit picking a go...
Agri-Business
Fresh produce graduate scheme calls for more members in Scotland
The organisation offering graduate schemes for the fresh produce industry, Management Development Services (MDS), has called for more members in...
Dairy
The Dragon roars: Dairy co-op launches membership drive as sales soar
A booming farmers’ dairy co-operative in Wales has launched a recruitment drive for new members to supply milk after posting...
Agri-Business
Producers band together to call for protection for Devon Cider name
An application has been submitted for Devon Cider to become a protected brand, only able to be used by companies...
Agri-Business
'Close to 100% of UK farms could be worse off after Brexit'
The high levels of uncertainty that continue to surround Brexit just a year out from the UK’s departure of the...
N.Ireland
UK red meat exports surpass the £1.2 billion mark
UK red meat exports surpassed the £1.2 billion (€1.35 billion) mark in 2017, according to the latest figures from HM...
N.Ireland
NIIAS conference to debate how to close the consumer-producer divide
The growing gap between consumers and primary producers will take centre stage at the Northern Ireland Institute of Agricultural Science...
Agri-Business
Mushroom firm enters administration just two years after £1.5m investment
A Co. Armagh mushroom farm – which invested more than £1.5 million (1.68 million) into a new packing house just two...
Agri-Business
Profits drop at Skea Eggs despite increase in sales
Profits are down at Northern Ireland egg giant Skea Egg Farms despite an increase in sales, its latest accounts show....
N.Ireland
Ulster Farmers’ Union calls on politicians to ‘back farming’ ahead of general election
Ahead of the UK general election, scheduled to take place on June 8, the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) is calling on...
N.Ireland
Ulster Farmers' Union calls on politicians to 'back farming' ahead of general election
Ahead of the UK general election, scheduled to take place on June 8, the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) is calling on...
N.Ireland
Northern agri-food innovation scheme worth €1 million
A grant scheme worth almost £900,000 (€1.06m), aimed at stimulating innovation in the agri-food industry, has re-opened in Northern Ireland....
N.Ireland
Northern agri-food innovation scheme worth €1 million
A grant scheme worth almost £900,000 (€1.06m), aimed at stimulating innovation in the agri-food industry, has re-opened in Northern Ireland....
