Dairy
£6.5 million 5-year profitability scheme boost for Welsh dairy
A £6.5 million Welsh dairy improvement programme secured by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) will be rolled out...
AHDB
Rural Life
Technology-fuelled farming at the northern tip of Scotland
Farming technology will be the focus of the upcoming Sutherland Monitor Farm meeting, which takes place on Wednesday, July 25....
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...
Beef
How can you prepare for this winter?
Livestock farmers are being urged to take steps now to make the most of feedstocks and limit the effects of...
Arable
New, yield-breaking hybrid barley variety available in the UK this autumn
A new, hybrid winter feed barley that has raised the bar for UK treated yield on the Agriculture and Horticulture...
Arable
3 weeks without rain: How tech is helping one Perthshire potato farmer hold up
After three weeks without rainfall, AHDB’s Strategic Potato (SPot) Farm Scotland Open Day took place on the light loams of...
Sheep
New sheep guides to focus on top ram traits
Sheep breeders looking to produce lambs that meet target specification now have access to two new manuals from Agriculture and Horticulture...
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...
Dairy
11% of dairymen now autumn calving as more consider changing
The number of farmers switching to autumn block calving has risen, with potentially more to follow, according to the latest...
Arable
UK farmers venture to Sweden to to learn about precision farming
UK farmers on a two-day study tour to Sweden found that they are ahead of the game when it comes...
Arable
Strategic Farm water trials have ‘helped me sleep at night’
Trials on water use completed at Elveden Farms as part of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) Farm Excellence...
Arable
First major cross-sector review of weed control measures announced
Two major British agricultural research organisations have issued a joint call for a review of weed control in UK cropping...
Sheep
AHDB launches ‘Fight the Fluke’ campaign highlighting importance of control
With farmers facing significant livestock losses from liver fluke, Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) Beef & Lamb and Moredun...
Agri-Business
'We all want prescriptions but farming is about flexibility'
A Somerset ‘min-till’ cereal farm is the latest to join the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) monitor farm programme....
Agri-Business
Brexit impact calculator launched to help industry prepare
A new online Brexit impact calculator launched this week will allow farmers and growers to see for the first time...
Arable
Oilseed rape area increases for the first time in 7 years
The area of oilseed rape planted in England and Scotland has increased for the first time in seven years – up...
Sheep
Brexit: AHDB warns farmers to prepare based on the little they do know
Brexit will provide Welsh agriculture and horticulture with both risks and opportunities, so farmers and growers, need to prepare now AHDB...
Government
New livestock traceability service could be in place by 2019
A new agreement signed by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) and Defra sets out how the levy-funded body...
