Agri-Business
Covid-19: Calls for NI meat plant workers to be prioritised in vaccine roll-out
A key Stormont committee has urged Northern Ireland’s Health Minister to ensure meat-processing sector workers are prioritised in plans to...
coronavirus
Agri-Business
Denmark to cull all mink due to coronavirus mutation
The world’s largest producer of mink fur will cull all its mink after scientists discovered a mutation of coronavirus that...
N.Ireland
Covid TB test easements to end in NI
Temporary measures to stop herds overdue their TB test because of Covid-19 disruption from being closed up are set to...
Agri-Business
Poots opens £1.6 million ornamental horticulture support scheme
A financial support scheme to help Northern Ireland ornamental horticulture growers with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has opened...
Agri-Business
Women in Dairy conference: Covid-19 is our chance to create a sustainable supply chain
How often, or when was the last time, you had a conversation about your farm’s emissions with your feed company?...
Agri-Business
LAMMA show postponed for 2021
Organisers of LAMMA, one of the UK’s biggest machinery shows, have made the decision to push their 2021 event back...
Rural Life
Landowner handed hefty fine after holding wedding on farm
A landowner was issued with a hefty £10,000 (€11,000) fine over a wedding at a farm in Leeds, England, at...
Agri-Business
Payments for NI’s £18 million Covid-19 farm support fund to begin today
Payments for Northern Ireland’s £18 million Covid-19 farm support fund are set to begin today (Monday, September 28). More than 11,000...
Agri-Business
4,000 eligible farmers still to apply for NI’s Covid-19 support fund
Almost 4,000 farmers have still not responded to claim their share of Northern Ireland’s agricultural Covid-19 support money. Agriculture Minister...
Rural Life
Royal Bath & West Society cancels Dairy Show for 2020
Organisers have been forced to cancel one of England’s last hopes of an agricultural show before the end of 2020...
Agri-Business
Cranswick’s Co. Antrim plant to reopen following 2-week closure
Cranswick Country Foods factory in Cullybackey, Co. Antrim, has reopened two weeks after authorities ordered it to close following an...
Agri-Business
Speyside meat plant voluntarily suspends factory processing
A meat plant in Scotland’s north-east has has opted to temporally close its production site for the next 14 days due...
Agri-Business
Changes to be made to NI farming Covid-19 support payments
Letters detailing offers of Covid-19 support money for Northern Ireland farmers are expected to arrive over the next few days....
Agri-Business
New Covid-19 veterinary survey in September to gauge business impact
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) will issue the fourth iteration of its coronavirus impact survey next week to...
Agri-Business
75 workers test positive for Covid-19 at Banham Poultry
A total of 75 workers at a poultry plant in Norfolk have now tested positive for Covid-19 as part of...
Agri-Business
Meat plant outbreak blamed as NI infection rate surpasses UK and Ireland
A cluster at a meat plant in Co. Antrim and an increase in testing have been blamed for making Northern...
N.Ireland
Rural youth organisations to appoint new ‘Covid officers’ in every club
There will be no passing a mandarin from mouth to mouth at new members’ nights this year as the island’s...
Agri-Business
Research: Covid-19 can potentially spread over 8m in meat processing facilities
Research based on the outbreak of Covid-19 at the Tonnies meat processing facility in Germany has suggested that Covid-19 can...
