Agri-Business
NI farmers urged to complete Single Application now
The Minister for Agriculture in Northern Ireland, Edwin Poots has urged all farmers and agents to continue to submit their...
Covid-19
Agri-Business
NI agriculture minister halts all routine farm inspections
All routine farm inspections will be paused until 30 April 2020, Northern Ireland’s Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots has confirmed...
Rural Life
Feed the Nation: 11,000 sign up to 'Land Army' style scheme
More than 11,000 people have signed up to a new ‘Land Army’ style scheme to help farms across the UK...
Agri-Business
25,000 new customers sign up to Milk & More in unprecedented surge
The UK’s largest milk and grocery doorstep delivery service, Milk & More, has launched a new recruitment drive as new...
Rural Life
Pirbright begins testing potential Covid-19 vaccines on animals
The UK’s Pirbright Institute is to begin testing new coronavirus vaccines on animals to help combat the Covid-19 pandemic. Working...
Agri-Business
Farmers asked to safeguard agri contractors during pandemic
Farmers have been asked to do what they can to protect agricultural contractors as UK Government implements stricter ‘stay at...
Rural Life
Peak District farmer assaulted by walker
A farmer in Peak District has appealed for the UK to enter a total lockdown after he was reportedly punched...
Agri-Business
JCB to extend UK production shutdown to ‘at least’ end of April
JCB is suspending UK production until “at least” the end of April as a result of the Covid-19 crisis –...
Agri-Business
Union launches employment service for labour shortage
Scotland’s farming union has launched a service to help fruit and vegetable growers recruit workers who have lost their jobs...
Rural Life
2020 Great Yorkshire Show cancelled
Organisers have been forced to call off the 2020 Great Yorkshire Show as the UK ramps up measures against Covid-19. The...
Agri-Business
Scottish agriculture responds to the threat of Covid-19
NFU Scotland president, Andrew McCormick, has issued a statement confirming that Scottish agriculture will be to the fore in making...
Agri-Business
Royal Highland Show cancelled – amidst growing concerns over Covid-19
The Royal Highland Show – held each year just outside Edinburgh, Scotland – has been cancelled, amidst mounting concerns over Covid-19...
Agri-Business
Newry and Lurgan shows cancelled, as well as UK Grassland & Muck event
Covid-19 (coronavirus) continues to take its toll on the calendar of agricultural events. The latest cancellations in Northern Ireland include...
