Agri-Business
AgriScot cancelled for November 2020
Hopes that at least one major agricultural event would be able to take place in Scotland this year have been...
Covid-19
Agri-Business
Covid-19: 73 people test positive on Herefordshire farm
Up to 200 workers have been asked to stay on-site during a two-week isolation period at a farm in Herefordshire, following...
Beef
Analyst compares impact of Covid-19 on beef markets around the globe
While the Covid-19 outbreak has been a global pandemic, it has had very different impacts across the global beef market,...
Rural Life
NFU Cymru to run webinar programme at virtual Royal Welsh Show
With the Royal Welsh Show is going online in light of coronavirus restrictions, NFU Cymru has decided to take its...
Dairy
Covid-19: 2020 UK Dairy Day cancelled
Organisers have been forced to call off one of the UK’s biggest dairy industry events. UK Dairy Day was planned...
Agri-Business
British Wool denied access to UK coronavirus support fund
Farmers unions across the UK have urged their retrospective governments to intervene after British Wool was refused access to a...
Agri-Business
Canada’s Royal Agricultural Winter Fair cancelled for 2020
Canada’s Royal Agricultural Winter Fair has become the latest major industry event to fall victim to the Covid-19 pandemic. The...
Agri-Business
NI’s £25 million Covid-19 support will ‘go to those who need it most’
Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots has said Northern Ireland’s £25 million Covid-19 support fund will be “targeted...
Dairy
Dairy co-op trained farmers to collect milk in Covid-19 back-up plan
One of the UK’s biggest dairy co-operatives, Arla Foods, has revealed the significant lengths it went to to ensure the continuity...
Arable
‘Open letter on the value of animal agriculture’ – penned by a global farming community
Almost 70 groups and individuals representing farmers, producers, vets and researchers from across the world have written an “open letter”...
Arable
‘Open letter on the value of animal agriculture’ – penned by a global farming community
Almost 70 groups and individuals representing farmers, producers, vets and researchers from across the world have written an “open letter”...
Rural Life
Farmers warned to remain vigilant to fraud threat
Farm organisations are warning members to “err on the side of caution” amid concerns of a heightened threat of scams...
Agri-Business
David McWilliams on the future of the global economy – and return of the ‘luck penny’
ONE20: The Alltech Ideas Conference took place last week as a ‘virtual experience’ with online interviews and presentations rather than...
Rural Life
Herts County Show to go digital this Bank Holiday Weekend
Covid-19 has cancelled many family events around Hertfordshire, but not the county show. The show will go on as organisers...
Agri-Business
NI allocates £25 million of its Covid emergency fund to agri-food
Northern Ireland’s Department of Finance has made £25 million emergency Covid-19 funding available to the region’s agri-food sector. The money...
Agri-Business
NI allocates £25 million of its Covid emergency fund to agri-food
Northern Ireland’s Department of Finance has made £25 million emergency Covid-19 funding available to the region’s agri-food sector. The money...
Agri-Business
Nearly half of UK veterinary practices report Covid-19 linked fall in turnover
Almost half of UK vets have seen between a quarter and half of their turnover slashed due to Covid-19 restrictions,...
N.Ireland
NI farmers show their appreciation to the NHS with local produce
Members of the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) have showed their support for the NHS by providing frontline workers with locally-produced food...
