Agri-Business
Organisers say AgriScot expected to take place 'as normal'
Organisers say this year’s AgriScot is still scheduled to take place on Wednesday, November 18 with expectations the event will...
Covid-19
Agri-Business
'Flexibility in Covid-19 job retention scheme needed for rural Scotland' - SLE
Limitations in the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is one of the chief concerns of rural companies during the Covid-19 crisis,...
Rural Life
Farmers report surge in fly-tipping incidents as lockdown sees dumps closed
Rural areas around the UK have seen a dramatic increase in fly-tipping over the last number of weeks, with many...
Agri-Business
NI vets could be drafted into hospitals in Covid-19 continguency plan
Northern Ireland vets could be drafted into hospitals to help with the Covid-19 response, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and...
Agri-Business
DAERA relaxes herd restrictions for herds overdue TB tests
Northern Ireland’s Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots has relaxed herd restrictions for herds overdue their TB tests. The decision comes...
N.Ireland
Farmers urged to reduce risks as Northern Ireland’s Air Ambulance is grounded
Farmers in Northern Ireland have been urged to take extra measures to reduce their risk of an accident while working....
Agri-Business
UK farmers forced to dump milk as Covid-19 knocks processing capacity
Farmers in parts of England say they have been asked to dump their milk as processors struggle to work through...
Agri-Business
NFU Mutual launches £32 million industry support package
A £32 million support package to support agriculture through Covid-19 has been made available by rural insurer NFU Mutual. The...
Rural Life
Scottish rural organisations plea with those exercising in the countryside
With the country in lockdown and all gyms and sporting facilities closed; people have taken to new forms of exercise...
Rural Life
Scottish flock of sheep enlisted in battle against Covid-19
Researchers at the University of Dundee are using sheep in the fight against Covid-19. The flock will be used to...
N.Ireland
DAERA minister calls for halt to prescribed burning
Northern Ireland Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots has urged farmers and land managers to halt all prescribed burning in the...
Agri-Business
Emergency measures to support Welsh farmers during Covid-19 unveiled
A series of emergency measures to support Welsh farmers during the Covid-19 outbreak has been announced by Minister for Environment,...
Agri-Business
Food prices likely to rise as Covid-19 takes toll on supply chains
UK food prices are likely to rise according to retailers, as labour shortages, and supply chain disruption caused by Covid-19...
N.Ireland
Opinion: ‘We face a fast-paced, unfamiliar and invisible enemy – but we face it together’
By Edwin Poots – Minister for Agriculture for Northern Ireland As a nation, we are facing the biggest health crisis...
Agri-Business
NI NAP derogation and accounts submission deadlines extended
Key nutrient paperwork deadlines have been extended until April 30 in Northern Ireland, Minister Edwin Poots has confirmed. Farmers will now...
Agri-Business
Balmoral Park under consideration to become NI field hospital
May is always a lively time at Balmoral showgrounds but despite the postponement of the 2020 show, this spring the...
Agri-Business
UK facing flour shortages as baking becomes lockdown pastime
The UK is self-sufficient in flour, producing about 90,000t every week. Yet many people are experiencing shortages in supermarkets and...
Agri-Business
APHA to defer rollout of new 6-month TB testing regime
Plans to implement tighter, six-monthly TB tests in Shropshire and Staffordshire will be deferred until after the Covid-19 pandemic is...
