Dairy
Tesco to increase number of British dairy farmers on direct contracts
Tesco UK has announced that it will increase the number of farmers on direct contracts by a quarter by spring...
UK
Beef
Poor milk price drives UK cow slaughterings up 13.8% in July
The numbers of cull cows coming to slaughter in the UK in July of this year has increased by 13.8%...
Dairy
UK milk production down 1.1% year-on-year
UK milk production for the month of July is down 1.1% on the same month in 2014, according to provisional...
Agri-Business
UK supermarket introduces more measures to support dairy farmers
UK dairy farmers are being further supported by supermarket chain Morrisons as it announced that it will increase the amount...
Arable
Video: UK farmer smashes world wheat yield record with 16t/ha
A farmer in the UK has broken the world record for harvesting the highest-yielding wheat crop ever recorded after he...
Rural Life
Brian May's trust to challenge UK badger culling trials
Former guitarist with rock band Queen – Brian May – is to challenge the lawfulness of UK badger cull licences,...
Rural Life
Farmer gets engaged at local show using champion cow
Irish farmers take note! As it’s show season and your hard work for the year could pay off at your...
Sheep
UK sheep meat imports from Ireland dropped 33% in June
UK sheep meat imports for June dropped by 30% and those from Ireland dropped by 33%. The AHDB (the organisation...
Dairy
'UK unlikely to push for a hike in dairy intervention prices'
It is highly unlikely that the UK’s Minister for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Liz Truss will go to...
Rural Life
Driver of car stopped with sheep: 'I took it for a treat to McDonald's'
Police in the UK came across a problem of the woolly kind recently when they stopped a car on suspicion...
Dairy
Müller UK and Ireland cuts September milk price to 22.35p/L
Müller UK and Ireland has cut its September milk by 0.8p/L to 22.35p/L which, Müller says, reflects a continuing softening...
Beef
Why the UK/Irish beef price gap is back at 85c/kg
One of the most talked about drivers of the beef trade in Ireland in recent months has been the impact...
Agri-Business
Sainsbury's edges ahead of Asda in UK grocery market share
Sainsbury’s has edged ahead of Asda with it share of the UK grocery market, the latest data from Kantar Worldpanel...
Agri-Business
'Animal welfare a top factor in making a food brand ethical'
Some 74% of UK consumers say that meat coming from animals which are looked after well is among the top issues...
World News
UK farmers following the French; stage tractor protest
UK farmers staged a rolling tractor road block last week on the A50 in Staffordshire, UK, in protest about falling...
Rural Life
Five cows killed after train hits herd and is derailed
A train was derailed in the UK around 9.30pm on Sunday night (July 26) after it hit a herd of...
Beef
€327 differential between Irish and UK beef
The price differential between Ireland’s and Northern Ireland’s beef has now increased to 50p/kg or 71c/kg, while the UK beef...
Dairy
Arla UK cuts milk price for third consecutive month
Arla Foods has cuts its UK milk price for August by 1c/kg – 0.8p when applied to the UK standard...
