Environment
Wildlife group's legal bid to halt UK badger cull fails
A bid by wildlife group the Badger Trust to halt this year’s UK badger cull in the High Court has...
UK
Arable
UK harvest 80% done, following 500,000ha push this week
Some 80% of the total UK cereal and oilseed rape area has been harvested according to latest reports from the...
Dairy
British buyers snap up Irish dairy heifers
[show-rjqc id=”21″] Latest figures in Britain indicate that farmers in the UK have been quite active in purchasing Irish-bred dairy heifers...
Beef
Store cattle prices rising at British marts
The prices store cattle are attracting at marts in Britain has improved by around £50 per animal over the last...
Beef
With a €164,000 price tag, UK heifer breaks Limousin world record
The world record for a Pedigree Limousin was broken on last Friday by maiden Heifer Glenrock Illusion sells for new world...
Machinery
UK police to use tractor to fight rural crime
A New Holland tractor has joined the ranks at Staffordshire Police to help tackle countryside crime. The four-ton T5.105 Electro...
Beef
UK imports of Irish beef down 3% in June
Despite production continuing to surge ahead in the month, shipments of beef from Ireland to the UK were surprisingly back...
Beef
Revised UK trade figures show upward revisions
In the first six months of the year, UK shipments of meat are reported to be up almost 1% on...
Beef
Farmers' cut of retail UK beef price down to 48%
Farmers’ share of the retail price in the UK has, in the past year, fallen from 62% to less than...
Arable
UK harvest is 45% complete
Latest reports from the HGCA show that 45% of the UK combinable area has been harvested. It says the remnants...
Sheep
Expenditure on lamb in the UK down 2%
Expenditure on lamb in the UK during the 52-week period ending June 22, 2014 totalled £640 million, down 2% from...
Beef
Increased retail price drives UK consumer beef spend
The latest consumer data from Kantar has indicated a 3% growth in expenditure on beef in the UK during the 52-week...
Dairy
UK dairy farmers feeling confident and investing
Increased confidence in the dairy sector is helping more producers to invest in their businesses for the future, according to...
Agri-Business
Massive UK property deal including almost 40,000 acres sells for £249m
The Co-operative Group has agreed to the sale of its farms business for £249 million to the Wellcome Trust. The...
Agri-Business
UK consumer confidence soars to nine year high
UK consumer confidence has risen sharply since the start of the year, boosted by a variety of good-news stories about...
Environment
‘Most antibiotic resistance in human infections is not of farm-animal origin’
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has refuted claims that most antibiotic resistance in human infections is of farm-animal origin. Robin...
Arable
UK wheat harvest underway
The first of this year’s UK winter wheat crop was harvested this week on land farmed by Andrew Tetlow (AET...
Beef
UK economic recovery to help beef prices
There are signs that the economic recovery in the UK is accelerating and consumer confidence improving according to EBLEX. This...
