Agri-Business
AHDB releases 2018 winter wheat harvest results
The first yield data for the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) Recommended Lists winter wheat trials are now available...
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Arable
Dramatic variation in East Midlands harvest
Early indications from this year’s harvest suggest farmers fortunes have varied dramatically across the East Midlands, after the last remaining...
Agri-Business
Tractor crashes onto UK rail line blocking major routes
A tractor crashed onto a rail line in the UK last night, causing a major disruption to services, according to...
Machinery
500hp on tap: Who said that big 2WD tractors were dead?
Is this 500hp ‘Honey Bee’ (pictured above) one of the most powerful 2WD agricultural tractors in existence? It certainly must rank...
Machinery
Owner of New Holland and Case IH is growing; but how and where?
CNH Industrial (encompassing New Holland and Case IH among other brands) announced that revenues were up 15% in the second...
Rural Life
‘Cloned’ tractor stolen from UK charity recovered in Ireland
A tractor, which was stolen from a donkey charity in the UK, was recently recovered in Ireland following a nine-month...
Rural Life
Lucky escape: Cows cut from overturned trailer
Firefighters cut six cows from an overturned trailer outside Carlisle yesterday morning (Wednesday, August 1). Emergency services were called to...
N.Ireland
70 pigs rescued from slurry tank after floor collapses
Yesterday morning (Sunday, July 29) Nigel Grant was doing his routine jobs on the farm when he went into one...
Agri-Business
NFU calls agricultural drought summit as heatwave bites
The NFU is seeking urgent action to address the crippling impact of the dry, hot weather on farms across the...
Rural Life
Lorry transporting bales goes up in smoke on UK motorway
A lorry transporting a large number of straw bales went on fire on the side of a motorway yesterday (Thursday,...
Agri-Business
Farm Safety Week: Seeing a worker thrown to the ground was the first sign I had hit a power line
Today marks the last day of Farm Safety Week, with one Fife farmer talking about the dangers of overhead power...
Rural Life
Vandals caught setting bale alight – while still in a baler
Two teenagers were caught red-handed attempting to set a hay bale alight – while the bale was still inside the...
Rural Life
Letter opposing game shooting leaves Welsh Government 'serious questions to answer'
In a dramatic end to the widely publicised Natural Resource Wales (NRW) review of the use of firearms on land...
Dairy
FUW calls on UK and Welsh Governments to act now as fodder shortages loom
The Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) has called on the UK and Welsh Governments to take action now to reduce...
Rural Life
NFYFC clay pigeon shooting national finals get under way today
Hundreds of young farmers are expected to take part in the National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs’ (NFYFC) clay pigeon...
Agri-Business
Derogation granted for Scottish pig plant closed by CO2 shortage
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) has granted a temporary derogation allowing pigs from the Brechin plant to be processed at a...
Rural Life
Video: Farmers race to save sheep from searing flames
Dramatic footage has emerged on social media this week, showing farmers in greater Manchester battling blazes to bring home a...
Agri-Business
Europe-wide CO2 shortage forces Scottish abattoir to close
A Scottish abattoir has announced it will close after running out of carbon dioxide (CO2). The gas, which is used...
