Using technologies and fine tuning management to better place dairy businesses to face continued low milk price formed the focus of discussions at the inaugural MoleCare…
Month: April 2016
12 months into the turnaround of First Milk, Mike Gallacher and the First Milk Board have been briefing co-op members at meetings across the UK this…
A report on the current state of the Welsh dairy sector has been launched by the Farmers’ Union of Wales in order to identify the main…
Years of NFU lobbying has finally resulted in changes to the way farmers in England can register their farms for the purposes of reporting livestock movements.…
Simpler rules on livestock movements are to be introduced in England from July, Farming Minister George Eustice announced today (26 April 2016). The changes, originally recommended…
The challenges the Scottish red meat industry is currently facing to achieve profitability were highlighted today (April 25th 2016) by Quality Meat Scotland chairman, Jim McLaren.…
Following a recent Freedom of Information request made by the Farmers’ Union of Wales in response to Public Health England’s ‘Eatwell Plate’, the Union remains baffled…
Farmers are being urged to ‘strike first’ against blowfly, as the unseasonably mild weather could pave the way for a sharp increase in the UK fly…
Copa & Cogeca have launched a major campaign to underline the multiple benefits of the EU livestock sector and meat for growth & jobs, vibrant rural…
Inverness farmer Euan Ferguson decided if he had to electronically identify (EID) his sheep flock, he would make the most of the information it provided. He…