A total of 54 young service technicians are being trained in this year’s John Deere Ag Tech, Parts Tech and Turf Tech advanced apprenticeship programmes, run…
Month: July 2018
Small Robot Company, a British agritech start-up for sustainable farming, today announced it has successfully raised £50,000 with its Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign. The company harnesses the…
Sheep breeders looking to produce lambs that meet target specification now have access to two new manuals from AHDB. The manuals, which are to be launched…
Beef and lamb production controls have been inspected by government officials from Japan this week as part of ongoing moves to reopen the market on UK…
Becoming the best sheep industry for health and welfare is the focus of the Sheep Health and Welfare Group (SHAWG) conference this November. Farmers, vets, processors,…
With farmers facing significant livestock losses from liver fluke, AHDB Beef & Lamb and Moredun Research Institute are acting to help improve understanding and develop effective…
Finishing lambs need to receive the optimum levels of essential trace elements to maximise growth rates, health and vitality – which will determine finishing time and ultimately, profitability. Dr…
On Friday 29th June, the Irish Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys TD, publicly announced Volac’s investment of €3.3 million to create a new purpose-built…
A new agreement has been signed between AHDB and Defra setting out how AHDB could develop a new multi-species livestock traceability service for England. The initiative…
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has appointed Will Jackson as the new Sector Strategy Director for Beef & Lamb. Will, who joins AHDB in…