Machinery
Respected Swedish plough and implement manufacturer, Overum Industries, unfortunately finds itself in bankruptcy
Pig/Poultry
With around 1bn pigs worldwide, the pork sector produces significant quantities of emissions per year that are now targets for reduction.
Environment
The EU Commission has issued formal reprimands to a number member of states on several environment issues, including the Natura 2000 network.
Rural Life
Single farmers from counties Clare and Galway are being sought by SVT, the Swedish national broadcaster. It will be in Ireland this September
Back in April it was announced by New Holland that it was to sell the Overum plough business to FairCap based in Munich.
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Sweden's National Veterinary Institute has confirmed that a case of African swine fever (ASF) has...
Agri-Business
The government in Sweden, like the Irish government, wants farmers to reduce their dependency on chemical fertilisers.
Tillage
A Swedish farm is using innovation and conservation farming methods to boost yields and make its operation more sustainable.
Machinery News
Vaderstad are the latest company to announce expansion of its production with an additional 12,000 square metres being added to the factory.
DeLaval has begun the groundbreaking at Hamra Farm in Sweden for a 18,000m² rebuild. The...
The European Commission has today (Wednesday, July 6) confirmed that it has approved a €154 million Swedish support scheme for farmers.
A Swedish city has an unusual - or maybe brilliant - idea to keep locals away from the city park...by dumping a tonne of chicken manure on it.
The Euroskills 2016 competition, for the "agricultural mechanic" category, was held in Gothenburg, Sweden, back in December.
Dairy
Installing two milking robots on one Swedish farm has given the owners more time with their children. The Sonessons had the two robots installed in 2005.
Milking over 700 cows three times a day is no easy feat, especially when you're a part-time farmer. Lars-Inge Gunnarsson is a farmer in Sweden and spends half his time on the farm.
Based in the Skane region of Sweden, Maria and her husband Carlos set up the cheese dairy Soldier's Dairy (Soldattorpets Mejeri in Swedish) in 2010.
Some 720 dairy cows are milked three times a day on the Skottorps Sateri farm in Sweden which is owned and run by Lars-Inge Gunnarsson.
