Beef
Irish exports of beef to UK back 350t in May
Irish exports of beef and veal to the UK in May 2015 were back 350t on the previous May (2014) after...
Beef
Irish exports of beef and veal to the UK in May 2015 were back 350t on the previous May (2014) after...
Agri-Business
JCB has created a giant 10-acre maize maze in the UK to celebrate its 70th anniversary. The maze, at the National...
Pig/Poultry
Some 170,000 birds are to be culled on a UK poultry farm after a case of avian influenza (bird flu)...
Agri Politics
One UK farmer went to check on his cow calving recently and instead of the two calves they thought she...
Rural Life
Potato vending machines are turning over £1,000 a week for two farmers in Scotland. Pete and Euan Grewar, two of Scotland’s...
Beef
For the first half of 2015, the EU cow trade has demonstrated some robustness on the back of firm demand...
Dairy
UK supermarkets have entered into a milk price war in order to compete as discounters Aldi and Lidl cut their...
Pig/Poultry
In 2014, UK consumers bought more poultry than any other meat product, a report by the British Poultry Council has...
Tillage
The latest planting and variety survey, from AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds, suggests a decline in the total cereal and oilseed...
Beef
The non-stunning of animals pre-slaughter, for Halal purposes, is a contentious issue, according to Wicklow vet Pete Wedderburn. Speaking on the Pat...
Rural Life
A total of over 2,500 acres of farm land has come on the market in the UK for a total of...
Rural Life
Vets in rural practices and business owners/partners were found to be the most optimistic about the future of the vet...
Beef
Last week saw the prime cattle trade in the UK move upwards for another week. According to the ADHB, despite numbers...
Sheep
There was a rise in lamb throughput in UK marts during the week of the Royal Highland Show (15-21 June),...
Dairy
Arla Foods is to cut its UK July milk price by 1c/kg; this is the equivalent of 0.77p when applied...
Sheep
Lamb prices in Britain fell to their lowest level since 2010 this past week, according to the ADHB. It says...
Sheep
There is a growing amount of UK sheepmeat exports to non-traditional EU markets, the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) says....
Beef
Retail beef sales in the UK for the 12 weeks ending May 24, 2015 were down 1.4% compared to the...