The drone market has experienced significant growth in recent years. And as both hobbyist and professional users alike take great interest in exploring the capabilities these devices have to offer, this growth is set to continue, with a huge 76,000 drones projected to be flying…
Sep 1, 2020Read More
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has now paid almost 99% of eligible farmers under the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS 2020). The latest figures from the RPA show that BPS payments worth £1.76 billion were made to farmers by 29 February. This is an improved position…
Mar 4, 2020Read More
A new technology that converts biogas into a high-grade liquid fuel that can be used as a direct replacement for fossil fuels is being showcased for the first time at Alliance Dairies in Florida on February 18, 2019. The process developed by UK-based technology company…
Feb 14, 2019Read More
The European Parliament has today (25 October 2018) approved new legislation to come into force in 2022, banning the prophylactic use of antibiotics in farming. Preventative antibiotics can be routinely given to farm animals – particularly to pigs and poultry – to compensate for the…
Oct 25, 2018Read More
Crown Estate Scotland has announced that a first-time tenant will take over the management of a farm on its Glenlivet Estate. Alex Smith, 33, was chosen from a list of applicants as the new tenant of Dell Farm, a 320 acre farm in a prime…
Jul 10, 2018Read More
Win dinner with Kit Harington who plays Jon Snow in the hit series ‘Game of Thrones’, in exchange for funding Longlands Care Farm near Bromyard in Herefordshire, which has launched an appeal for a new headquarters. Kit, whose family is local, is patron of the…
Jun 15, 2018Read More
UK universities and agricultural research centres which improve the resilience, sustainability and quality of major crops will benefit from a funding package worth around £5.3 million over five years, Environment Secretary Michael Gove announced today. The funding will go to four leading agricultural research centres…
Jun 15, 2018Read More
The Farmers’ Union of Wales says Irish fodder aid schemes highlight and add to concerns in Wales over the impact months of wet weather are having on fodder supplies and prices. Diminishing fodder supplies in the Republic of Ireland led the Irish Government to introduce…
Apr 9, 2018Read More
The National Association of Agricultural Contractors (NAAC) is delighted to announce that that shearers will be allowed to enter the UK this year, in a time-limited window, to provide a vital source of highly skilled and experienced staff for shearing contractors removing the wool of…
Mar 20, 2018Read More
The drone market has experienced significant growth in recent years. And as both hobbyist…
The StowAg Show will mark 50 years of proudly being “the experts in your…
Scottish cereal growers are working with ADAS on adding a new spring barley category…
A new technology that converts biogas into a high-grade liquid fuel that can be…
On 16 April 2018, Telford Magistrates’ Court fined the 55 year-old £16,000 and ordered…
Water level management authorities across the country are continuing to raise significant concerns at…
The European Parliament has today (25 October 2018) approved new legislation to come into…
The welfare code for laying hens has today been updated as part of a…
Over 300 farmers have signed to Arla’s new R500 programme designed to help future…
