Dairy

The processor has announced it will hold its milk price for August following seven consecutive increases.

Three thirty-second videos on climate change, biodiversity, and plastics and packaging have been created to showcase ‘how progressive dairy in the UK really is’

The processor said 50ppl would be a milestone achievement not just for Freshways but for the whole industry, believing it will be the first to hit this threshold on a standard litre basis. 

It was the Charolais champion, Maerdy Morwr, from David Stubbs of AJR Farms, Aberdeenshire, which was tapped out as this year’s Royal Highland Show inter-breed champion. Hannah Park and Katie Fallon report.

Arla’s farmgate milk price for the standard manufacturing litre will increase by 1.66ppl from July 1

Farmers and landowners can utilise the Forestry Commission’s ‘flexible’ England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) to produce a woodland which meets their own objectives.

Details of Defra’s long-anticipated Slurry Storage Grants, part of the Farming Investment Fund, have finally been released. But what will they cover, and are you eligible to claim? Abi Kay reports.

Pro-vegan protest group Animal Rebellion is recruiting 500 people to participate in a series of ‘stop the supply of dairy’ events this September.

Derek Roan, one of Scotland’s best known dairy farmers, has died following an incident on his farm at Barnbarroch Farm near Dalbeattie.

An MP is seeking changes to the law to prevent dairy farmers being threatened by ‘vegan militia’.