Farm Life

The UK would struggle to cope with a second animal health emergency amid the ongoing avian flu outbreak, a leading industry expert has warned.

Three meat sector bodies have called on The Lancet to address industry concerns over a controversial report which linked red meat to increased mortality.

A new rural road safety campaign has been launched after it was revealed that 60 per cent of all serious and fatal collisions involving young male car drivers happened on countryside routes.

Much more needs to be done if the new soil SFI is to be of any worth, as there has been no new data available on the state of UK soils since 2007.

Farmers First is a major player in the UK lamb market, but a payment issue in recent months and questions from former board members have led the company’s board to speak out. Alex Black met key players at the co-operative.

Beef and Lamb New Zealand has called on the Government to urgently commit to road repairs in the isolated farming communities of Hawke’s Bay and Tairawhiti following Cyclone Gabrielle on New Zealand’s North Island.

DEFRA, Arla and Danone are just a few of the industry names that are backing Food Waste Action Week, which runs until March 12.

With a wide difference in incomes between different agricultural sectors this season, Cedric Porter reports on the latest Farm Business Income figures.

Common grazings have been a feature of the crofting areas of Scotland for centuries and cover still over 500,000 hectares of the highlands and islands.

Whatever you think about HS2 — the cost of it; if the country even really needs it — the way operators have handled it so far has fallen woefully short of what should be expected.