Livestock

Dawn Meats has announced it will take ‘full control’ of its joint venture with Dunbia following the news of co-founder Jim Dobson’s retirement.

Following the creation of the Ruminant Health and Welfare Group, Hannah Park speaks to newly appointed chairman Nigel Miller.

An attempt in the House of Lords to ban live exports as part of the Agriculture Bill has been stymied by complications over Northern Ireland.

The Maize Crop Watch series guides farmers to the best return on investment when growing maize. It will focus on maximising yields of quality feed through correct variety choice, optimal harvesting, careful storage in the clamp and management at feed out.

The UK has an opportunity to lead on preventing the spread of zoonotic diseases such as the coronavirus, the Co-op’s head of agriculture Caroline Mason has said.

The eagerly anticipated National Food Strategy (NFS) for England has set out a number of formal recommendations for protecting food production standards in trade deals.

Leaving the Brexit transition period without an EU trade deal would be ‘a cakewalk’ for the food industry in comparison to the pandemic, National Food Strategy (NFS) chief Henry Dimbleby has said.

Farm groups have welcomed Government plans to scrap EU greening requirements for direct payments from 2021.

A top price of 50,000gns, was the highlight of the Suffolk Sheep Society sale at Lanark, where Darragh McMenamin’s Mullinvale flock led the trade.

After Covid-19 caused the wool price to collapse, a petition has called on the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Defra Secretary to use wool as insulation for all Government grant supported buildings.