Author Posts: Aleksandra Cupriak

Nine cows from a Cornish farm have been killed during Storm Darragh. 

JCB’s third annual Christmas Toy Appeal has delivered a record haul of gifts for distribution to children in Staffordshire and Wrexham. 

Campaigners Save British Farming and Fairness for Farmers have confirmed details regarding a tractor farmers’ protest that will take place this Wednesday, 11th December in London. 

While temperatures remain relatively warm, it is important to try and keep the time beet is clamped prior to delivery to a minimum to preserve sugar levels and reduce rot roots, the British Beet Research Organisation advises sugar beet growers. 

UK pork exports to China have received a boost with the re-listing of two sites. Defra said that this move could raise revenues by around £80 million.

The recent Budget announcements sent shockwaves through many rural businesses across the UK, with the latest data showing that the drastic reduction of the Basic Payment Scheme will have the biggest impact on farmers in less favoured areas. 

“Successful potato production requires continual innovation and improvement as the market and threats to production are ever-changing,” said the organisers of the annual SAC Association of Potato Producers conference that will take place in February. 

Kicking off this year’s Christmas festivities, the Annual Ceremony of the Christmas Cheeses took place this week, with cheesemakers from across the UK donating some of their finest products to the veterans of the Royal Hospital Chelsea. 

A single case of atypical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) has been confirmed in a cow on a farm in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

The third case of avian influenza has been confirmed at commercial poultry premises located near Watton in Mid Norfolk. 

The latest Recommended List that includes an expansive new variety line-up demonstrates the real strength and depth in Elsoms Seeds breeding program, Elsoms head of agriculture Toby Reich said. 

The number of positive liver fluke cases is beginning to rise, in line with the statement made by the Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) and Control of Worms Sustainably (COWS) groups in October that, after a wet, mild summer and autumn, livestock farmers could be facing a high challenge in some areas.