Rural News

Extra measures are being implemented for Dairy-Tech 2022 held on 2nd February to ensure it is Covid-secure.  

The AHDB board has said it is ‘no longer appropriate’ to continue providing annual seed corn funding now that Red Tractor is financially established and self-sustaining.

As the world battles the new Omicron variant, Agritechnica organisers have announced that the world-leading machinery exhibition will now not take place until 2023.

A coalition of leading food and farming businesses is warning that the UK faces a deepening food supply chain crisis unless the government takes urgent and meaningful action to fix the structural issues facing the industry.

Over £6,000 has been raised for Staffordshire Young Farmers Clubs and Midlands Air Ambulance.

A new practical guide to assessing soil carbon promises to answer farmers’ key questions at a time when many are looking to understand their soil health.

Established in 2021, Pinnacle Agri is a new, creative company run by father and son team Steve and Zac Morris. The duo has over 30 years of experience in design and development, creating products for the agricultural, DIY and domestic sectors.

A new report from Defra shows a distinct rise in the number, and cost, of fly-tipping incidents on public land in the past year. The figures also show a decline in perpetrators being punished, with rural groups responding that the figures only show a small fraction of the actual crime.

East Anglian-based auctioneer, Cheffins, will be hosting a major machinery auction on behalf of agricultural contracting business, RC Baker Ltd. Taking place on Thursday 16th December, the sale will include over 150 lots, including a fleet of John Deere tractors, two large tankers and various other machinery items and implements.

Carbon credits and biodiversity tokens provide farmers with potentially significant new income streams, but how do they work? Louisa Knocker, senior manager at Trinity Natural Capital Markets, explains.

According to PFC, only two baler manufacturers, New Holland and Case IH, offer a precision moisture sensor integrated into the baler’s controls. In answer to this, PFC has produced an integrated option for Massey Ferguson and Fendt and a standalone system for all other baler models and types.

In spring 2021, BA Bush & Son became the exclusive distributor of Ascenso tyres in the UK, supplying the tyres through both its trade offering, BAB Distribution, as well as its 24 retail locations.