The industry desk

62 dispatches on file Supply chains, processors, retailers and the trade deals that decide what farmers are paid. Industry coverage from outside the press release: what's moving, who benefits, who absorbs the cost, and where the next pressure point lands.

27 Apr 20266 min standing

Natural flystrike methods cut chemical use in farmer-led trial

Five UK sheep farmers have completed a one-year trial demonstrating that natural flystrike prevention methods can work alongside—or even replace—conventi...

25 Apr 20266 min standing

Early crop nutrient availability driver for forage maize production

The Potash Development Association is right about early nutrient availability driving forage maize yield, and almost every working maize grower in this.

21 Apr 20267 min standing

Somatic Cell Count in Dairy Cows: What High SCC Means and How to Reduce It

Cell Counts — Milk recording before breeding is the task that always loses to whatever’s louder on the day, and it’s exactly the task that pays…

20 Apr 20265 min standing

Over 100 jobs in doubt as meat supplier edges towards closure

Donald Russell sliding towards closure is the kind of story that should make every premium supplier with sub-scale processing capacity rerun their.

19 Apr 20265 min standing

Tips on managing a compact calving pattern in suckler herds

Suckler farmers who maintain a compact calving pattern are witnessing tangible benefits in herd fertility, weaning weights and labour efficiency, accordi...

17 Apr 20266 min standing

NI farmers hit with £96m yearly bill from bovine TB, study finds

The new UFU/LMC/Dairy Council study puts the annual cost of bovine TB to NI farmers at £96 million, and the distribution is the part that should…

13 Apr 20268 min standing

Falling prices and palm oil trend raise concerns for UK dairy sector

Falling Prices — Dairy is in one of those cycles where every weekly price drop reads as a one-off until you stack them up and realise…

6 Apr 20265 min standing

Green light given to relocate key south east livestock market

South Oxfordshire District Council has given the green light to relocate one of the south east's most important livestock markets, in a decision describe...

4 Apr 20266 min standing

AgriSearch appoints Norman McMordie as new chair

AgriSearch appoints Norman McMordie as new chair. What the leadership change means for NI farmer-funded agricultural research.

4 Apr 20265 min standing

Ulster Bank warns of premium shift as NI farmland prices strengthen

Ulster Bank’s head of agriculture, Cormac McKervey, told BritFarmers that the traditional gap between bare land and property with farm buildings has virt...

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