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A student's farm crowdfunding venture
When Harper Adams University student Jack Stilwell launched a crowdfunding project in a bid to start his own beef farm, he was fully aware that the…
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Holiday pay ruling 'will affect rural businesses'
Farming and estate business that rely on their staff to work overtime could be affected to some degree by the Employment Tribunal’s ruling yesterday…
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Further price falls announced by dairies
Consecutive months of high domestic milk production, combined with the ban on dairy imports to Russia and falling returns from global commodity…
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Yorkshire machinery importer forges links with Polish giant
An East Yorkshire farm machinery importer has been awarded the contract to sell a leading European range of cultivation, spreading and seeding…
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NFU members plan milk meeting
Aled Jones, NFU Cymru Milk Board Chairman, will be guest speaker at the next Carmarthenshire NFU Cymru on-farm milk meeting on Wednesday, 12…
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First Milk to reduce milk prices from December
With effect from 1st December 2014, First Milk will reduce the price for its liquid pool by 1.4 pence per litre and for its manufacturing pool by 1.8…
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UK farmland prices see 'substantial growth'
Prime arable land in the UK has seen a substantial year-on-year growth in prices of around 17.9%, according to a Q3 report. The average rate of…
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NFU sends out plea to retailers over falling milk prices
With mounting concern over the falling milk prices on global markets, NFU Cymru Milk Board Chairman, Aled Jones, sent out a plea to processors…
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Irish beef farmers 'have had enough' as they begin protests
Irish beef farmers are set to protest the prices they are being paid for their cattle, arguing that they are well below the UK and EU averages. IFA…
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Farmers 'a major target' for fraudsters
Farmers are being warned they are a major target for criminals trying to defraud them out of hundreds of thousands of pounds. Financial Fraud Action…
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