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Europe-wide project identifies 100 solutions to sheep health issues
A three-year project spanning eight European countries including the UK has identified nearly 100 solutions to farmers’ sheep health and nutrition…
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Late BPS applications can still be submitted, farmers reminded
Farmers are being reminded they have under one week left to apply to this year's Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) as a late application, but a penalty will…
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Government gives green light for sugar beet growers to use Movento
An application from NFU Sugar and British Sugar for the emergency use of Movento on sugar beet in 2023 has been approved. The government has given…
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First Milk confirms July milk price will fall by 1.04ppl
First Milk has become the latest processor to announce a milk price decline for July, amounting to a 1.04p per litre fall. The move means its milk…
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All bird flu restrictions lifted in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland's Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ), in place to combat the UK's worst ever outbreak of bird flu, has today been lifted. The…
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Campaigners urge public to lobby retailers to boost poultry welfare
Animal welfare campaigners are calling on the public to lobby their supermarkets to encourage them to sign-up to the Better Chicken Commitment (BCC)…
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UK's post-Brexit trade deals 'not good enough' for Scottish farmers
The UK government's trade deals with Australia and New Zealand "are not good enough" for Scottish farmers, Holyrood has warned. The deals, which…
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NFU calls for 'more accurate' metric when measuring methane emissions
The NFU has called for the wider adoption of GWP* - a global warming measurement metric - following studies on its accuracy when measuring the impact…
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Livestock to graze freely on UK's first 'super' nature reserve
Livestock including pigs and cattle will roam and graze freely on National Trust's first ever 'super national nature reserve' in Dorset. Three years…
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West Sussex tractor driver dies after colliding with electricity pylon
A farm worker has died after his tractor collided into an electricity pylon on farmland in West Sussex. Police said the man, aged in his 40s, died…
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