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UK crop ratings fall after dry spring pressure
UK crop ratings have fallen after weeks of dry weather, with AHDB warning that the next fortnight could be critical for yield potential. The latest…
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First Milk launches water quality strategy across 700 farms
First Milk is rolling out a new water quality strategy across 700 dairy farms to help protect rivers and target nutrient risks more accurately. The…
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Egg processors warn Iran conflict is driving up costs
Egg product manufacturers are facing renewed cost pressure from rising energy, fuel and packaging prices, with the British Egg Products Association…
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Fife farm set to slaughter 271 untraceable cattle
A major cattle traceability breach in Fife has left 271 animals unable to enter the food chain, with the farm business deciding to slaughter them…
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Fly-tipping now a national criminal enterprise, report warns
Fly-tipping has become a large-scale criminal enterprise, with weak enforcement leaving farmers, landowners and rural businesses to pay the price, a…
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Charity RABI offers £200 per child to help with school costs
Farming families are being urged to prepare for RABI’s Return to School Grant, with £200 available per child when applications open at 12pm on Monday…
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Cornish dairy farmer banned from keeping livestock
A Cornish dairy farmer has been handed a suspended prison sentence and banned from keeping livestock for five years after admitting 13 animal welfare…
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Duchess joins farmers ahead of Open Farm Sunday milestone
The Duchess of Edinburgh has helped mark 20 years of Open Farm Sunday, as farms across the UK prepare to welcome visitors on 7 June. Her Royal…
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First Milk announces record £16.8m creamery investment
First Milk is to invest £16.8 million in its Lake District Creamery in Cumbria, marking the farmer-owned co-operative’s largest-ever single capital…
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Advisers warn farmers to fix RPA data before SFI rush
Farmers are being warned to prepare for the reopening of the Sustainable Farming Incentive or risk missing out when applications resume in June…
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