Tenant Farming Forum Provides Rent Review Guidance
SCOTLAND, UK - Scotland’s Tenant Farming Forum (TFF) has issued interim guidance to landlords and tenants on how best to conduct hassle-free rent reviews following concerns raised with the Forum over the past six months.

Taking The Heat Out Of Farm Energy Costs
UK - Installing a heat recovery unit (HRU) can help dairy farmers reduce water heating costs by up to 50 per cent by maximising the energy efficiency of milk cooling and water heating, according to DairyCo research.

Creamery Closure Would Mark Sad Day For Bute
SCOTLAND, UK - The announcement that dairy company First Milk is proposing to end more than 40 years of cheese-making at its Rothesay creamery marks a sad day for food and farming on the Isle of Bute.

Productive Agriculture Must Be Included In Future CAP
UK - The NFU will set out its stall for the reform of the Common Agriculture Policy during a hearing of the European Parliament’s Agriculture and Rural Development Committee.

Mistreatment Of Migrant And Agency Workers
UK - An Equality and Human Rights Commission inquiry has uncovered widespread evidence of the mistreatment and exploitation of migrant and agency workers in the meat and poultry processing sector.

Dairy Event And Livestock Show Relocation Underway
UK - The Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers’ (RABDF) plans are well underway to stage the Dairy Event and Livestock Show at its new venue, the NEC, Birmingham on Tuesday 7 and Wednesday 8 September.

UK Milk Prices
UK - The latest national statistics produced by Defra on UK milk prices and composition of milk says that the farmgate price of milk is lower than a year ago, whilst butterfat and protein content have remained fairly similar.

Get The Upper Crust With Slurry
UK - Allowing a crust to form on a slurry lagoon or tank is a cost-free method of reducing emissions while storing manure and slurry, and will help get more nutrients from your muck into your soils and crops, according to the latest information from ...

Global Food Security Programme Launched
UK - A new global food security programme will be launched today (11 March) in London by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council on behalf of the funding partners.

Dairy UK Enhances Green Initiative
UK - Dairy UK has released an update to its environmental initiative to help make the dairy sector even greener.

FSA Offers Guidance on Feed Hygiene Regulations
UK - The Food Standards Agency has issued a consultation on the need for clear and concise guidance for farmers on record keeping requirements under the EC Feed Hygiene Regulation.

Cow Tracks: Improving Health And Pasture
UK - Cow tracks should be seen as a crucial part of your farm infrastructure according to DairyCo extension officer Piers Badnell.

Processors Don't Understand Importance Of Price
UK - Milk processors fail to grasp the importance of milk price to UK dairy farmers according to Nick Holt-Martyn, Director of The Dairy Group.

Top Dairy Brands Sign Up To Reduce Packaging Waste
UK - Dairy companies are among the vanguard of organisations signing up to reduce packaging waste under the Courtauld Commitment 2.

Dairy Farmers Benefit From £26 million
UK - More than £26 million from the EU Dairy Fund will soon be distributed to British dairy farmers.

Out-Wintering Pads A Viable Option For Some
UK - Out-wintering pads (OWPs) offer a sustainable alternative to out-wintering livestock on grassland and a reduced cost alternative to conventional housing according to a three year project part-funded by DairyCo and EBLEX under the LINK Research P...

Farm Buildings Support
SCOTLAND, UK - National Farmers' Union (NFU) Scotland has welcomed confirmation from the Scottish Government that its £3 million Severe Weather Grant Scheme, as announced at the Union’s AGM in St Andrews last week, will now be extended to provide support...

Dung Beetles & Human Error Explain Cheese Contamination
UK - Prolactal has revealed that an error led to the wrong cultures being used in the production of cheese that authorities in Austria and Germany have linked to seven deaths.

Protests Over Mega Dairy
UK - A plan to build an 8,000 cow dairy in Lincolnshire has come under attack from the public and animal welfare groups.

1st Meetings For Scotland’s New Dairy Monitor Farms
SCOTLAND, UK - Scotland’s two new dairy monitor farms, located in southwest and central Scotland, are opening their gates this month to host their first meetings.