Scottish prime cattle prices at price reporting abattoirs have drifted lower over the past month but remain historically high for this time of year with an increase of around 10% compared to 2020, according to the latest market commentary by Quality Meat Scotland...
The Scottish Red Meat Resilience Group has responded in strong opposition to the recommendations in both the DEFRA and Scottish Government consultations on Welfare of Animals at Transport, which closes for submissions this week. The cross industry group, which aims to...
One of the few post-emergence herbicides for beans and the only post-em available for some especially challenging weeds in the pea crop, such as black nightshade, bentazone, is under threat after four decades of use. Commonly used on beans, peas, linseed, alliums and...
Due to a further surge in demand for trainees, Management Development Services (MDS) is calling for ambitious graduates, both recent and from previous years, to apply for its two-year graduate training programme in the food and fresh produce industry. The MDS graduate...
With an estimated two to three million tonnes of plastics used in agriculture each year, eight North East farmers formed a group to explore new, responsible ways, of disposing of, and reducing, the production of waste plastic. The scope of the ‘Thainstone Silage Wrap...
A diverse, female team has been announced to jointly chair the Oxford Farming Conference (OFC) – the first time in the event’s 76-year history. Agri-food industry experts Barbara Bray and Sarah Mukherjee were appointed to the voluntary position at the end of the...