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Hi looking to buy 30 acre hill farm in north west Ireland. Never farmed in my life but have new wellies lol. Not looking to make a living at this more a hobby to cover my expenses and the outlay of the land etc. what should I start with on the hill farm with zero experience? I know everyone...

Just a thought Straw shortages for the livestock industry Less cereals for feed Less acreages for the spraying contractors Less agronomy and chemicals Les’s fertiliser sales And so on Hearing big acreages of SFI

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The National Farmers’ Union of Scotland (NFU Scotland) has launched a dedicated finance service for its members. The union and Anglo Scottish Asset Finance have collaborated to create ‘NFU Scotland Finance’ – a division of Anglo Scottish with the...

Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland The chief executive officer (CEO) of Hilton Food Group, Steve Murrells, will be among the speakers to address the UK & Ireland Meat Business Women conference in May 2024. Corporate services director at Morrisons, Ruth McDonald and food and beverage...

Yes it does affect farming, but why? my local council seems to be "awash" with money, from the many thousands of private houses paying council tax, plus all the indusrial estates with small and extra large industrial/commercial businesses are occupiyed, never seen it so busy, and nots even...

What are people's thoughts on how they will manage Blackgrass and or Rye Grass in options like Wild Bird Food or Legume fallows? I've been reading through the SFI handbook and have found some options that would be a good fit for us, but I'm nervous of planting something that becomes swamped by...

How do I add a hire purchase agreement onto Xero

This will be a bit of a long post so here goes. As title says I'm planning on returning to family farm but want your advice on what contract/agreement I need to have in place to make transition into the business and further down the line succession go smoothly. BACKGROUND I'm Nathan, 20...

Not a happy story at bottom, a woman lost her son with three other boys and is now campaigning for graduated driving licences. Of course one can understand her anguish, and some changes do seem reasonable, but... Among other things, the idea of not being able to carry passengers until 25 years...

Just seen in FW that RT plan to press ahead. RT(and so NFU) have now come out with it. So that's the battle lines drawn.. If you want GFC, then stay in nfu If your again it, join BFU Also looks like we need to talk with NSA Anyone with contacts at top of NSA? Updated on 8th March following 2...

Crickey ........ poor old Rochdale & its erstwhile voters for the forthcoming By Election on Thursday. Labour candidate - no longer endorsed by labour for antisemitic views Tory Candidate - off on his holidays in the run up to the vote (you really cannot make this up) Reform - Old Simon Danczuk...

Hey. So I’ve just got a start up loan for a business to get into farming I’ve got a loan of £10,000 would that be enough to get started I know the cost of land and so on but I’m looking at contracting like horse haddock’s, land clearing/ grading, livestock services and so on I’ve had plenty of...

So to get our heads around how useful this support offered by Rishi yesterday, who plans to take advantage of the FETF capital grants this year ...

Read this leader in today’s Times … especially the sentence I have highlighted Aren’t you delighted that not only has the cost of living taken money out of ordinary folks pockets and put it in to ours but we are the source of all Britain’s pollution woes (or so you’d think reading this guff)...

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland A hearing-impaired man has settled his disability discrimination case against the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) in Northern Ireland for £50,000. The settlement was paid without admission of liability and the case was...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has withdrawn its guidance relating to the tax treatment of double cab pickups (DCPUs) after listening to the views of farmers. Last week, HMRC updated its guidance on the tax treatment for DCPUs following a 2020 Court...

Considering going to spring claving instead of all year. Any idea how many years this would take to achieve? How do people get them all incalf by a certain date?

What would you expect to pay for a herd / dairy manager for 300 milking, all young stock on farm, AYR. No forage or field responsibility - that’s all sorted for them. Comes with a house. Herd / dairy manager because the owner hopes to become hands off so the person ultimately is running all...

Latest inflation figures 4%. Latest today on the economy, it’s officially in recession.