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Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland UK Flour Millers’ first annual review has revealed that UK flour milling businesses generate a combined annual turnover of £2 billion. The trade body for the UK flour milling industry’s review also shows that, in 2023, the industry supplied 3.8...

Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland Wet weather conditions in north-west Europe, especially Ireland and parts of the UK, negatively affected the yield potential of crops and hampered sowing, according to the latest Crop Monitoring in Europe report from JRC MARS (Monitoring Agricultural...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has appointed Victor Willis as vice president of dairy market development (USA). Willis, who has over 25 years of retail and manufacturing experience in the dairy sector, will be the new...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Lidl has today (Friday, April 26) announced a £500 million investment into the British pork sector to address recent sector-wide challenges. These challenges include rising costs, a Chinese import ban on EU pork and butcher shortages, which led...

Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland Yara has reported that first-quarter earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) in 2024 were $435 million compared to $487 million in first quarter of 2023, a decrease of 11%. Net income was $16 million ($0.07cents per...

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland BKT has just unveiled its latest tyre aimed at the agricultural equipment market, which it has dubbed the ‘Powertrailer SR 331’. When it comes to tyre choice for tankers, the emphasis has usually been on field performance and the avoidance of soil...

Today the Red Tractor Beef & Lamb Board motioned a vote of no confidence in the RT executive. This evening the TFA ran a Q and A webinar with Jim Moseley. Couple of questions came in. One asked what RT could do to help level the playing field with grain imports. Another referenced the 3 year...

In light of the latest let down for farmers who pay there wages (see the red tractor sector board passes leadership vote of no confidence thread) what do we need to do to trigger a vote on AHDB cereals future? The AHDB is clearly still not listening to farmers so time is up and direct action...

Hi, I'm new to the forum, I have a goal I've been thinking about for some time to help bring smart tech and smart sensors to British farmers, in a way that gives the most options and best value. Preferably in a way that doesn't lock people in to one 'system', but that overall that helps...

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland Kverneland has added two more butterfly mower conditioners to its range this season, with the introduction of the 5387MT and 5395MT models to the Irish and UK markets. These two new models fit between the 5087MT and 53100MT Vario, giving more choice...

https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/red-tractor-sector-board-passes-leadership-vote-of-no-confidence

Looking at upgrading our old fella tedder and seen a Malone Tedd-air 840. Just wondering if anyone else has had one and what they thought? Also things to look out for on them. Thanks.

Morning all We're a finance broker based in Boston Spa near Wetherby looking to add a new Account Manager to the team. Although our background is in prestige car finance, one of the directors grew up on a sheep farm in Lancashire & the business has been focussing on Agri Finance including...

Hi, we have 150kw export capacity for the grid we need to get used and have looked into wind and solar, are there anymore suggestions on any other ideas we could do? Thanks

I’m thinking of making the move back to spreading fertiliser instead of using liquid. Anybody done it and regretted it? We can’t put on liquid P & K so have to use a contractor and as we are 36m spread pattern is hit and miss. We’ve had scorch last year and this year with this year in...

Hi I’m after some advice on the best way to pearl dip BFL sheep? People suggested using a knapsack sprayer but surely this does not penetrate the full fleece as an actual dipper would? Advice needed for a first time shower of the blue faced Leicester breed. Thank you in advance.

Our company is looking to move production from China to the UK and for stage one I am looking to source approx 1.5 million lbs of millet, however for stage 2 we will need at least 3-4 million lbs per annum I am wondering if anyone can recommend or help me in finding a UK source that could...

With an abundance of steel-framed building suppliers currently on the market, we have made this guide for your consideration when designing your pig building. We look at the building, location, accessibility and principal designs to help you make informed decisions to capitalise on your...

Ban non-stun slaughter Please sign and share the petition, I have finally got this through parliament, using new laws and ruling, so it's not like those in the past In modern society, we believe more consideration needs to be given to animal welfare and how livestock is treated and culled. We...

The latest episode of FeedCast is brought to you by James Barker and Chris Pickles from our Procurement Team. James starts by discussing how currency and the escalations of geopolitics around the Black Sea and the Middle East are affecting the markets.Chris then delves into how this is...