sustainability

Good morning, as part of my university dissertation research, I am investigating dairy stakeholders attitudes towards climate mitigation strategies. So far the results have shown over 35% of UK dairy farmers have engaged with some-form of climate mitigation strategy, with a further 90%...

Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd., has today (Thursday, March 21) released its FY24 interim results which show a continuation of strong earnings performance. CEO Miles Hurrell says the co-op’s performance has been driven by higher margins and sales...

Written by Maeve Hennessy from Agriland Labour and Co-op parliamentary candidate for Peterborough, Andrew Pakes argued that the government needs be more “ambitious” towards food security and production targets. He argued in an essay for the Social Market Foundation (SMF) that while the UK...

Written by Colm Ryan from Agriland The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs’ (DAERA) received almost 5,000 responses on a recent consultation on the proposal to reduce the compensation rate for cattle removed under the bovine tuberculosis (bTB) programme. DAERA confirmed...

Written by Aisling O'Brien from Agriland ABP Group and Lakeland Dairies were among the winners at the 2024 Northern Ireland Food and Drink Awards. Hosted by the Northern Ireland Food and Drink Association (NIFDA), the event, now in its 17th year, offers companies the opportunity to present...

Written by Matt Hopkins from Precision Ag FieldAlytics will leverage AWS's Generative AI on the SageMaker platform to offer crop growth modeling and imagery change detection. The post How AWS and Ever.Ag Are Accelerating AI-Enhanced Crop Management and Sustainability appeared first on Global...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) will provide chefs and those working in the foodservice with the story of British beef and its journey from field to fork. The event will take place from 10:00a.m to 4:00p.m on Tuesday...

Written by Aisling O'Brien from Agriland The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) is to host a series of information meetings for farmers on the Beef Carbon Reduction Scheme (BCR). The scheme, which was introduced on January 1, 2024, aims to improve the efficiency and...

Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland The Lakeland Dairies Board has decided on a price for milk supplied in February with the base price increasing for all milk supplied. A base price of 41.4c/L (3.6% butterfat and 3.3% protein) will be paid for February milk in the Republic of Ireland. The...

The latest episode of FeedCast is brought to you by James Barker and Laura Hana from our Procurement Team. James starts by discussing Friday’s USDA report and how it has affected the markets. Laura then delves into the fact that although on the day traded levels of Soya look better than...

t’s no secret that agriculture finds itself in both an exciting and challenging era. For several years now, getting more from less has been the theme – whether that be land, capital or crop production and protection products — challenging many to think creatively about how they approach...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/12/sewage-us-crop-farming-lawsuit-pfas I watched the film dirty waters and was horrified by DuPont's actions and attitudes.

As a final year undergraduate at Harper Adams, I'm currently completing my Honors Research Project about the sustainability of dairy beef production in the UK. I would like to understand the factors that influence both the overall sustainability of this sector and its financial viability...

Blending private and public finance Written by The Green Finance Team Credit: cattan2011 We want farmers and land managers in England to confidently and securely access payments from both the public and private sector for the environmental benefits and food they produce. In March 2023...

Grants available in 2024 Written by The Team Credit: David S In this post, we’ll give you a summary of the grants to look out for this year. The information published in this post is correct at the time of publication but please note that blog posts do go out of date. For the definitive...

Welcome to our Biostimulant Supplement, exclusive to Direct Driller magazine. I hope you enjoyed reading our last supplement on Adjuvant Technology and it proves useful as we head into the spring spraying season. In this issue we explore the valuable role of plant biostimulants in helping...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland A ‘not in my back yard’ state of mind from objectors to rural development is holding rural communities back, according to a poll from the Country Land and Business Association (CLA). The association’s poll of more than 1,000 people living in...

Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland Cross-border dairy cooperative Lakeland Dairies has appointed Oliver McAllister as its new chief financial officer (CFO). McAllister has over 20 years’ experience in finance and strategy and has spent the last decade in some of the largest agri-food...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland In preparation for the next General Election, the Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC) has launched its manifesto which calls on the UK government to address the “policy divergence” between the UK and EU. The other two of the AIC’s three...

Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine Farmers, advisors, researchers and wider industry professionals can now submit nominations for the 2024 Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE) Awards. There are six awards in total which include the National Agricultural Award, the Excellence in...