£25m available for high tech investment on farms
A new £25 million scheme providing grants of up to £500,000 for farmers to invest…
Author Alistair Driver
Alistair Driver
Editor of LBM titles Pig World and Farm Business and group editor of Agronomist and Arable Farmer. National Pig Association's webmaster. Previously political editor at Farmers Guardian for many years and also worked Farmers Weekly. Occasional farming media pundit. Brought up on a Leicestershire farm, now work from a shed in the garden in Oxfordshire. Big fan of Leicester City and Leicester Tigers. Occasional cricketer.
Defra and EA to provide ‘clear guidance’ on Farming Rules for Water by the spring
Defra and the Environment Agency (EA) have agreed to publish clear new guidance on the…
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Yorkshire pig farmers and industry campaigners, the Morgan sisters, have called for more action from…
AHDB seeks new members for Pork sector council
AHDB is advertising for new members to join the Pork sector council, which is responsible for…
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Covid infections continued to affect staffing levels, as the situation in the pork supply chain…
RABI launches new support services in response to survey mental wellbeing concerns
Farming charity RABI has launched two new support services, in response to findings of its Big…
Pilgrim’s UK announces new president to replace Andrew Cracknell
Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation has announced the appointment of Ivan Siqueira as president of Pilgrim’s UK,…
Defra extends support package amid warnings more needs to be done to save pig sector
Defra has extended two elements of its pig sector support package, amid warnings from the…
Home Office Minister corrects comments made about pork processors made in Commons
Home Office Minister Kevin Foster has corrected false claims made about the UK’s major processors…
Zinc oxide products to be available after June 2022, VMD confirms
Pig producers could have access to zinc oxide products for up to two years longer…