LivestockThe Defra-funded UK Dairy Carbon Network, led by AFBI, is testing nutrition, breeding, animal health and nutrient measures on farms across Great Britain and Northern Ireland, increasingly in combination.
AgribusinessCiting the worst drought in 50 years and the largest bluetongue outbreak, the NFU's Treasury submission sets out five demands, from a £5m investment allowance to reversing inheritance tax changes.
EnvironmentThe Welsh Government will allow slurry spreading until 15 November 2026 on all soils, with limits, and raise advance SFS and BPS payments from 70% to 80% of claim values.
AgrotechA two-year Innovate UK-funded trial with AgriSound and Aviasenze uses microphones and machine learning to read flock sounds in free-range and barn laying houses and flag changes in health or behaviour.
EnvironmentDefra closed Window 2 of the Sustainable Farming Incentive on the afternoon it opened after the whole £233m budget was allocated, leaving many farmers without an agreement.
CropsAgriculture minister Andrew Muir has extended the pilot Protein Crop Scheme for peas, beans and lupins to the end of the 2027 scheme year, while a study of its benefits concludes.
LivestockBritish Wool's first four sales of the season averaged £1.70/kg, and core wool types could pay farmers more than £1/kg for the 2026 clip, enough to cover shearing costs.
VegetablesA John Innes Centre tomato edited to accumulate provitamin D3 has been entered on England's precision breeding register, though it still needs Food Standards Agency approval before sale.
LivestockJuly population data show Scottish prime cattle aged 12 to 30 months up 1.8% on a year earlier, which Quality Meat Scotland calls the most stable supply position in several years.
LivestockA six-week Red Tractor consultation would cut dairy requirements by 25% and beef and sheep requirements by 33%, while adding heat shade, feed safety checks and tighter nutrient rules.
AgribusinessGlens of Antrim Potatoes, which grew and packed potatoes for supermarkets across Ireland for more than 50 years, has ceased trading after cost pressures left it without a solvent option.
The James Hutton Institute and AgriSound will link bioacoustic pollinator monitoring to fruit set, yield and quality in strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries and cherries.
LivestockThe Aberdeen Angus Cattle Society's new Dairy Beef Index combines calving, growth and carcass traits into a profit-per-calf figure for dairy farmers choosing Angus bulls.
