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I’Anson Brothers Invests in New Production Facility

Manufacturer Invests in New Production Facility

I’Anson Brothers Invests in New Production Facility : Plans to build a 23,000 sq ft production facility have been unveiled by animal feed manufacturer I’Anson Brothers, who is making the biggest single investment in the company’s history. The £12 million plant will be built at Dalton New Bridge, the next phase of the Dalton Industrial […]

ABB Awarded Unique Aquaculture Project

ABB Awarded Unique Aquaculture Project

ABB Awarded Unique Aquaculture Project : ABB systems has been chosen to power Arctic Offshore Farming’s new salmon farming concept with remote controlled submersible fish pens, as part of a new aquaculture project. Arctic Offshore Farming is developing a new concept for salmon farming using remote controlled and submersible fish pens based on offshore technology. […]

Farmers Invited to the Farm Open Days

Farmers Invited to the Farm Open Days

An operational research farm is inviting farmers to have their say on where scientists should focus future agricultural research. For the first time ever, northern food resilience research programme N8 AgriFood is opening the gates to three of its university farms in an effort to strengthen links with local farming communities. Local farmers and agricultural […]

Yorkshire Agricultural Society Unveils New Look

Yorkshire Agricultural Society Unveils New Look

For the first time in its distinguished 182-year history, the Yorkshire Agricultural Society has undergone a major brand overhaul. The new look consists of a new purple and yellow logo that spells out the Society’s name and a new website. The Harrogate-based charity said that its traditional green and gold crest, featuring the white rose […]

NFU President Speaks at Oxford Farming Conference

NFU President Speaks at Oxford Farming Conference

NFU President Minette Batters spoke at the Oxford Farming Conference, challenging the government to make the right decisions regarding Brexit and ensure the nation avoids a no deal. A no deal Brexit could be catastrophic for Britain, according to the NFU and the impacts on the farming industry include: “There have been enough warm words […]

Conference Shows Farming’s Crucial Environmental Role

Conference Shows Farming's Crucial Environmental Role

A landmark conference hosted by the NFU will underline the vital role that farming plays in protecting and enhancing the environment. Politicians, civil servants, campaigners and industry representatives will be joined by farmers from across the country at the event. The event aims to highlight the importance of a farmed environment working in harmony with […]

Granot Avocado Achieves 100% Shipping Accuracy with Zetes

Granot Avocado Achieves 100% Shipping Accuracy with Zetes

Granot Avocado, an Israeli cooperative of agricultural farms, selected the ZetesMedea shipping verification solution, to maximise efficiency and eradicate errors from its loading verification operations. The new system enables the cooperative to achieve 100% accuracy and traceability of outbound pallets combined with dramatic improvements in processing and loading onto vehicles. Time-consuming manual process Granot Avocado […]

Consumer Needs in Halal Sector to be in Spotlight at Major Meat Event Next Month

Consumer Needs in Halal Sector to be in Spotlight at Major Meat Event Next Month

Professor Joe Regenstein of Cornell University in New York, an expert in halal, kosher and animal welfare, will focus on the subject at the AHDB Beef & Lamb halal seminar on February 22 at the Crowne Plaza in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. The event will provide a platform to discuss the key issues and opportunities for the […]

Safety first urges Farmers & Mercantile at LAMMA 2017

Safety first urges Farmers & Mercantile at LAMMA 2017

Safety first urges Farmers & Mercantile at LAMMA 2017 : With one of the highest fatal injury statistics of any industry in the UK, it has never been more crucial for the agricultural sector to ensure fully qualified engineering inspections are implemented and that they meet Health and Safety Executive (HSE) regulations. In the last […]

EOE Agricultural Society on Improvements to LAMMA Showground 

EOE Agricultural Society on Improvements to LAMMA Showground 

The East of England Showground has been a hive of activity since LAMMA 2016. February and March proved particularly difficult with ground repairs limited to repairing road way edges, some wheel track levelling and some seeding where ground conditions eventually allowed. Fortunately this given us the opportunity to develop an extensive plan for the year […]

PCL & Tecalemit Brands to Sow the Seeds of Success at LAMMA 2017

PCL & Tecalemit Brands to Sow the Seeds of Success at LAMMA 2017

As the UK’s largest agricultural and machinery show, LAMMA offers the perfect platform for the HORNGROUP to show its thoroughbred PCL and TECALEMIT brands in Hall 4 Stand 491. The combined portfolio includes PCL’s air and workshop tools and tyre inflation units, alongside products from the TECALEMIT portfolio of fluid handling and fuel dispensing products, […]