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1+ hour, 14+ min ago   (790+ words) It was appropriate that Chobani’s big announcement came at a dairy farm, about 10 miles from the manufacturing plant it was going to take over. The yogurt maker said this month that it will invest $1.2 billion and create 900 jobs at a…...

3+ hour, 26+ min ago   (293+ words) ICMSA president Denis Drennan TANÁISTE and minister for finance Simon Harris and minister for public expenditure Jack Chambers have been warned by farming bodies that the ‘wildly erratic and unpredictable nature’ of farm incomes is contributing to a looming succession…...

2+ hour, 49+ min ago   (264+ words) 35 percent of Swiss farmers are dairy farmers. But their hourly wage is low. While doctors and teachers sometimes earn three-digit or high two-digit amounts per hour, Swiss farmers in certain sectors barely make the minimum wage. A new study reveals…...

7+ hour, 15+ min ago   (312+ words) Morecambe and Lunesdale Labour MP Lizzi Collinge attended the Westmorland County show this week to speak to constituents. The Westmorland County show is one of the oldest agricultural shows in the country and every year attracts thousands of farmers, agricultural…...

9+ hour, 41+ min ago   (328+ words) SALEM: The Tamil Nadu All Farmers' Association's coordination committee president P R Pandian on Saturday urged the state government to take urgent steps to prevent dyeing unit effluents from being discharged into the Thirumanimutharu River, alleging that the pollution was…...

8+ hour, 15+ min ago   (369+ words) FARMERS are being encouraged to consider buying council-owned land they have farmed. Worcestershire County Council is inviting families who have leased land from its rural estate to come forward and discuss potential purchases. The council's estate covers around 2,000 acres of…...

8+ hour, 15+ min ago   (321+ words) Farmers have warned that drought, disease and wildfires are putting growing pressure on the UK food system. Ian Rickman, president of the Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW), raised the concerns during a shadow environment, food and rural affairs (Defra) roundtable…...

5+ hour, 15+ min ago   (1376+ words) The summer drought has brought a host of problems farmers are facing to a head, the region's foremost land agents have warned. Long-term stability will be one of their biggest asks as they await chancellor John Healey's first Budget on…...

5+ hour, 44+ min ago   (718+ words) AN ACRE OF carrots pays the exact same in EU subsidies as an acre of cows, yet I find myself reading numerous analyses of our food system which would lead you to believe otherwise. So how are livestock farms not…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (472+ words) Cambridgeshire farmers called for homegrown food targets on Back British Farming Day as new NFU research reveals Britain is producing less food than it did 30 years ago. The UK’s self-sufficiency in ten out of 11 everyday foods, such as wheat, vegetables,…...