- Guidance: Laboratory testing of animal samples and carcases by APHA 31/12/2024
How vets can submit samples to APHA laboratory testing services and prices for these services.
- Guidance: Organic registers: lists of non-UK countries, territories, control bodies and control authorities 31/12/2024
Lists of organisations and countries or territories outside the UK (third countries) that can certify organic food, feed and seed for import into Great Britain.
- Press release: Government to crack down on waste incinerators with stricter standards for new builds 30/12/2024
Almost half of all waste collected by local authorities in 2022/23 was incinerated with resources that could be recycled being lost
- Research: Residual waste infrastructure capacity note 30/12/2024
Evidence and analysis of municipal residual waste arisings and infrastructure capacity in England from 2020 to 2035.
- What the future holds for precision farming kit 30/12/2024
PTx Trimble, a joint venture from Agco and Trimble, was set up to enhance the precision farming availability across the Agco range while also continuing to offer brand-agnostic systems. PTx
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- Statutory guidance: Bird flu: licence to move poultry by-products and hatching eggs for disposal from a protection or surveillance zone (EXD389(HPAI)(E)) 25/12/2024
You should use this licence to move poultry by-products and hatching eggs for disposal from a protection or surveillance zone in England.
- Fera Enigma project makes wireworm breakthrough 24/12/2024
As part of the Enigma series of research projects, Fera scientists have reportedly made a breakthrough with wireworm, highlighting where and when the pest is expected to pose the highest
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- Polaris announces Great British Farm Off winner 24/12/2024
The winner of the Great British Farm Off has been announced and has received their Polaris General 1000 UTV prize, which they get to keep for a year. Polaris announced
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- ICL announces third acquisition of the year 24/12/2024
Fertiliser manufacturer ICL has announced the third, and you would assume last, acquisition of 2024. The company is set to purchase GreenBest, a UK-based manufacturer specialising in bespoke fertilisers for
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- New Syngenta barley varieties make it onto Recommended List 24/12/2024
Two new Hyvido hybrid winter feed barleys and a spring malting variety from Syngenta have been added to the AHDB Recommended List. SY Quantock is said to be the latest
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- Lamma announces finalists for Young Engineer Award 24/12/2024
The fourth year of the Young Engineer Award, taking place at Lamma, is well underway with the announcement of the finalists. The judging panel, which includes Charlie Nicklin from the
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- Press release: New protections for British food and drink in Japan 23/12/2024
UK secures special protected status as geographical indications for a further 39 British food and drink products in Japan.