- Guidance: Apply to use a BTV-3 vaccine outside a high-risk county 02/10/2024
Apply for a specific licence to vaccinate animals against bluetongue serotype 3 (BTV-3) if you are an animal keeper outside a high-risk county.
- Guidance: Apply to move animals within, into and out of bluetongue zones 02/10/2024
Apply for a specific licence for any movement in a bluetongue zone not covered by a general licence.
- Guidance: Bluetongue serotype 3 (BTV-3) vaccine: information for keepers 02/10/2024
Information about the availability of BTV-3 vaccines for animal keepers.
- Guidance: Apply to move birds in a bird flu (avian influenza) disease zone 02/10/2024
Apply for a specific licence for any movement or activity in a bird flu disease zone not covered by a general licence.
- New automated system could solve labour shortages and reduce broccoli waste 02/10/2024
The UK Agri-Tech Centre has announced a new project, in collaboration between Upcycled Plant Protein (UPP) and The James Hutton Institute, to reduce the CO2 footprint and the environmental harm
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- Sky Agriculture to sell direct to UK customers 02/10/2024
Following the announcement last year that the Burel Group would merge the product lines of Prolog, Sulky and Sky into Sky Agriculture, the company has announced that it will now
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- New precision breeding law looks to boost UK food security 02/10/2024
The government has confirmed that it will bring forward new laws that will allow new precision breeding technology, including gene editing, to be used to grow crops in the UK.
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- NFU secures US British beetroot export deal 02/10/2024
The NFU has helped secure a huge win for UK horticulture growers with British beetroot now allowed to enter the United States (US) for the first time. It follows a
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- Tractor of the Year 2025: TotY MidPower – McCormick X7.624 VT-Drive 02/10/2024
The latest X7 machine is fitted with an FPT engine for 230hp, boosting to 240hp, put to the ground through a ZF continuously variable, four-stage transmission that provides a top
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- Guidance: Materials facilities: waste sampling and reporting from October 2024 01/10/2024
From 1 October 2024, more materials facilities will need to sample and report their waste. Sampling and reporting will be more detailed and more frequent under the amended regulations.
- New chemical free cleaning solution set to reduce footprint of dairying 01/10/2024
A joint project between the UK Agri-Tech Centre and Oxi-Tech Solutions Ltd aims to improve efficiency for farmers and reduce the dairy industry’s carbon footprint. Part of the UK Agri-Tech
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- Tractor of the Year 2025: TotY MidPower – Fendt 620 Vario 01/10/2024
A newly developed Agco Power engine sits at the heart of the Fendt 620 Vario. With just four-cylinders, it offers a maximum output of 224hp thanks the Dynamic Performance system,
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