GENERAL NEWS, ADVICE AND SUPPORT
- ADAS - ADAS is the UK's largest provider of expert solutions and policy advice on rural business and environmental issues.
- BIS - The Department for Business Innovation and Skills.
- Cross Compliance - Offers technical advice to support farmers, other land managers, their advisers and agricultural contractors on following Cross Compliance requirements.
- Defra - The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is responsible for agriculture and horticulture, working towards economic prosperity through the sustainable use of natural resources and thriving economies and communities in rural areas.
- CREA - Cumbria Rural Enterprise Agency. Cumbria Farm Link is the part of CREA which offers help to farming businesses in Cumbria: CFL advisers also provide support to the England catchment sensitive farming delivery initiative by visiting farms in the priority catchment areas, highlighting issues and opportunities and delivery at farm demonstration events.
- EFFP - English Food and Farming Partnerships works with food and farming businesses to improve and strengthen the supply chain for UK sourced raw materials. EFFP provides advice and expertise to farmers and food businesses looking to work together.
- Farming Futures - Farming Futures provides inspiration and information on how to prepare your business for the impacts, opportunities, risks and responsibilities that climate change brings.
- Farmers Guardian
- Farmers Weekly
- Natural England - Natural England is the government’s advisor on the natural environment. It provides practical advice, grounded in science, on how best to safeguard England’s natural wealth for the benefit of everyone. Managing England’s green farming schemes, paying over £300million/year to over 55,000 agreement holders.
- NFU - The NFU champions British famring and provides professional representation and services to its farmer and grower members.
- NWDA - The Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) is responsible for stimulating the economic growth and regeneration of England’s Northwest.
- RPA - RPA is a major delivery body for Defra, providing a range of services in support of the department’s objectives. The key services it provides are making rural payments, carrying out rural inspections and livestock tracing.
- The Silage Advisory Centre - The Silage Advisory Centre promotes the benefits of baled silage as a modern grassland and forage management system, and provides support to farmers in decision making about silage production.
- The Whole Farm Approach - The Whole Farm Approach (from Defra) offers to farmers and growers the opportunity to save time, stay informed, demonstrate good practice, and a reduced risk of being inspected.
ANIMAL HEALTH AND WELFARE
- Animal Bytes - Is the BSAS's guide to the latest developments in the world of animal science. A grass roots guide that provides easy to read independent sound science advice to the British farming industry.
- Assured Chicken Production - Is an industry-wide initiative that addresses all the important issues concerning the production of chicken.
- BCMS - The Cattle Tracing System (CTS) Online rovides direct access to the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS) that registers all cattle and tag movements in the UK.
- BPEX - BPEX represents pig levy payers in England and is focused on enhancing the competitiveness, efficiency and profitability for English pig levy payers and driving demand for English pork and pig meat products in Britain and globally. BPEX is a division of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board.
- British Society of Animal Science - The Society's aim is to enhance the understanding of animal sciences and to promote its integration into economic and ethical systems. It is committed to improving the productivity and welfare of farm animals and the quality and safety of food, whilst protecting the environment.
- British Poultry Council - A voluntary trade association with information on many poultry-related topics, including poultry breeding, poultry meat, chicken production, poultry farming and poultry transportation.
- Compendium of Animal Health & Welfare in Organic Farming - Funded by Defra, this webiste is relevant to organic livestock production brings together appropriate material from a wide range of recent research and advisory sources, summarised into easily accessible parts for the benefit of farmers, veterinarians and organic advisors.
- DairyCo - DairyCo is the dairy sector company promoting world class knowledge to British dairy farmers so they can profit from a sustainable future.
- Defra Livestock Section
- Defra On-farm animal welfare
- Deliver - Information for farmers and vets on how to control liver fluke disease.
- EBLEX - EBLEX Ltd (the Beef and Lamb Sector Compay) aims to create a sustainable and competitive beef and lamb industry. Funded by statutory levy, EBLEX deliver innovative technology transfer and market information services across the beef and lamb supply chain.
- Kite Consulting - Is a modern consultancy company focused on delivering excellence to customers in farming and the allied industries.
- Merial - Merial is an innovation-driven leader in the provision of products and solutions which enhance the health, well-being, and performance of animals.
- NADIS - NADIS is a network of 60 veterinary practices and six veterinary colleges monitoring diseases in cattle, sheep and pigs in the UK, offering a regionalised national animal disease information service to livestock farmers.
- National Beef Association - Aims to preserve the general standards of cattle, especially beef cattle by promoting and encouraging the breeding of beef cattle and improving general standards in the management, transport, slaughter and treatment of cattle through the education of farmers and farm managers, veterinarians, auctioneers, hauliers, the managers of abattoirs, processors and retailers of food and the general public.
- SAC - SAC (The Scottish Agricultural College) is an innovative, knowledge-based organisation, supporting the development of land-based industries and communities through - specialist research and development resources - education and training provision - expert advisory and consultancy services.
- Veterinary Laboratories Agency - VLA provides a wide range of applied research and consultancy, diagnosis and surveillance on farm animal diseases to the Government, livestock health industry and private sector.
NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT
- Agricultural Waste - Answers to common questions on farm waste and useful links on waste reduction.
- Anaerobic Digestion - England's Official Information Portal on Anaerobic Digestion, is a gateway to information and specialist advice about AD on one website. Developed by the NNFCC, with the support of Defra and DECC.
- IBERS - The Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) is a world class research and education centre at Aberystwyth University. IBERS is an internationally recognised centre of excellence in the study of biological, environmental and rural sciences.
- BGS Silage Decisions Website - test your silage making skills on a virtual, conventional grass crop, on medium to heavy soil and with average rainfall. It features some but by no means all of the decisions you really make when making silage, whether actively or passively. And perhaps it will make you think again...
- British Grassland Society The British Grassland Society is a forum for those with an active interest in the science and practice of temperate grassland production and utilization. We bring together research workers, farmers, advisors, teachers and technical members of the agricultural industry.
- Promar - Promar International is a farm and agri-food consultancy business, part of Genus plc.
- The Silage Advisory Centre - The Silage Advisory Centre promotes the benefits of baled silage as a modern grassland and forage management system, and provides support to farmers in decision making about silage production.
- Tried and Tested - A nutrient management plan aimed at farmers who would like a simple paper based tool to help them manage their nutrients.
RESOURCE EFFICIENCY
- AEA - World leading energy and climate change consultancy
- Anaerobic Digestion - England's Official Information Portal on Anaerobic Digestion, is a gateway to information and specialist advice about AD on one website. Developed by the NNFCC, with the support of Defra and DECC.
- Carbon Trust - Energy saving advice for livestock farmers
- Geronimo - Save Energy, Save Money with the European Dairy Energy Website "A one stop shop for the energy conscious dairy farmer”
- Farm Energy Centre - Farm Energy Centre (FEC) is the UK's leading source of information on the application of energy based techniques in farming and horticulture.
- Recycling and Waste World - Recycling and Waste World is the UK's leading source of information for the recycling and waste management industry - disseminating best practice, sharing ideas and case studies, and provoking discussion and debate in sustainable waste management.
- Renewable Energy Association - Opportunities to use your land for renewable energy projects or for growing energy crops or renewable fuels.
- UK Resource Efficiency Knowledge Transfer Network - Helps UK companies reduce their waste by promoting the better use of materials and energy, the use of industrial wastes as a source of chemicals, fuels and other valuable materials and the recovery and processing of waste from one site, for use as a resource elsewhere.
FARM COMPETITIVENESS
- Promar - Promar International is a farm and agri-food consultancy business, part of Genus plc.
- EFFP - English Food and Farming Partnerships works with food and farming businesses to improve and strengthen the supply chain for UK sourced raw materials. EFFP provides advice and expertise to farmers and food businesses looking to work together.
Dairy
- Datum - Datum is the market information service of DairyCo. Their aim is to provide transparency
into the dairy markets and assist farmers and those involved in the industry to make informed business decisions. - EBLEX Beef Better Returns - Beef Action for Profit - A special EBLEX resource developed to help English beef producers add value to their businesses in the post-subsidy world by increasing returns while cutting costs.
- Milkbench+ - The UK's fully independent, confidential and impartial online dairy benchmarking system.
Sheep
- EBLEX Sheep Better Returns - A wide range of easy to read, informative manuals, leaflets, fact sheets and dvd’s covering the five main focus areas (Better Breeding, Better Selection, Better Fertility and Health, Better Market Understanding and Better Costings) are available free of charge to English producers.
Pigs
- Animal Care - Research articles relating to pigs.
- BPEX Market Intelligence - The market intelligence section of the BPEX website designed to give users all the generic market intelligence they need to make strategic business decisions.
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The Pig Site - Comprehensive website for the pig industry.
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Welfare of Pigs - Defra information
Poultry
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Welfare of laying hens - Defra information
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Welfare of meat chickens - Defra information