Pop stars, dancers and actors have given up a fast-paced city life to move to the countryside to run their own farm with livestock and home produce. Many high-profile names in show business and television lead hectic lives full of early calls, constant drives and late nights. To compensate for the stress of all the…
The University of Glasgow, Scotland, has developed a free app to monitor the weight and overall health of horses called Equi-BCS. The current version is based on the results of a survey conducted among 100 people associated with horse breeding. The app’s developer is equine nutritionist Katie Williams, and she surveyed horse owners, veterinary professionals…
In Scotland, a shortage of truck drivers and farm workers has forced a huge crop of cabbage to be left in the fields. The farmers’ co-operative East of Scotland Growers (ESG) estimates that they have thrown away 3.5 million broccoli florets and 1.9 million cauliflower florets since the UK left the European Union. In August,…
The pandemic has made its adjustments in the work of all spheres of life, including the agricultural sector. “For two years we have been implementing digital systems in our work, and in the area of planning, and in the area of production, and control of the activities. On the basis of the department of organizational…
The economic crisis of 2007-2008 caused a rise in food prices and, at the same time, deepened the negative consequences for the agricultural sector. The coronavirus crisis has been compared to that of that time. But WTO experts note that now the market has experienced the influence of new factors – social distancing and closed…
