Dairy
The total number of bluetongue (BTV-3) cases in Great Britain has risen to 157, with 155 in England and two...
Agri-Business
Researchers in Canada and Europe are teaming up on a new project that aims to “genetically reduce methane emissions from...
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) today (Friday, November 8) issued a new report that sets out its concerns...
The future focus for Dale Farm, the Northern Ireland-headquartered co-op, is “firmly on sustainability which will be pivotal to growth,”...
Public health officials in the United States (US) are investigating an outbreak of E. coli infections in multiple states which have...
N.Ireland
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is investigating a fire in a commercial hen house in Co. Down which...
The first person to be successfully extradited to Northern Ireland by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) to face charges...
Rural Life
The Environment Agency today (Thursday, October 17) warned that “a very wet year is already delaying harvest time for some...
Northern Ireland-based Kilwaughter Minerals, a major producer of lime, is set to become part of the multi-national Saint-Gobain group. The...
Farming, energy and rural advisory business, BH Estates, has been awarded £4 million by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and...
The new president of the British Veterinary Association (BVA) has said that the veterinary profession puts “the health and welfare...
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has issued an appeal for information following the theft of farming machinery from a property...
Northern Ireland’s Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Andrew Muir, has warned that the first case of bluetongue in...
Uncertainty over tax is one of the most “pressing challenges” facing the rural sector and family farms according to the...
Sheep
Investigations are continuing in Wales after bluetongue was detected in three sheep moved to Gwynedd from the east of England....
Northern Ireland’s Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture are projected to reduce by 1% between 2021 and 2032, according to...
Pig/Poultry
The UK’s Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has announced that immediate measures have been introduced to “protect...
