Rachel Birch

Antibiotic sales for livestock reach record low – VMD report
Antibiotic sales for livestock reach record low – VMD report

Antibiotics sales for livestock have reached the lowest levels since recording began a decade ago, according to a new report...

Residual potato levy reserves to fund 7 industry projects
Residual potato levy reserves to fund 7 industry projects

The potato sector is to benefit from the delivery of seven industry projects funded by residual levy reserves, after a...

French farmers mobilise in protest against Mercosur
French farmers mobilise in protest against Mercosur

Farmers across France took to the streets last night (Monday, November 18) and today (Tuesday, November 19) to contest the...

NI MPs pen letter in protest of APR changes
NI MPs pen letter in protest of APR changes

Upper Bann MP, Carla Lockhart, has penned a cross-party letter to Chancellor Rachel Reeves, prompting her to reconsider proposed plans...

H5N1 variant of bird flu detected in Cornwall
H5N1 variant of bird flu detected in Cornwall

Authorities announced the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 – a particularly virulent strain of bird flu, on...

Lough Neagh Partnership visits Westminster to discuss future plans
Lough Neagh Partnership visits Westminster to discuss future plans

Representatives from Lough Neagh Partnership – a group of stakeholders dedicated to the management and preservation of the lake, have...

Farmers set to besiege Westminster in protest of IHT changes
Farmers set to besiege Westminster in protest of IHT changes

Farmers and farm organisations from around the country are preparing to descend en masse on London on Tuesday, November 19,...

Soil Association welcomes new ASA regenerative farming guidelines
Soil Association welcomes new ASA regenerative farming guidelines

Soil Association has welcomed new guidance from the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) on “misleading” regenerative farming claims for brands and...

£5m nature programme empowers more than 1,600 communities  
£5m nature programme empowers more than 1,600 communities  

A new report published yesterday, November 11, has demonstrated the impact of the Nextdoor Nature programme, which enabled The Wildlife...

MP to urge agri minister to scrap APR changes
MP to urge agri minister to scrap APR changes

Liberal Democrat MP for North Cornwall, Ben Maguire, has announced today (Monday, November 11), that he will push Minister of...

Arla Foods Ingredient’s acquisition sees approval
Arla Foods Ingredient’s acquisition sees approval

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has approved Arla Foods Ingredients’ acquisition of Volac’s Whey Nutrition business, Volactive. The regulator’s...

Cattle methane vaccine project receives $9.4m in funding
Cattle methane vaccine project receives $9.4m in funding

Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos, has provided $9.4 million (€8.7 million) in funding towards a project examining the viability of a...

Scotland pledges continued leadership during COP29
Scotland pledges continued leadership during COP29

Acting cabinet secretary for Net Zero and Energy, Gillian Martin, will attend the COP29 UN Climate Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan,...

The Farming Network to host sheep scab information night
The Farming Network to host sheep scab information night

The Farming Network has embarked on various initiatives, including an upcoming information night, aimed at tackling the prevalence of sheep...

Ministers meet with contractors tasked with saving Lough Neagh
Ministers meet with contractors tasked with saving Lough Neagh

Stormont ministers have met with the five bodies tasked with finding solutions to treat and reduce the incidence of blue-green...

DAERA warns poultry sector of winter bird flu spread
DAERA warns poultry sector of winter bird flu spread

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is urging all bird keepers in Northern Ireland to prepare for...

Bird flu confirmed at poultry farm in Yorkshire
Bird flu confirmed at poultry farm in Yorkshire

The UK government has confirmed a case of bird flu on a commercial poultry farm in Yorkshire today, (Wednesday, November...

CAAV maintains budget changes will be ‘costly’ to farms
CAAV maintains budget changes will be ‘costly’ to farms

The inheritance tax (IHT) changes and reductions in agricultural and business property relief (APR and BPR) will be costly to...