Rachel Birch

Govt launches national consultation on Land Use Framework
Govt launches national consultation on Land Use Framework

The government has launched a consultation to devise a new, strategic approach to sustainable land use in England, equipping decision...

Muir outlines new Sustainable Agriculture Programme schemes
Muir outlines new Sustainable Agriculture Programme schemes

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) Minister Andrew Muir, has updated members of the legislative assembly on...

Minister Muir visits Tyrone forest devastated by storms
Minister Muir visits Tyrone forest devastated by storms

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) Minister, Andrew Muir, has visited Drum Manor Forest Park, in Cookstown,...

Police warn of rise in farm machinery fraud crime
Police warn of rise in farm machinery fraud crime

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary have issued a warning to farmers to be weary of farm machinery fraud, amid...

Climate charity aims to tackle peatland degradation
Climate charity aims to tackle peatland degradation

A new campaign and podcast from climate charity, Carbon Copy, has been launched in the UK to inspire more action...

Worcestershire farms increasingly blighted by fly-tipping – NFU
Worcestershire farms increasingly blighted by fly-tipping – NFU

Worcestershire farms have become increasingly inundated with illegal fly-tipping activity, which NFU county adviser, Emma Hamer, has claimed, warrants a...

NFU Scotland to host postponed tractor rallies this weekend
NFU Scotland to host postponed tractor rallies this weekend

NFU Scotland has announced the rescheduling of its postponed tractor rallies, which will now go ahead this weekend, February 1-2,...

Govt refuses emergency use of pesticide on sugar beet
Govt refuses emergency use of pesticide on sugar beet

The government has announced it has rejected an application for the emergency authorisation of a neonicotinoid pesticide on sugar beet...

TB steering group meets with CVO about eradication policies
TB steering group meets with CVO about eradication policies

Northern Ireland’s chief veterinary officer (CVO), Brian Dooher has met with the new bovine tuberculosis (TB) partnership steering group for...

Avian influenza prevention zone implemented in Wales
Avian influenza prevention zone implemented in Wales

The Welsh government has today (Thursday, January 30, implemented a nationwide ‘avian influenza prevention zone’ (AIPZ), to combat the spread...

Non-derogated manure export submission date extended – UFU
Non-derogated manure export submission date extended – UFU

The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has successfully lobbied the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) to secure an extension for farmers...

North Wales police arrest 6 men in connection with theft of cattle
North Wales police arrest 6 men in connection with theft of cattle

North Wales Police have confirmed the arrest of six men in connection with the theft of 14 cattle from a...

Greenpeace wins nitrogen legal case against Netherlands
Greenpeace wins nitrogen legal case against Netherlands

A court in the Hague has ruled in favour of Greenpeace in their landmark legal battle against the Dutch state,...

NFU petition to No. 10 includes over 270,000 signatures
NFU petition to No. 10 includes over 270,000 signatures

A petition with over 270,000 signatures has been handed in to No. 10 Downing Street by National Farmers’ Union (NFU)...

New report highlights human cost of TB on health and wellbeing
New report highlights human cost of TB on health and wellbeing

A new report commissioned by the Farming Community Network (FCN) has explored the health and wellbeing impacts of bovine tuberculosis...

Avian influenza prevention zone declared for England and Scotland
Avian influenza prevention zone declared for England and Scotland

The UK chief veterinary officer has ordered a new avian influenza prevention zone (AIPZ) to be introduced across the whole of England and...

CAFRE launches two new agri-food bachelor degrees
CAFRE launches two new agri-food bachelor degrees

The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) has launched its newly developed portfolio of agri-food bachelor degrees, including...

Average household wastes £520 worth of food every year – Aldi
Average household wastes £520 worth of food every year – Aldi

According to new research from Aldi, over half (52%) of British people admit to feeling ashamed about how much food...