Rachel Birch

Call on minister to prioritise organic farming
Call on minister to prioritise organic farming

Organic Farmers & Growers (OF&G) has written to the Minister of State for Food Security and Rural Affairs, Daniel Zeichner,...

UK govt appoints first special representative for nature
UK govt appoints first special representative for nature

The UK government has announced the election of Ruth Davis as its first Special Representative for Nature today. The landmark...

FUW will host farm visit on eve of Welsh Dairy Show 2024
FUW will host farm visit on eve of Welsh Dairy Show 2024

The Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) will host a Pre Dairy Show farm visit next week to highlight the importance...

SHAKE secures £845k for agri-tech sustainability start-ups
SHAKE secures £845k for agri-tech sustainability start-ups

The SHAKE Climate Change entrepreneurship programme has secured £845,000 to invest in new science and technology backed projects aimed at...

Global report: Farmers challenged by weather and input costs
Global report: Farmers challenged by weather and input costs

New insights into the global agricultural sector have been revealed in a report commissioned by McKinsey & Company, which demonstrate...

Food stakeholders call for greater agri data collaboration
Food stakeholders call for greater agri data collaboration

Stakeholders from across the food supply chain are calling for greater collaboration in on-farm data collection within the industry to...

78-year-old farmer fined after roofer dies from forklift fall
78-year-old farmer fined after roofer dies from forklift fall

A farmer from Cheshire has been fined £16,000 after a roofer fell to his death from a forklift truck on...

Arla to provide foodbanks with fridges full of dairy products
Arla to provide foodbanks with fridges full of dairy products

Arla has announced the launch of a nationwide initiative aimed at supplying fresh dairy produce to food charities across Britain....

TikTok drives demand for protein-rich dairy in Tesco
TikTok drives demand for protein-rich dairy in Tesco

Social media sites like TikTok have been accredited with generating the recent upsurge in demand for protein rich dairy produce,...

OEP: ‘Urgent action’ needed to safeguard the future of nature in NI
OEP: ‘Urgent action’ needed to safeguard the future of nature in NI

Urgent action is required to safeguard nature in Northern Ireland (NI) for future generations, implores the Office for Environmental Protection...

Welsh meat will be on display at Paris SIAL trade fair
Welsh meat will be on display at Paris SIAL trade fair

Welsh lamb and beef will be featured at SIAL Paris, the world’s largest food and drink trade fair, later this...

MP Lockhart welcomes new farm safety action plan
MP Lockhart welcomes new farm safety action plan

The DUP Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs spokesperson, MP Carla Lockhart has welcomed the new Farm Safety Partnership (FSP) Action...

MP Lockhart condemns Westminster’s ‘complete disregard for NI’
MP Lockhart condemns Westminster’s ‘complete disregard for NI’

MP Carla Lockhart has repeated her calls for Westminster to recognise the value of Northern Ireland’s agriculture by providing a...

Farmers set agri-research agenda in new CEIA report
Farmers set agri-research agenda in new CEIA report

Artificial Intelligence (AI), methane, carbon sequestration, regenerative systems, financing, and antimicrobial resistance are among some of the issues raised in...

Muir launches Farming for the Generations Pilot Scheme
Muir launches Farming for the Generations Pilot Scheme

Northern Ireland’s Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister, Andrew Muir, has announced the launch of the Farming for the Generations pilot...

Charity aims to introduce giant cattle breed ‘Tauros’ into UK
Charity aims to introduce giant cattle breed ‘Tauros’ into UK

A charity has announced plans to introduce a herd of tauros cattle, a giant breed bred to resemble the extinct...

NFU president calls on govt to increase agriculture budget
NFU president calls on govt to increase agriculture budget

The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) is echoing calls on the government from MPs across the House of Commons to increase...

NFUS harvest survey presents ‘mixed picture’
NFUS harvest survey presents ‘mixed picture’

The National Farmers’ Union Scotland (NFUS) has indicated that this year’s harvest has varied greatly for farmers in terms of...