Rachel Birch

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...

Air Ambulance Agribusiness Group seeks £2.5m to sustain emergency service
Air Ambulance Agribusiness Group seeks £2.5m to sustain emergency service

With an increase in callouts experienced this year, Air Ambulance Northern Ireland’s Agribusiness Group is urging the agricultural community to...

DAERA report shows 44% fall in total farm income farming in 2023
DAERA report shows 44% fall in total farm income farming in 2023

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has released the Statistical Review of Northern Ireland Agriculture, 2023, which...

Tesco launches dairy sustainability partnership with Arla and Müller
Tesco launches dairy sustainability partnership with Arla and Müller

Tesco has announced today (Monday, November 4) the launch of a farmer-led partnership with milk suppliers, Arla and Müller UK...

Strutt & Parker: Budget will increase farm’s inheritance tax liability
Strutt & Parker: Budget will increase farm’s inheritance tax liability

Property Consultancy firm, Strutt & Parker, has issued a statement detailing the implications of Labour’s budget, which was delivered by...

Practical steps can be taken to mitigate budget impact – Old Mill
Practical steps can be taken to mitigate budget impact – Old Mill

Practical steps can be adopted to mitigate the prospective impact of inheritance tax relief changes, which were decimated in the...