Rachel Birch

Lidl announces €1b injection into UK free-range eggs
Lidl announces €1b injection into UK free-range eggs

Lidl has today (September 24) announced a prospective injection of one billion euro into the British egg industry over the...

Dorset police return stolen property to farmer
Dorset police return stolen property to farmer

Dorset Police Rural Crime unit returned stolen property to a farmer in the West Dorset area yesterday afternoon (Wednesday, September...

Nuffield Farming report examines regenerative farming’s potential
Nuffield Farming report examines regenerative farming’s potential

A recently published Nuffield Farming report explores how regenerative farming could help the UK meet it’s net zero greenhouse gas...

Morrisons’ farm bus to take customers to meet food producers
Morrisons’ farm bus to take customers to meet food producers

Morrisons is trialing a ‘British farm bus tour’ which will offer customers an opportunity to visit and meet with the...

Hospice patients receive surprise visit from twin calves
Hospice patients receive surprise visit from twin calves

Ashgate hospice in Derbyshire welcomed an unusual visit from twin calves last Friday afternoon (September 20) bringing joy to the...

Food security compromised by farming challenges – Arla
Food security compromised by farming challenges – Arla

Food security and affordability are being undermined across the UK due to labour shortages in the agriculture industry, according to...

Crimestoppers charity launches cross-border rural crime campaign
Crimestoppers charity launches cross-border rural crime campaign

Crimestoppers has launched it’s first ever cross-border rural crime campaign in the northern counties of Cumbria, Lancashire, North Yorkshire, Northumbria,...

British Wool enjoys highest market prices in 4 years
British Wool enjoys highest market prices in 4 years

British Wool has reported the highest market prices for wool in four years, indicating a strengthening of the market. British...

Scotland leads Under2 climate action network for a third time
Scotland leads Under2 climate action network for a third time

Scotland has once again been chosen to chair the global climate action network, the Under2 Coalition, which is the largest...

New feasibility study predicts calving time using heart rate data
New feasibility study predicts calving time using heart rate data

A new feasibility study published in the science journal, Nature, predicts cow calving time 40 plus hours in advance of...

Port of Liverpool welcomes UK’s largest maize shipment
Port of Liverpool welcomes UK’s largest maize shipment

The Port of Liverpool has welcomed the UK’s largest shipment of feed maize, reinforcing its critical role in supporting the...

UK Dairy Day 2024 drew huge crowds for 10th anniversary
UK Dairy Day 2024 drew huge crowds for 10th anniversary

UK Dairy Day 2024 attracted huge crowds for its 10th anniversary event this year. There were over 280 trade stands...

NSA Welsh Sheep 2025 now open to trade stand admissions
NSA Welsh Sheep 2025 now open to trade stand admissions

The National Sheep Association (NSA) has announced that trade stand applications are now open for NSA Welsh Sheep 2025 event,...

RSABI survey: Stress prevents 41% of farmers from taking time off
RSABI survey: Stress prevents 41% of farmers from taking time off

A survey of over 280 respondents conducted by agricultural charity RSABI has revealed important insights into the challenges that farmers...

Tillage: Ukraine’s grain exports have risen by 60%
Tillage: Ukraine’s grain exports have risen by 60%

Ukraine’s grain exports have risen to 85,940,000t for the market year dating from September 2023 to September 2024, according to...

UK sanctions 3 new emergency bluetongue vaccines
UK sanctions 3 new emergency bluetongue vaccines

Authorities in Great Britain have permitted the use of three unauthorised bluetongue virus (BTV) vaccines within the UK, which will...

Back British Farming Day champions agriculture in Westminster
Back British Farming Day champions agriculture in Westminster

Today, September 11, marks national ‘Back British Farming Day’ and the NFU is using the occasion to promote British agricultural...

Carmichael MP calls to rebuild local abattoirs across UK
Carmichael MP calls to rebuild local abattoirs across UK

Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has spoken out in Parliament this week on the need to rebuild the network...