Rachel Birch

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...

Director at NFU Scotland details ‘seismic’ Budget 2025
Director at NFU Scotland details ‘seismic’ Budget 2025

NFU Scotland’s director of policy, Jonnie Hall, has described yesterday’s Labour Budget as “seismic”, reassuring farmers that despite the Budget’s...

CLA president condemns the freezing of agriculture budget
CLA president condemns the freezing of agriculture budget

The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has condemned Budget 2025, after Rachel Reeves announced the freezing of the agriculture...

UK to kickstart new global efforts to protect and restore nature at COP16
UK to kickstart new global efforts to protect and restore nature at COP16

The UK announced an international package to protect and restore nature across the world, as well as a new plan...

NFU Scotland president calls for due recognition of member’s green credentials
NFU Scotland president calls for due recognition of member’s green credentials

NFU Scotland president, Martin Kennedy, who retires from office in February 2025, used his final Autumn conference address to call...

Volunteers progress with restoration of Scottish bothy
Volunteers progress with restoration of Scottish bothy

Volunteers undertaking restoration work on a derelict bothy, once hidden within the depths of a forest on Scotland’s west coast,...

Winner of 2024 Dairy Stockperson of the Year Award announced
Winner of 2024 Dairy Stockperson of the Year Award announced

William Davies from Clynderwen, Pembrokeshire has been announced as the winner of the 2024 NFU Cymru / NFU Mutual Dairy...