N.Ireland
Pope Francis calls for support on abandonment of fossil fuels
Ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP28, Pope Francis has called for support for the transition towards clean...
Environment
Environment
Rural Resilience Project to help NI farmers with climate change
Northern Ireland Environmental Link (NIEL) has announced its Rural Resilience Project, which “supports progress towards sustainable agriculture by providing information...
Government
TFA urges Sunak to reject solar farm proposal on tenanted land
The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) has urged Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to reject a proposal to install a solar farm...
Environment
Dairy farmer ordered to pay over £2k after slurry entered brook
A dairy and turkey farmer has been ordered to pay £2,120 after slurry entered a brook near Swindon, the Environment...
Agri-Business
John Deere and DeLaval create joint Milk Sustainability Center
John Deere and DeLaval have joined efforts to create the Milk Sustainability Center (MSC),a digital ecosystem to help dairy farmers....
Environment
Storm Agnes to intensify as it makes way to UK
The Met Office has said that Storm Agnes will “rapidly intensify” over the next 18 hours as it moves towards...
Environment
Sewage discharge has greater impact on rivers than agri land use - study
A study conducted by the University of Oxford has revealed that sewage discharge into rivers has a greater impact on...
Environment
Farmers in Devon/Cornwall should consider moving away from maize - EA
The Environment Agency has recommended that farmers in Devon and Cornwall consider growing crops other than maize in the future....
Agri-Business
Sainsbury's launches new beef range with 25% less carbon
Sainsbury’s has launched a new Aberdeen Angus beef range which will offer a 25% lower carbon footprint compared to industry...
Environment
UK's first regenerative agriculture students graduate
The first people in the UK to undertake an Honours Bachelor’s degree in regenerative agriculture have graduated. The degree was...
Environment
141 hen harrier chicks have fledged this year - Natural England
141 hen harrier chicks have fledged in England this year, making 2023 the seventh year in a row that numbers...
Environment
Livestock sector needs to 'exploit' opportunities to hold more nitrogen - report
Losses from the nitrogen cycle “cannot be eliminated” so the livestock sector needs to minimise them and hold more nitrogen...
N.Ireland
3 Armagh men given suspended sentences for waste offences
Three men from Co. Armagh have been given suspended sentences for waste offences relating to over 6,836t of controlled waste....
Environment
Scotland: Consultation launched on accelerating nature restoration plans
The Scottish government has today (Thursday, September 7) launched a consultation asking for views on its plans to accelerate nature...
N.Ireland
Hottest three-month period on earth recorded – WMO
The hottest three-month period on earth has been recorded with unprecedented sea surface temperatures and much extreme weather, the World...
N.Ireland
Campaign to ensure Derry remains glyphosate-free
Derry City and Strabane Council implemented a ban on the use of glyphosate-based herbicides in 2019, following years of public...
Environment
Defra reappoints Natural England board members and extends terms of others
Some of the board members of Natural England, the UK government’s statutory advisor on nature conservation, have been reappointed or...
Environment
Defra: 12 peatland restoration projects to be funded by £16m
12 new projects focused on the restoration of peatlands across England have received £16 million in funding. The Department for...
