Environment
Low Carbon Agriculture Show opens registration for 2025
The Low Carbon Agriculture Show 2025, the UK’s only event dedicated to sustainable farming and carbon reduction practices, is returning...
Environment
Environment
British Society of Animal Science defends Bovaer
The British Society of Animal Science (BSAS) has defended Arla’s controversial trial of Bovaer, a feed additive designed to reduce...
Agri Politics
Government injects £343m into rural economy
The government has today (Wednesday, December 11) confirmed, it has injected more than £343 million into the rural economy in...
Environment
Government report calls for methane action plan
The Environment and Climate Change Committee has published its report ‘Methane: keeping up momentum’, which calls for the UK to...
Environment
Pioneering environmental baselining pilot gets underway
The first measurements of a pioneering environmental baselining pilot for agriculture start this month, with 170 farms from across England,...
Agri Politics
Govt announces £200m investment into Weybridge
The government announced a £200 million investment into Weybridge, the the UK’s primary research and laboratory testing facility, yesterday (November...
Environment
Copernicus: 2024 expected to be ‘warmest year’ to date
Latest month climate trends point to 2024 being on track to be the “warmest year” on record according to the...
N.Ireland
‘Game changer’ for water quality outlined at Lakeland Dairies event
Farmers at a Lakeland Dairies event on Tuesday (December 3) were told that the €60 million Farming for Water European...
Environment
Farmers urged to prepare ahead of Storm Darragh
NFU Mutual has urged farmers to prepare ahead of this weekend’s arrival of Storm Darragh, as the Met Office issues...
Beef
NZ beef and lamb farm group says climate policies ‘out of step’
Beef and Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ), a organisation representing cattle and sheep farmers in New Zealand, has said that the...
Environment
85% of English rivers contaminated with bee-killing pesticides
Bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides were found to be present in 85% of rivers tested in England in 2023 and 2024 by...
Environment
2.5m awarded to university led net zero research into agri sector
A new project aimed at developing a common accounting framework for the UK farming and food sector to measure and...
Schemes
NSA condemns govt suspension of 76 capital grants
The National Sheep Association (NSA) has expressed concern following the government’s confirmation this week that it will temporarily suspend 76...
Arable
Robot dog deployed in Cornwall soil health trial
A Cornish farmer is trialling a number of agri-tech related initiatives in partnership with the University of Plymouth, which are...
Environment
Police warrant executed for illegal wildlife trade of birds' eggs
South Yorkshire Police has confirmed the execution of a warrant relating to the illegal wildlife trade of birds’ eggs in...
Environment
COP29: Developed countries to pay $300bn in climate finance
Nearly 200 countries have agreed to triple climate finance to developing countries to US$ 300 billion annually by 2035 at...
Environment
Funding granted to food waste project tackling farm surpluses
A new initiative enabling farmers to sell surplus produce to community organisations has received an award nomination, as well as...
Environment
Over 30 people complete NI peatland restoration training
Over 30 contractors and practitioners have gained vital hands-on training to support ongoing peatland restoration efforts across Northern Ireland. Two...
