Environment
9 sightings of invasive Asian hornet recorded in UK
To date, there have been nine confirmed sightings of the Asian hornet in England and five nests have been destroyed,...
Environment
Environment
NI river water quality dipped slightly in last 3 years – DAERA
Northern Ireland’s river quality has dipped slightly in the past three years – but marine water bodies are marginally better,...
Environment
Food waste tackled in new Reduction Roadmap initiative
The Food Waste Reduction Roadmap has received full backing from the National Farmers’ Union (NFU), which has encouraged its members...
Environment
NI Water fined £80,000 over 3 major pollutions
Northern Ireland Water was today fined a total of £80,000 for three serious water pollution offences – including an incident...
Agri-Business
£3 million support scheme launched to reduce farming's ammonia emissions
A new team of experts officially start today to help farmers reduce ammonia emissions from agriculture. The £3 million Catchment...
Agri-Business
Nature Friendly Farming Network Welsh chair resigns over disparity in values
The Welsh chairman of Nature Friendly Farming Network has said he resigned because of the disparity between the values held by...
Agri-Business
NFU calls for improvements ahead of 2018 ES payments
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has called for improvements to be made to the current farm payment system ahead of...
Environment
Study finds intensive farming has lower environmental cost than organic
Agriculture that appears to be more eco-friendly but uses more land may actually have greater environmental costs per unit of...
Agri-Business
Staffordshire farm fined £14,000 for pollution incident
A Staffordshire farm has been fined £14,000 following pollution of the Gayton Brook, where 3,000 fish were killed. In a...
Environment
Environmental Stewardship payments on their way
The Government has announced it will make bridging payments to ensure all those who claimed Environmental Stewardship for 2016 or...
Arable
Summer drought spurs efforts to reduce horticultural peat use
Industry research and innovation on alternatives to using peat in commercial horticulture will be showcased at a series of Agriculture...
Environment
Government increases access for landowners' woodland creation grants
From today, it will be easier for landowners to access Government grants for creating new woodland, Environment Minister Therese Coffey...
Environment
Farmers fined over £2,000 for pollution to waterway
Three Coleraine farmers were convicted at Coleraine Magistrates Court on Friday (September 7) for causing two separate discharges of silage...
Dairy
Netherlands insights could reduce UK ammonia emissions
British farmers and industry experts visited the Netherlands to learn how on-farm changes have helped the country reduce its ammonia...
Environment
Are old fashioned farming methods the key for a sustainable future?
It might seem counterintuitive, but reverting back to traditional 1940s farming methods has boosted flora and fauna numbers by more...
Environment
Farm 'green schemes' rejuvenate NI bird populations
Three key farmland bird species have increased in numbers over a five-year period in response to agri-environmental schemes (AES), according...
Environment
Northern Irish sunflower crop becomes surprise regional attraction
When Portglenone farmer Damien Mc Allister was sowing a pollinator strip as part of an environmental scheme, he certainly didn’t think...
Agri-Business
Calls for 'joined-up' approach to ammonia reduction
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has called for a ‘joined-up’ approach to reduce ammonia in response to Defra’s Clean Air...
