Farm Building
NFU Mutual: Cost of farm fires exceeded £110m last year
The cost of farm fires increased by 37% from £80.4 million in 2022 to an estimated £110.3 million last year,...
Farm Building
Farm Building
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,...
Farm Building
78-year-old farmer fined after roofer dies from forklift fall
A farmer from Cheshire has been fined £16,000 after a roofer fell to his death from a forklift truck on...
Agri-Business
Farm fined £12,000 for 'multiple' health and safety breaches
A farming business in Faversham, Kent has been fined for “multiple health and safety breaches” which placed employees and others...
Farm Building
Grants to improve cattle buildings announced
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has announced £10 million in grants for cattle farmers in England...
N.Ireland
Video: Farmer ‘lucky to be alive’ after fall into slurry pit
An Irish suckler farmer has said he is lucky to be alive after surviving a fall into a slurry pit...
Farm Building
Baird Lumsden brings 1.2ac rural property to the market
Real estate agency Baird Lumsden has brought a 1.2ac site fit for a rural enterprise opportunity or a private home...
Beef
Preparing for the cold weather coming
The mild weather this back end looks set to leave, with cold weather, ice and some snow forecast for this...
Environment
Beef finishing and anaerobic digestion on Scottish farm
John McIntosh finishes 2,000 cattle on an annual basis while also managing an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant on his farm...
Farm Building
Appeal for info on arson at farm buildings
Cambridgeshire Constabulary is appealing for information and witnesses following an arson at farm buildings off White Cross Road in Wilburton...
Rural Life
Farm house narrowly escapes flames of nearby barn
A farm house in Devon managed to remain untouched by the flames of a barn fire just 2.5m away. This...
Rural Life
North Devon barn '100% damaged' in fire
A barn on a farm in North Devon has been 100% destroyed by a fire that broke out over the...
Farm Building
Yorkshire Nuffield Scholar explores impact of livestock building design on both humans and animals
Longley Farm estate manager Chris Harrap has published his Nuffield Farming report titled “We shape our buildings, thereafter they shape...
Rural Life
Residential holding on 6.83ac on offer with stables and riding arena
Galbraith is pleased to be marketing Marefield of Craigs, an attractive residential five-bedroom country house with land and equestrian facilities....
Farm Building
Sheep farmers still waiting on the approval of fencing for grant aid
The first amendment to Ireland’s Rural Development Programme which would see key changes to GLAS, the Beef Data and Genomics...
