Rural Life
Storm Éowyn generates red weather warnings in NI and Scotland
The Met Office has recorded gusts of over 90mph in Northern Ireland (NI) and northern Wales this morning (January 24),...
Rural Life
Rural Life
Dangerous driving by hare and deer coursers cause crop damage
Lincolnshire Police have received reports of dangerous driving resulting in “thousands of pounds’ worth” of crop damage to farms in...
Rural Life
UFU publishes tractor rally routes ahead of mass protest
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has published the routes of its upcoming mass tractor rallies, due to take place across...
Rural Life
Wiltshire farmer convicted of animal welfare charge
Wiltshire Council has announced the sentencing of local farmer, Daniel Hayward, who received a 10 month imprisonment, suspended for 12...
Rural Life
New study to focus on health and well-being of women in agriculture
A new study by the University of Exeter’s Centre for Rural Policy Research (CRPR) and The Farming Community Network (FCN),...
Agri-Business
Farmer Network workshops to help young farmers with finances
The Farmer Network has launched a series of workshops, supported by the National Lottery Reaching Communities fund to assist the...
Agri Politics
Gun license fees to rise by 144% to £194
The government have published a new structure for gun license fees, effective from February 5 2025, which will see the...
Rural Life
Lancashire dairy farm fined £10,000 for slurry pollution
A dairy farm in Lancashire has been ordered to pay over £10,000 by the Lancaster Magistrates’ Court for slurry pollution, following...
Rural Life
4 lynx illegally released into Scottish Highlands - RZSS
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) has announced it has successfully captured a total of four wild lynx, which...
N.Ireland
‘It’s almost as if the chancellor has gone into hiding’ – UFU
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, has not yet agreed to meet farmers’ leaders to discuss inheritance tax changes...
Rural Life
NFU Mutual to donate £4m to charities in 2025
NFU Mutual has pledged it will donate £4 million of funding to local and national charities in 2025, continuing its...
N.Ireland
There is no ‘quick fix’ to inheritance tax issue – UFU
Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) president, William Irvine has indicated that morale across agriculture in Northern Ireland is at an all...
Rural Life
Leading figure in English tractor theft operation ordered to pay £870k
Police in England have confirmed that a man has sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay £873,852.48,...
Machinery
North Yorkshire and East Herts police investigate stolen trailers
North Yorkshire police and Hertfordshire Constabulary are appealing to the public for information to assist their respective rural crime investigations...
Agri Politics
January 25 named as 'National Day of Unity' to stop the family farm tax
The National Farmer’s Union (NFU) have announced it will stage a ‘National Day of Unity’ on January 25, as they...
N.Ireland
Weekend weather: Sleet, ice and snow as freeze sets in
The weekend weather forecast indicates freezing conditions over the next few days with the likelihood of sleet and snow. There...
Rural Life
Rural insurer issues firework plea ahead of New Year's Eve
As everyone gears up to ring in the new year, rural insurance company, NFU Mutual is calling on people to...
N.Ireland
Ukraine dairy sector still investing despite Russian missiles
By Chris McCullough Even though Russian missiles are still targeting dairy farms in Ukraine, the bigger industrial units are investing...
