N.Ireland
DAERA warns farmers to control noxious weeds
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has issued a warning to farmers and landowners of the...
Agriculture
N.Ireland
Prehistoric farmers to thank for modern agri lifestyles
The genes of prehistoric farmers may have diversified and mutated to facilitate farming lifestyles, according to researchers from the Francis...
Agri-Business
HSE launches farm-vehicle safety campaign
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has today (Monday, March 13) launched a farm-vehicle safety campaign aimed at reducing farm...
Agri-Business
Coleg Cambria to transform campus with almost £10m in funds
Coleg Cambria has been given more than £5.9 million from the Welsh government’s Sustainable Communities for Learning Programme to transform...
Agri-Business
Study: Agriculture needs new way to manage pest resistance
Dr. Matthew Tinsley, a senior lecturer at the University of Stirling, has said that the agricultural sector needs to “be...
Agri-Business
Wales: Minimum wage for ag workers to increase next month
The minimum wage for agricultural workers in Wales is set to increase from April 1. Welsh Minister for Rural Affairs...
Agri-Business
Food shortages called a 'lesson' in valuing UK farm produce
Virgin Money’s head of agriculture, Brian Richardson, has said that the recent shortages of some fresh foods in supermarkets may...
Dairy
Arla calls on Gen Z to consider a career in dairy
Dairy cooperative Arla Foods is calling on young people in the UK to enter the farming industry in the next...
Agri Politics
UK and Thailand sign MoU for agricultural cooperation
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives of the Kingdom of...
N.Ireland
Agriculture revealed as NI’s largest source of emissions
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has released Northern Ireland’s greenhouse gas (GHG) projection statistics, which has...
Agri-Business
Graphic video: ‘Ukrainian farmers cannot risk their lives on minefields’
Every day Ukrainian farmers risk their lives saving crops in their fields and livestock on their farms as they continue...
Rural Life
Chicken Boy book paints a 'charming portrait' of rural life
2023 will see the release of new agriculture-related books spanning from memoirs of rural lives and experiences to the criminology...
Rural Life
Survey reveals what UK farmers are most proud of
A survey of more than 500 farmers and agricultural professionals from across the UK has revealed that farmers are proud...
Environment
Could an extra-terrestrial manage the planet better than we can?
If you were an extra-terrestrial coloniser and you discovered a new planet in a distant solar system to colonise –...
Agri-Business
‘Tariff barriers could cause UK food shortage’ – NFU
As the uncertainty around Brexit continues and the imposition of potential tariffs of €1.7 billion on Irish agri-food exports looms,...
N.Ireland
Agriculture singled out as ‘critical policy area’ in DUP £1 billion deal with Tories
Northern Ireland’s agriculture sector has been highlighted as a “critical policy area during the EU exit negotiations” in an agreement...
EU
Hogan to propose the introduction of risk management tools tomorrow
The European Commissioner for Agriculture, Phil Hogan, is to endorse the role of risk management tools as a means of...
Rural Life
Points for agricultural science drop on 2015 levels
Points to study Agricultural Science in UCD have fallen on 2015 levels by 10 points to 460, the Round One...
