Environment
Funds for Slurry Infrastructure Grant increased to £34 million
The UK government has increased the money for slurry infrastructure for farmers to £34 million through the first round of...
Farmers
Rural Life
Shrewsbury's free health checks for farmers scheme extended
Shropshire Council has provided free health checks to farmers through its community wellbeing outreach team at Shrewsbury Livestock Auction Centre...
Machinery
Farmers seek 4x4 vehicles to send to Ukraine
A group of UK farmers is looking for support in their mission to supply 4×4 vehicles to the front line...
Agri-Business
Spring budget: NFU Mutual calls for tax threshold changes
NFU Mutual is urging Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, to help farming families by thawing frozen tax thresholds ahead...
Agri-Business
HCC: Welsh farmers are adapting to new challenges
Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) has said that farmers are adapting to the new challenges posed by...
N.Ireland
Farmers remain ‘key’ to meeting climate targets
An MLA has said farmers remain key to meeting Northern Ireland’s climate goals, while ensuring food security in a period...
Agri-Business
USDA: €800m for US farmers in financial distress
US farmers in financial distress have been allocated almost $800 million (€812 million), the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has...
World News
Russian farmers may be called on to fight in war - Putin
In a meeting yesterday (Tuesday, September 27), Russian president Vladimir Putin said that Russian farmers may be called on to...
Agri-Business
Dutch farmers hit by water shortages due to drought
Farmers in parts of the Netherlands have been restricted from using water to irrigate their crops due to an ongoing...
Rural Life
Report: 89% of farmers now buying and selling online
Farmers want more education on technology and innovation from agricultural suppliers, according to a new report. The annual Marketing to...
Agri-Business
Video: Dutch police fire shots during farmer tractor protest
Police in the Netherlands have confirmed that a number of shots were fired during a tractor protest in the north...
Rural Life
35% of English and Welsh farmers possibly/probably depressed
The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) has today, Thursday, October 14, published the findings of The Big Farming Survey, which...
Beef
Movement of untested BVD cattle to be prohibited in UK
Members of the Northern Ireland Beef and Lamb Farm Quality Assurance Scheme (FQAS) have been reminded to ensure all animals...
Rural Life
Does a tractor driver with a learner permit need to be accompanied?
Currently, a person who holds a learner permit has to be accompanied by a fully qualified driver before they can...
N.Ireland
Farm organisation calls for tougher sentences for criminals
Calls for tougher judicial sentences for people involved in rural crime have been reiterated by the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU),...
World News
Hundreds of unclaimed bull semen straws set to be destroyed in New Zealand
Close to 500 New Zealand farmers have been urged by genetics company CRV Ambreed to claim their bull semen stock, before...
N.Ireland
Online applications only accepted in Northern Ireland from now on
All future applications for agri-schemes in Northern Ireland must be submitted online, according to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and...
World News
Hundreds of livestock injured, dead and missing following Italian quakes
Hundreds of livestock have been injured, killed or are still missing following a series of earthquakes in the central region of...
