Rural Life
Winners announced for NFU’s Farmvention competition
The National Farmers Union has today announced the winners of its national STEM competition, Farmvention. Nine primary schools have all...
Rural youth
Rural Life
NFU’s Farmvention competition closes with over 1,000 entries
More than 1,000 entries have been submitted to the NFU’s national education competition Farmvention from hundreds of primary schools across...
Rural Life
Young farmer's disability payment reinstated
A 20-year-old young farmer is celebrating the reinstatement of disability support which had helped her cope with epilepsy to pursue...
Rural Life
Top honours in farm poster competition head to Dumfriesshire and Lanarkshire
Hundreds of children from up and down Scotland have entered this year’s NFU Scotland’s farm poster competition. Entrants were challenged...
Rural Life
600 schools enter NFU’s first national education competition
Nearly 600 primary schools, all vying for the prize of having their school turned into a farm for the day,...
Rural Life
Star JB backs campaign to get young people into farming
Northern Ireland millennials don’t view farming as a desirable career, despite over half saying they want to work with animals,...
Rural Life
AgriScot: All to play for in business skills competition
A £1000 cash prize, plus a sponsored trip to the Nuffield Farming Conference, will be awarded to the winner of...
N.Ireland
Change on the cards as YFCU takes on farming’s big issues in 3-year plan
Major changes are on the way at Young Farmers’ Clubs of Ulster (YFCU) as the organisation takes on some of...
N.Ireland
Change on the cards as YFCU takes on farming’s big issues in 3-year plan
Major changes are on the way at Young Farmers’ Clubs of Ulster (YFCU) as the organisation takes on some of...
Rural Life
600,000 watch on as #BackBritishFarming parades the streets of London
National Farmers Union members and eight young farmers joined the Worshipful Company of Farmers, Massey Ferguson, Red Tractor and Surrey...
N.Ireland
Avoid Harm on the Farm 2019 safety poster winners announced
More than 3,500 children from 98 Northern Ireland schools put pens, pencils and crayons to paper over the last few months to...
N.Ireland
Avoid Harm on the Farm 2019 safety poster winners announced
More than 3,500 children from 98 Northern Ireland schools put pens, pencils and crayons to paper over the last few months to...
Machinery
Apprentice training scheme at Claas reaches major milestone
This year marks the 10th anniversary of Claas UK working with SRUC Barony to offer apprenticeship courses for students from...
Rural Life
NFYFC motion of no confidence voted down at council
Council members have overwhelmingly voted down a motion of no confidence in the National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs’ Board...
Rural Life
Young Farmers launch week-long celebration of all things YFC
The National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs (NFYFC) has today started its week-long celebration of all things Young Farmers. The...
Rural Life
Pics: Bale Art competition finalists revealed
You might think you’re seeing things if you came across a dozen 6ft sheep…but not in rural Scotland, where, if there’s...
Beef
Aberdeen Angus Society launches new youth training course
The Aberdeen Angus Cattle Society has announced it will launch a new business and leadership course to provide vital training...
Rural Life
Greenmount College offers its biggest ever bursary fund
This year’s Higher Education bursary programme has been officially launched at Greenmount Campus with a bumper £24,000 available. The 24...
