N.Ireland
Vandals in Scotland set fire to £100,000 worth of wheat
Police in Scotland are appealing for witnesses following a suspicious fire at a farm that led to the destruction of...
UK
Rural Life
Lorry transporting bales goes up in smoke on UK motorway
A lorry transporting a large number of straw bales went on fire on the side of a motorway yesterday (Thursday,...
Rural Life
Vandals caught setting bale alight – while still in a baler
Two teenagers were caught red-handed attempting to set a hay bale alight – while the bale was still inside the...
Sheep
Texels could provide tremendous potential for post-Brexit profitability
Sheep farmers are being reminded of the added-value opportunity that exists from using pedigree Texel rams across their flocks beyond...
Rural Life
Video: Farmers race to save sheep from searing flames
Dramatic footage has emerged on social media this week, showing farmers in greater Manchester battling blazes to bring home a...
Dairy
All talk and no action characterises UK wholesale dairy markets
AHDB Dairy is reporting a ‘wait-and-see’ attitude, where UK wholesale dairy markets are concerned for the month of June. Trade...
Rural Life
Farmer ousts abandoned Audi the agri way
A farmer in the UK took comprehensive action over the weekend when a car was found abandoned after being crashed...
Rural Life
Up to 40 bales damaged in Somerset farm vandal attack
A Somerset dairy farmer has took to social media to vent his frustration after vandals slashed and set alight several...
Rural Life
3 arrested following large-scale stawberry theft ‘worth thousands’ on UK farms
Three men have been arrested in connection with a large-scale theft of strawberries from fruit farms in the UK, in...
N.Ireland
UK launches new clean air strategy - with clamp-down on ammonia emissions
The UK Government has today (Tuesday, May 22) published a new strategy to cut air pollution in the coming years...
Agri-Business
UK livestock farmers call for 'vital' frictionless trade with EU
Livestock farmers in the UK have made their feelings clear on the issue of post-Brexit trade with the EU amid...
N.Ireland
Biosecurity: Big issues facing post-Brexit disease control
Brexit could be an opportunity to bolster the UK’s biosecurity efforts – but much could be at stake if the...
N.Ireland
Confusion risks NI being shoehorned into English farm policies
Northern Ireland risks seeing major agricultural policies designed with rural England in mind shoe-horned into its post-Brexit legislation, Queen’s University...
N.Ireland
AHDB board positions open to NI applicants
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is currently seeking applications for two new members to join its main board,...
Pig/Poultry
Bird flu prevention zone extended to cover whole of England
A bird flu prevention zone has been declared across the whole of England, chief veterinary officer Nigel Gibbens has confirmed...
N.Ireland
If the Brexit vote happened today, UK agriculture would vote 'remain'
More than two-thirds of those in British agriculture would vote to remain if the UK’s EU Referendum took place now,...
Agri-Business
Direct payments in the UK set to be maintained for 'a number of years'
This morning the UK Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Michael Gove, gave assurances that Basic Payment...
N.Ireland
NI indepth: Farming with WhatsApp and taking Brexit by the horns
It’s not easy being a Co. Down man at the top of Scottish agri-politics while also running an 800-cow dairy...
