Agri Politics
Animal rights activists scale Defra building calling for 'plant-based future'
Animal rights activists have scaled the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) building in London, advocating for government to...
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Agri-Business
Four cows rescued from slurry pit in Cumbria
Fire and rescue crews in Cumbria were called to free four cows on Saturday (October 16) after they had fallen...
Rural Life
Rescue operation for 82-year-old stuck underneath tractor
Fire and rescue crews in Suffolk were called to aid a 82-year-old man today, Friday, October 8, responding to an...
N.Ireland
Genomic editing: Genetically modifying – what’s the difference?
Agriland opinion Rothamsted Research is trying to make great play of the fact that genomic editing is not the same...
Agri-Business
Group revenue at Origin Enterprises increases by more than 4%
Origin Enterprises plc, the international agri-services group which provides specialist agronomy advice, crop inputs and digital agricultural solutions to farmers,...
Agri-Business
3 HGV tractor/trailers steal £280,000 of blue WKD in Scotland
Police in Scotland are appealing for any information on a recent break-in, whereby three tractor units are believed to have...
Agri-Business
CattleEye secures $2.5 million seed investment to launch autonomous stock monitoring system
Belfast-based livestock monitoring technology company CattleEye has closed a $2.5 million (€2.1 million) seed investment round. The money has come...
Agri-Business
From microbials to nanosatellites: Meet the 17 start-ups driving the agri-tech revolution
The inventors behind 17 agri-tech solutions will present their ground-breaking technologies at this year’s virtual World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit. The...
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5 in hospital after Welsh meat-processing factory 'leak'
Five people have been taken to hospital after a suspected chemical leak at a meat-processing factory in Wales. Fire crews...
Environment
28% growth in Japanese Knotweed cases across the UK
Analysis by Horticulture.co.uk has found that confirmed cases of Japanese Knotweed have grown by 28% in the UK in just...
Rural Life
Investigation launched after 600 bales go up in smoke in UK
An investigation has been launched by local authorities after some 600 bales of straw were destroyed in a fire in...
Environment
Agriculture, logging, and livestock farming top threats to world’s trees – report
Agriculture, logging and livestock farming are the top threats to the world's trees, but climate change and extreme weather are...
Environment
Study: Increased agriculture contributes to surface water decline in Brazil
A new study has shown a reduction in surface water in Brazil of 15% since the early 1990s. The research...
Agri-Business
Why your tea-break can help other farmers if you choose wisely
The mid-morning tea-break is one of life's little pleasures. We think nothing of sinking, swirling and squeezing that teabag before...
Environment
Further £4.3 million to back for NI environmental projects
25 Northern non-profit organisations are to benefit from £4.3 million from the latest round of the Department of Agriculture Environment...
Environment
Man jailed for 12 months after being convicted of illegal waste burning
A Northumberland man has been jailed for illegally dumping and waste burning on rural land following an investigation by the...
N.Ireland
Pics: Trapped cow hoisted free from Kiwi rotary parlour
A crane had to be brought in to rescue a trapped cow from the centre of a rotary milking parlour...
Rural Life
Tractor and slurry tanker overturns in Cornwall road accident
A tractor which was towing a load of slurry in a slurry tanker overturned on a Cornish lane causing the...
