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...
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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...
Agri-Business
UK pig throughput rises as sheep and cattle numbers dip
Pig throughput at UK abattoirs was historically high for the first half of 2021, whereas lamb and beef supply was...
Rural Life
Make teaching the Countryside Code for children compulsory - CLA
The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has written to the Education Secretary Gavin Williamson again calling on him to...
Environment
Effects of Covid-19 restrictions on Northern Ireland air quality revealed
We might have expected fewer flights and less road traffic to have improved air quality in Northern Ireland during lockdown....
Rural Life
NFU Scotland launches campaign to highlight issues around wild camping
National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Scotland have partnered with Scotland’s leading outdoor equipment and clothing retailer Tiso and Scottish Chef, BBC...
Rural Life
Man hospitalised after tractor and trailer overturns
A tractor driver has been rushed to hospital following a single vehicle collision involving a tractor and trailer. The incident...
Environment
GPS trackers fitted to Mournes sheep to aid burn area recovery
GPS trackers for sheep, drones and special test areas will all form part of the arsenal of agri-technology used to...
Rural Life
Farmer in his 30s dies after falling into slurry pit
Police in Derbyshire have confirmed that a farmer in his 30s died following an incident with a slurry pit on...
Environment
NI peatland strategy proposes payments for bog restoration
Future land management schemes could pay landowners to maintain peatland through low-impact farming methods. The Northern Ireland Peatland Strategy 2021-2040...
Agri-Business
Devenish reports £5.3 million losses in 2020
A major fire at Devenish's Belfast manufacturing plant, as well as the effects of Brexit and Covid-19, have caused the...
Agri Politics
Labour Party amendment to ban controlled heather and grass burning is rejected
An attempt to ban all controlled heather and grass burning in its entirety has failed, after MPs rejected a Labour...
