Rural Life
Durham barn fire believed to have been deliberate
Fire services in Durham are appealing for information after attending a farm fire that they believed to have been started...
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N.Ireland
Tax changes could make land mobility more attractive in NI
Introducing tax changes, similar to those already available in the Republic of Ireland, could make land mobility a much more...
Government
Views sought on proposed livestock movement changes for Wales
The Welsh government is asking for farmers’ views on how livestock are identified, registered and how their movements are reported....
Arable
Farming sectors performing well in Northern Ireland
Danske Bank’s head of agri-business, Rodney Brown, is confirming that most of Northern Ireland’s farming sectors are performing well at...
Agri-Business
HCC launches farmer forum events
Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) has announced a series of regional events across the country to engage...
N.Ireland
Underspend on NI pilot Protein Crops Scheme
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced that payments totalling £208,655 will be issued to all...
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...
Agri-Business
2 leading research centres join the LEAF Network as centres of excellence for sustainable farming
Agrii’s Throws Farm Technology Centre and Newcastle University Farms have become the latest two establishments to join the LEAF Network....
Environment
Soil carbon levels keep on rising after 50 years of slurry trial
The fact that soil carbon sequestration levels in grassland have kept on rising 50 years into a bespoke slurry spreading...
Agri-Business
Global wheat prices up 41% with consumption hitting ‘all-time high’
Global wheat prices are up 41% on last year due to "tightening export availabilities amid strong demand", the Food and...
N.Ireland
Applications open for CAFRE Advisory Group industry reps
Applications have opened for four new members of CAFRE’s College Advisory Group (CAG). The group makes recommendations regarding the College...
Grass
AFBI grassland experiment passes 50-year milestone
By Jonathan Holland, Agri-Environment Branch, Agri-Food & Biosciences Institute The Long-term Slurry (LTS) site is one of the longest-running grassland...
Agri-Business
Eustice rules out nationalisation of UK CO2 production
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) Secretary George Eustice has ruled out any prospect of the government nationalising...
N.Ireland
Rank and file farmers support UFU policy priorities
Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) president Victor Chestnutt has confirmed that the broad swathe of farmers in Northern Ireland fully support...
Agri Politics
Food and farming orgs ask PM to solve labour shortage 'with urgency'
Twelve of the UK’s food and farming organisations have called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to solve the current labour...
Agri-Business
CO2 shortage: Supermarkets say NI poultry farms were ‘days from crisis’
Northern Ireland's agri-food chain was just days away from crisis, had the government not intervened to reinstate carbon dioxide (CO2)...
Agri-Business
UK government strikes deal to reinstate CO2 production
Reports have emerged this afternoon (September 21), claiming the UK government has struck a deal to reinstate carbon dioxide production....
Dairy
Arla explores regenerative agriculture on 24 pilot dairy farms
Dairy cooperative Arla Foods has announced that it is taking tangible, farmer-led steps to gain more data and knowledge of...
