N.Ireland
Meet the teenager who created a farm management tool
Ben O’Connor, aged just 16, is already a serial entrepreneur, whose latest creation is a piece of farm management software...
Rural Life
Rural Life
Hare coursing offenders to face harsher sentences under new rules
Hare coursing offenders are set to receive harsher sentences from next month onwards as the Sentencing Council has published the...
Sheep
Dog owner fined after 35 sheep killed on Suffolk farm
A dog owner, whose dogs killed 35 sheep and injured 14 more after being “dangerously out of control”, has been...
N.Ireland
14 NI farm deaths in past decade due to falls from height – HSENI
A total of 14 people have died on farms in Northern Ireland over the past decade due to falls from...
N.Ireland
Public consultation launched in NI on animal welfare reforms
Northern Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Andrew Muir has launched a public consultation on “the next phase”...
N.Ireland
Farm theft getaway in Armagh ends in crash involving school bus
The theft of machinery and livestock in Co. Armagh has resulted in a collision with a children’s school bus and...
Rural Life
2.6 million GB households bought lamb joints before Easter Sunday
Lamb remained a popular seasonal centrepiece this Easter as almost 9% of households in Great Britain (GB) bought lamb joints...
Beef
Beef mince prices up by more than 25% in past year - AHDB
Beef mince “continues to hold its place at the centre of British family meals” despite its steady rise in price...
Rural Life
Australian farmers warned of potential mouse ‘plague’
Grain growers in Western Australia and South Australia have been asked to provide evidence of mouse activity to assist in...
N.Ireland
Call for ‘more robust’ response to illegal dumping
Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart has said she is “deeply alarmed” by what she said is the “growing scale of...
N.Ireland
PSNI stop tractor on motorway driven by 16-year-old
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said it stopped a tractor on the M1 motorway near Lisburn this week....
Rural Life
Farmer’s cancer experience helps shape Emmerdale storyline
A farmer’s experience of prostate cancer is set to feature on screens after helping to inform a new storyline in...
N.Ireland
Clear link between bTB outbreaks and NI farm families’ stress levels – report
A new report confirms a clear link between bovine tuberculosis (bTB) outbreaks and increasing stress levels within farm families across...
N.Ireland
‘For me, farming isn’t just an industry – it’s a community’
The Belfast Miss Great Britain finalist 2026 wants to use her voice to make sure the next generation sees a...
Rural Life
Watch: Kaleb Cooper shares tips and advice with young Irish farmers
Farmer and entrepreneur Kaleb Cooper from the Prime Video series ‘Clarkson’s Farm’ was the special guest at the ‘Intro to...
N.Ireland
Firefighters tackle large fire in ‘number of sheds’ in Down
The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) has said a large fire in a “number of sheds” in Newtownards,...
Rural Life
Analysis: March was second warmest on record in Europe
March 2026 was globally the fourth-warmest on record, at 1.48°C above pre-industrial levels, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). C3S also...
N.Ireland
Warning issued as Storm Dave to bring ‘severe gusts’ over Easter weekend
Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow wind warning for the entire country over the Easter weekend. The warning is...