Agri-Business
Rural Life
Young farmers to lead suicide prevention drive in rural communities
N.Ireland
No ‘appropriate response’ from NI officials on TB – UFU
N.Ireland
Watch: Agri sector workers demonstrate in Strasbourg
Agri-Business
Watch: Stolen farm telehander rams shop wall in cashpoint raid
Dairy
Report: Delayed spring calving added to EU milk flows in late 2025
Delayed spring calving because of various outbreaks of bluetongue in the EU combined with “good economics” added to milk flows…
Agri-Business
New managing director of Ornua Foods UK & Europe appointed
A new managing director for Ornua Foods UK & Europe has been appointed. Patrick Blake, who is currently the business…
Arable
Global wheat markets start to strengthen slightly – AHDB
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has confirmed a slight strengthening in global wheat markets over recent days. Markets…
N.Ireland
LMC endorses new NI farm health and safety campaign
Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) chief executive, Colin Smith, has highlighted the significance of a new farm health and safety…
Dairy
Dairy advice: Controlling calf scour this spring
With spring calving underway, farmers should be considering the best practices to put in place when trying to prevent scour…
N.Ireland
NI AD company fined £6,000 after ‘slurry-like’ discharge
A Northern Ireland-based company that runs an anaerobic digestion (AD) facility in Co. Derry has been fined £6,000 after a…
N.Ireland
British woman aims to milk 10,000 cows in 10 days for charity
By Chris McCullough A British woman is set to embark on a 10-day journey throughout the UK, with a goal…
N.Ireland
Vintage tractors for sale at Northern Ireland auction
Agricultural machinery auctioneer, Cheffins, is coming to Northern Ireland to host a major on-site Vintage and Classic Tractor sale. It…
Environment
Beavers to be reintroduced into south-west England
Natural England has issued two further licences to release beavers in south-west England as part of an ongoing government programme…
N.Ireland
Defra identifies 2 calves ‘with blindness’ among bluetongue cases
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) has confirmed that the number of bluetongue cases in Great Britain…
Machinery
Machinery: Preparing the livestock trailer for mart season
With marts up and running full steam ahead again, it is important to make sure your livestock trailer is up…
Forestry
Extensive tree planting needed to hit net-zero livestock by 2050 – study
Scotland would have to plant several hundred thousand hectares of new woodland to achieve net-zero carbon emissions in the livestock…
Arable
No return in sight for fungicide used to treat potato blight – GB Potatoes
The industry body, GB Potatoes has confirmed that attempts to obtain an emergency approval for the continued use of mancozeb…