Environment
The Resilient Farm Network (RFN) is going into the next phase of its four year programme designed to help agricultural businesses
N.Ireland
AFBI is confirming that it will continue to have full use of the grass genetics developed over recent years.
Arable
Grain prices have hardly changed over recent days, with London following the Paris market for the most part.
Dairy
A major reduction sale of red and white cows took place this week, with the sale topping out at 4,600gns the Borderway Mart in Carlisle.
More than 250 farmers travelled to the Foyle Food Group’s ‘Farms of Excellence’ in Co. Tyrone for the annual Autumn Producer Event.
Defra has announced a £65 million package aimed at helping farmers that were affected by drought this summer.
Foyle Food Group, a major beef processor, has announced a £15 million investment to upgrade production at its Omagh site in Tyrone.
ABP has announced an initiative intended to support young farmers within its Northern Irish supply base, the ABP Future Farmers Programme.
Two suspect cases of bluetongue are currently under investigation in Northern Ireland, according to DAERA.
Beef
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Government
The National Farmers Union (NFU) is urging the Chancellor to recognise the risks facing homegrown food production.
Livestock owners in the UK were warned against buying, selling or swapping leftover bluetongue vaccines through social media platforms.
Machinery
After four years of research and development, Seederal has unveiled its "natively electric" tractor, designed entirely in France.
Lakeland Dairies today (Tuesday, October 13) confirmed the price for milk for the month of September.
Forestry
Up to £500,000 funding will be available for landowners within the Western Forest area in new Better Off With Trees programme.
Rural Life
The number of acres being publicly marketed in the third quarter is 16% below the five-year average according to Strutt & Parker’s
The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) is looking for a reset for tenant farmers in the upcoming budget amid a "brutal year" for farming
The Environment Agency has set up a ‘one stop shop’ for flood advice to mark Flood Action Week, which starts today.
A tractor driver was fined £65 (nearly €77) and handed penalty points after being spotted by police driving on a motorway in the North.
Apprentices on John Deere's agriculture, turf and parts engineering programmes in the UK are reportedly outperforming national averages.
The cost of farm fires in Northern Ireland rose to an estimated £11.8 million in 2025, 73% higher than year-on-year.
Agri-Business
The combined average market price of all prime-grade cattle in Great Britain (GB) rose 7p from the previous week to 635p/kg.
The European Union's temporary regulation to suspend tariffs on 80% of Armenian exports for two years will come into effect on October 12.
Annual global milk supplies are forecast to increase by 2.2% in 2026 due to strong flows in most major regions, according to Ornua.
Massey Ferguson's new 7S Mark 2 tractor will be the first to come with AGCO and PTx's FarmEngage data management system from the factory.
Corncrake chicks have been caught on camera on Rathlin Island, confirming a major breeding success for the species.
The 20% cut to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in the EU budget's revised negotiating box has sparked a backlash from farming bodies.
An "ambitious" €1.62 trillion budget for the 2028-2034 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) has today (October 10) been proposed.
For the most part, winter oilseed rape crops sown out during the month of August have emerged with vigour.
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Pig/Poultry
Bird keepers are being urged to protect their birds against highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) after a case was confirmed in Scotland.
