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NFU Mutual urges NI farmers to check electrical systems
NFU Mutual urges NI farmers to check electrical systems

NFU Mutual is urging farmers in Northern Ireland to have checks carried out on their electrical systems this winter following a sharp rise in farm fires. The insurer’s first Farm...

Livestock worrying: New law passed in England and Wales
Livestock worrying: New law passed in England and Wales

Unlimited fines have been introduced in England and Wales today (December 18) for dog attacks on farm animals, strengthening protections...

NFU: ‘Ball is now in Defra’s court’ on driving core priorities forward
NFU: ‘Ball is now in Defra’s court’ on driving core priorities forward

Responding to the publication of the government-commissioned Farm Profitability Review, National Farmers’ Union of England and Wales (NFU) has said...

Mercosur could undercut Northern Ireland’s agri-food sector – UUP
Mercosur could undercut Northern Ireland’s agri-food sector – UUP

As EU member states prepare to decide on the Mercosur trade agreement, Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) agriculture spokesperson Robbie Butler...

UFU ‘welcomes’ high-level engagement on inheritance tax
UFU ‘welcomes’ high-level engagement on inheritance tax

The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has noted the recent high-level engagement between the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) president, Tom Bradshaw...

PSNI and NI raptor group part of Wildlife Crime Operation of the Year winners
PSNI and NI raptor group part of Wildlife Crime Operation of the Year winners

A member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) was among a group from a a collaborative UK multi-agency...

Global dairy demand ‘not strong enough’ to absorb Q4 supply – Ornua
Global dairy demand ‘not strong enough’ to absorb Q4 supply – Ornua

Ornua’s market report for December 2025 paints a mixed picture of the dairy industry, both in Europe and beyond. Overall,...

NFU Cymru raises sustainable farming scheme with deputy first minister
NFU Cymru raises sustainable farming scheme with deputy first minister

NFU Cymru has reiterated key areas where it considers the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) needs to continue to evolve to...

UK Dairy Carbon Network: Sharing insights to cut emissions
UK Dairy Carbon Network: Sharing insights to cut emissions

The UK Dairy Carbon Network (UK-DCN) is an initiative working with dairy farms across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland...

Defra issues final estimate of 2025 harvest for UK
Defra issues final estimate of 2025 harvest for UK

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has released the final estimate of UK 2025 cereal and oilseed...

Lack of DAERA information on bluetongue leaving farmers ‘in limbo’ – MP
Lack of DAERA information on bluetongue leaving farmers ‘in limbo’ – MP

Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) agriculture spokesperson, Carla Lockhart MP, urged the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) to provide...

Environment Agency: Yorkshire recovering from drought
Environment Agency: Yorkshire recovering from drought

The Environment Agency has announced that Yorkshire has started moving into drought recovery status as of December 10. This change...

BBC coverage of rural Britain criticised
BBC coverage of rural Britain criticised

The Regional Moorland Groups has written to the next BBC director general calling for reform of the corporation’s rural coverage,...

CAFRE Horticulture Pilot Scheme application deadline extended
CAFRE Horticulture Pilot Scheme application deadline extended

The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) has extended the application deadline for the Horticulture Pilot Scheme to...

MP welcomes re-opening of GB markets for NI exports
MP welcomes re-opening of GB markets for NI exports

Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) agriculture spokesperson, Carla Lockhart MP, has welcomed DAERA’s announcement that some live animal exports from Northern...

Antrim student wins Dairy Council NI award for sports nutrition
Antrim student wins Dairy Council NI award for sports nutrition

Co. Antrim student Chloé Robinson has been named as the winner of the 2025 Dairy Council for Northern Ireland Sports...

NI Water indicates temporary halt to farm inspections – UFU
NI Water indicates temporary halt to farm inspections – UFU

Northern Ireland Water has indicated they will suspend all water-fitting inspections temporarily until they meet with the Ulster Farmers’ Union...

UCC researcher to investigate the rise of commercial cattle farming in Europe
UCC researcher to investigate the rise of commercial cattle farming in Europe

A University College Cork (UCC) researcher’s project has received €2 million in EU funding to investigate how commercial cattle farming...