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N.Ireland
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...
Rural Life
Unlimited fines have been introduced in England and Wales today (December 18) for dog attacks on farm animals, strengthening protections...
Agri Politics
Responding to the publication of the government-commissioned Farm Profitability Review, National Farmers’ Union of England and Wales (NFU) has said...
As EU member states prepare to decide on the Mercosur trade agreement, Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) agriculture spokesperson Robbie Butler...
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has noted the recent high-level engagement between the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) president, Tom Bradshaw...
A member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) was among a group from a a collaborative UK multi-agency...
Ornua’s market report for December 2025 paints a mixed picture of the dairy industry, both in Europe and beyond. Overall,...
NFU Cymru has reiterated key areas where it considers the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) needs to continue to evolve to...
The UK Dairy Carbon Network (UK-DCN) is an initiative working with dairy farms across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland...
Arable
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has released the final estimate of UK 2025 cereal and oilseed...
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) agriculture spokesperson, Carla Lockhart MP, urged the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) to provide...
Environment
The Environment Agency has announced that Yorkshire has started moving into drought recovery status as of December 10. This change...
The Regional Moorland Groups has written to the next BBC director general calling for reform of the corporation’s rural coverage,...
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) has extended the application deadline for the Horticulture Pilot Scheme to...
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) agriculture spokesperson, Carla Lockhart MP, has welcomed DAERA’s announcement that some live animal exports from Northern...
Co. Antrim student Chloé Robinson has been named as the winner of the 2025 Dairy Council for Northern Ireland Sports...
Northern Ireland Water has indicated they will suspend all water-fitting inspections temporarily until they meet with the Ulster Farmers’ Union...
Dairy
A University College Cork (UCC) researcher’s project has received €2 million in EU funding to investigate how commercial cattle farming...