Laura McNamara

New food advisory board to promote pride in British cuisine
New food advisory board to promote pride in British cuisine

The government has announced a new Food Strategy Advisory Board (FSAB) to promote pride in British cuisine. Leading figures from...

Red Tractor supports recommendation to reduce farm audits
Red Tractor supports recommendation to reduce farm audits

Red Tractor has published its response to the UK Farm Assurance Review and its nine areas of recommendations, including the...

NIFRS urges public vigilance following spate of rural wildfires
NIFRS urges public vigilance following spate of rural wildfires

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA), the Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (NIFRS) and Police Service...

Government must stand up for farming in US trade talks – NFU
Government must stand up for farming in US trade talks – NFU

The four UK farming unions have said that the government must stand up for UK agriculture in any trade negotiations...

CLA survey: 95% of members were planning to apply for SFI options
CLA survey: 95% of members were planning to apply for SFI options

A survey by the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) of its members about the closure of the sustainable farming...

Calls for increased food security following Spring Statement
Calls for increased food security following Spring Statement

The National Farmers Union (NFU) has called for increased UK food security following the Spring Statement by chancellor Rachel Reeves....

Over £800,000 in funding to tackle rural and wildlife crime
Over £800,000 in funding to tackle rural and wildlife crime

The Home Office has announced £800,000 in funding to combat rural and wildlife crime. The Home Office confirmed the National...

NFU raises budget cut concerns ahead of Spring Statement
NFU raises budget cut concerns ahead of Spring Statement

Over 50 farming and environmental organisations have called on the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, not to cut funding to the Department...

DAERA extends SEA consultation to include ammonia strategy
DAERA extends SEA consultation to include ammonia strategy

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced it is extending its Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) consultation...

DAERA announces opening of Business Sustainability Groups
DAERA announces opening of Business Sustainability Groups

Minister for Agriculture, Environment, and Rural Affairs, Andrew Muir, has announced the opening of the Business Sustainability Groups (BSGs), part...

CAFRE unveils deep soil carbon coring project
CAFRE unveils deep soil carbon coring project

The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) has launched a large-scale deep soil carbon coring project across its...

Heavy horses return to Royal Agricultural University
Heavy horses return to Royal Agricultural University

The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) has announced the return of heavy horses to its fields. The Ardennes horses, Sol and...

NFU: Balanced pesticides action plan ‘critically important’
NFU: Balanced pesticides action plan ‘critically important’

The National Farming Union (NFU) has welcomed the focus on integrated pest management (IPM) in the government’s new pesticide national...

Muir welcomes launch of pesticides action plan in UK
Muir welcomes launch of pesticides action plan in UK

Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Andrew Muir has welcomed the publication of the UK Pesticides National Action Plan...

20m trees to be planted by 2050 in new national forest
20m trees to be planted by 2050 in new national forest

A new national forest is to be planted between the Cotswolds and the Mendips, the first of its kind in...

Sainsbury’s announces 10-year partnership with Cranswick
Sainsbury’s announces 10-year partnership with Cranswick

Sainsbury’s has announced a 10-year partnership with Cranswick to have its pork, sausages, bacon, and gammon, and cooked meats supplied...

Food Supply Chain Fairness Bill introduced to parliament
Food Supply Chain Fairness Bill introduced to parliament

Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael yesterday (Wednesday, March 19) introduced the Food Supply Chain Fairness Bill in the UK...

MP calls for generator grant to be introduced in NI
MP calls for generator grant to be introduced in NI

Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MP for Upper Bann, Carla Lockhart, has called on the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural...