Louise Hickey

USDA continues studies on meat due to bird flu outbreak
USDA continues studies on meat due to bird flu outbreak

To verify the safety of meat in relation to avian influenza, or bird flu, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)...

Trouw Nutrition Ireland joins farm safety partnership with HSENI
Trouw Nutrition Ireland joins farm safety partnership with HSENI

Trouw Nutrition Ireland has become the latest organisation to join the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) Farm...

Copernicus: March 2024 was the warmest on global record
Copernicus: March 2024 was the warmest on global record

March 2024 was warmer than any previous March in the global data record, making it the tenth month in a...

Study: Cattle with higher heat tolerance show sustainable breeding benefits
Study: Cattle with higher heat tolerance show sustainable breeding benefits

A new study shows that cattle with higher heat tolerance have sustainable breeding benefits and offer the potential for improved...

Beef exports in Argentina reach record levels
Beef exports in Argentina reach record levels

Beef exports from Argentina have reached a record level, with official data showing the highest amount of foreign sales in...

US TB trial delivering oral vaccine to wild deer
US TB trial delivering oral vaccine to wild deer

The United States Department of Agriculture – Wildlife Services (USDA-WS) is evaluating the ability to deliver an oral bovine tuberculosis...

First case of bird flu in 2024 confirmed in England
First case of bird flu in 2024 confirmed in England

A case of avian influenza (bird flu) in England has been confirmed by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural...

New attractions announced for the 155th Balmoral Show this May
New attractions announced for the 155th Balmoral Show this May

With just four months to go until the 2024 event, Ulster Bank and the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society (RUAS) have...

Research ongoing for the effects of cultured meat on farmers
Research ongoing for the effects of cultured meat on farmers

Studies are ongoing by a team of farmers, researchers, and start-ups across the UK on how the advances in cultured...

CAFRE to hold meetings for dairy farmers on cash concerns
CAFRE to hold meetings for dairy farmers on cash concerns

The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprises (CAFRE) has organised a series of meetings this month to provide some...

New climate centres set to focus on agri-food and biodiversity
New climate centres set to focus on agri-food and biodiversity

Two new research co-centres for climate change set to begin works in January will focus on sustainable agri-food and biodiversity...

Canadian gov announces methane reduction incentive
Canadian gov announces methane reduction incentive

The government of Canada has announced a methane reduction incentive published by Environment and Climate Change Canada. The initiative was...

Study: Distinct targets needed for land-based mitigation
Study: Distinct targets needed for land-based mitigation

Researchers are urging for more detailed national climate goals, with distinct targets for land-based mitigation, separate from actions in other...

Bluetongue hotline launched for farmers and NFU
Bluetongue hotline launched for farmers and NFU

Farmers and National Farmers’ Union (NFU) members in and around the Temporary Control Zone (TCZ) can now access and call...

Italy bans lab-grown meat due to social and economic risks
Italy bans lab-grown meat due to social and economic risks

Italy has become the first nation to ban lab-grown meat, in what the Italian Minister for Agriculture, Francesco Lollobrigida described...

DSM announces partnership to assessment carbon footprint of food
DSM announces partnership to assessment carbon footprint of food

Animal nutrition and health company DSM has announced a new partnership which it said will see the full farm to...

Lakeland Dairies launches Sustainability Incentive Payment
Lakeland Dairies launches Sustainability Incentive Payment

Lakeland Dairies has launched a farm sustainability strategy, with a key component being a payment to support farmers in carrying...

Feedback brings govt to court over ‘failure’ to reduce meat and dairy
Feedback brings govt to court over ‘failure’ to reduce meat and dairy

The environmental campaign group, Feedback, has taken the government to court over what it claims as a “failure” to ensure...