Environment
This summer's average mean temperature of 16.5°C has made it “provisionally the warmest on record”, according to the Met Office.
N.Ireland
Farmers have spent the summer locked in a losing battle with scorching heat and drought but will nitrates rules also become an issue?
Drought
Prime Minister Andy Burnham will chair an emergency meeting today about the impact of heatwaves, with almost 75% of England now in drought.
A total of 14.3% of England's surface waters are considered to be of "good ecological status", according to the Environment Agency.
The project will work to improve the monitoring, reporting and verification of non-CO2 greenhouse gases (GHG) from agriculture.
Agri-Business
Livestock feed intake falls by up to 5% for each additional degree above 30°C, leading to reduced productivity, according to a new report.
A new report has linked the expansion of NI's pig and poultry production with rising nutrient pollution in Lough Neagh.
Over 19,000 British farms have completed environmental improvements in the last five years, according to the Environment Agency.
Defra has announced that England's peatlands "will be better protected and managed" due to three new schemes worth £47 million in funding.
A total of €56.7 million will be invested in the all-island cooperative Lough Neagh Catchment...
Researchers in Wales are investigating whether native insects could play a role in controlling one...
A lack of funding/government incentives were the "biggest barriers" to the uptake of peatland restoration among Northern Ireland farmers.
Somerset's farms and rural communities are soon to be better protected from the "growing threat of flooding" under a new £50 million package.
Tesco has called upon industry leaders, retailers and innovators to jointly help farms in transitioning to low carbon fertilisers.
Agriculture was found to be responsible for 31.4% of Northern Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2024, according to DAERA.
Arable
The Soil Association's petition is nearing its signature goal with 60,000 people supporting its campaign to ban glyphosate pre-harvest.
Just three dairy and coffee companies of a ranked 23 reported methane reductions for 2024 or 2025, with Danone leading the way.
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland is starting inspections on stricter pest control measures aimed at protecting wildlife.
UFU and Ulster Wildlife have launched a peatland restoration trial using locally sourced wool on Slievenanee Mountain in the Antrim Hills.
Protecting Northern Ireland’s native ash trees from an invasive insect is the aim of a new three-year project by AFBI scientists.
Work is underway to restore one of NI's rarest and most precious woodland habitats, a temperate rainforest at Lenamore Wood, in Co. Tyrone.
The NFU has welcomed the Climate Change Committee's new report which outlines what can be done to safeguard food production.
Diageo, alongside 39 other global food and drink organisations, agreed to support the development of regenerative agriculture practices.
