Environment
Ballymena farm business fined £2,500 for reseeding uncultivated land
A Dungiven farm business has been fined £2,500 in court for ploughing and reseeding uncultivated and without permission. McCloskey Livestock...
Environment
Environment
UFU offers training for slurry contractors amid concern licensing could be introduced
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has announced plans to hold two online training sessions to inform slurry contractors about several...
Agri-Business
CattleEye secures $2.5 million seed investment to launch autonomous stock monitoring system
Belfast-based livestock monitoring technology company CattleEye has closed a $2.5 million (€2.1 million) seed investment round. The money has come...
Environment
‘If Stormont collapses, so will NI’s Climate Bill’, protesters warn
Protesters at Stormont have warned if Northern Ireland's political institutions fail, so will a controversial bill setting a net-zero target...
Agri Politics
Shapps encourages the UK to make the switch to electric vehicles on World EV day
Drivers up and down the country can explore making the switch to an electric vehicle this World EV day with...
Environment
Peatlands Strategy: UFU warns against funding bog rewetting plans from direct payments budget
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has aired its concerns over the economic effects of rewetting peatland in Northern Ireland as...
Agri-Business
New vision to help increase innovative food growing in Wales
A new vision to increase high tech food production in Wales which also has a positive impact on climate change...
Agri-Business
Growers warn peat ban could wipe out NI’s £46 million mushroom industry
Northern Ireland growers have warned a ban on peat proposed in the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs' (DAERA's)...
Environment
28% growth in Japanese Knotweed cases across the UK
Analysis by Horticulture.co.uk has found that confirmed cases of Japanese Knotweed have grown by 28% in the UK in just...
Environment
Agriculture, logging, and livestock farming top threats to world’s trees – report
Agriculture, logging and livestock farming are the top threats to the world's trees, but climate change and extreme weather are...
Agri-Business
E10 rollout to boost UK wheat and sugar markets
Petrol pumps across the UK will now offer greener E10 petrol from today (September 1). The UK government says the...
Environment
UK's landmark Environment Bill strengthened to halt biodiversity loss by 2030
The UK government has strengthened its commitment to protect the environment for future generations with new amendments to the landmark...
Environment
What will the late harvest mean for partridges?
While unseasonal weather has played havoc with this year’s harvest, we should also stop to think of its impact on...
Rural Life
Man fined £840 for operating illegal waste site from his home
A 49-year-old man who operated an illegal waste site at Sunnyside, on Barnby Road, Balderton, Newark, has been fined £840...
Environment
Minister takes to the waves to visit wader breeding islands
Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister, Edwin Poots, took to the waves recently in Lower Lough Erne to see some...
Environment
50 solar farms across Ireland and UK to be financed by German bank
50 solar farms across Ireland and the UK are to be financed by German bank Berenberg. Berenberg Green Energy Junior...
Environment
Environment to become a ‘profit centre’ rather than a cost on NI farms
Actions to improve environmental sustainability will no longer be an "optional activity" for Northern Ireland farms, according to a document...
Agri Politics
Strict beaver licensing is a 'positive' outcome - NFU
National Farmers’ Union (NFU) environment forum chairman Richard Bramley has said that the NFU is committed to working with Natural...
