Rural Life
GWCT launches key principles for gamebird management
With the pheasant season starting on October 1, leading conservation charity the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) has launched...
Environment
Environment
Poots announces £645,000 of additional funding for NI environmental projects
An additional £645,000 will be made available for environmental projects across Northern Ireland, the region’s Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister...
Environment
Poots announces £645,000 of additional funding for NI environmental projects
An additional £645,000 will be made available for environmental projects across Northern Ireland, the region’s Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister...
Rural Life
'Badger culling delivers reductions in bovine TB of up to 66%' - NFU
National Farmers’ Union (NFU) deputy president Stuart Roberts has written to The Times in relation to a column written by...
Environment
NFU requests clarity on future agri-environment management schemes
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Scotland has stated that it has written to the Scottish government to request clarity on...
Agri Politics
Flytipping: 'Scotland’s beautiful countryside continues to be blighted by people’s rubbish'
Scotland’s leading rural and environmental organisations have written an open letter to Roseanna Cunningham MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate...
Environment
Online seminar series to examine the science behind NI’s ammonia woes
A series of three lunchtime webinars will explore the science behind Northern Ireland’s agricultural woes with ammonia. Run by the...
Environment
Online seminar series to examine the science behind NI’s ammonia woes
A series of three lunchtime webinars will explore the science behind Northern Ireland’s agricultural woes with ammonia. Run by the...
Environment
Outdoor use of metaldehyde to be banned by 2022
The outdoor use of metaldehyde, a pesticide used to control slugs on farms and in gardens, is set to be...
Environment
RSPB NI calls for legally-binding conservation targets
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds in Northern Ireland (RSPB NI) is calling for legally-binding targets to restore nature...
Environment
Slurry buffer zones to increase in NI from next month
New slurry spreading restrictions are set to come into force in Northern Ireland in just two weeks, with the spreading...
Environment
Slurry buffer zones to increase in NI from next month
New slurry spreading restrictions are set to come into force in Northern Ireland in just two weeks, with the spreading...
Environment
£40 million Green Recovery Challenge Fund opens for applications
Grants from £50,000 to £5 million are now available from the Green Recovery Challenge Fund to help the nation build...
Environment
New advisory panel to drive NFU Scotland's response to climate change
NFU Scotland’s newly established Climate Change Advisory Panel has met via video call for the first time today (September 11,...
Agri-Business
How green is NI’s energy: How much of the region’s electric is from renewable sources?
Almost half the electric used in Northern Ireland this year has been generated from renewable sources, according to new figures...
Agri-Business
How green is Northern Ireland’s energy?
Almost half the electric used in Northern Ireland this year has been generated from renewable sources, according to new figures...
Sheep
NSA challenges 'short-sighted' research on replacing sheep farms with forests
The National Sheep Association (NSA) has hit back at claims from new research that suggest traditional farming methods should be...
Sheep
Study claims sheep farmers could profit by shifting to forest
British sheep farmers could profit from allowing their land to naturally regenerate into forest – at least according to researchers...
