Environment
Nationally important wildflower grasslands get increased protection
Two nationally rare flower-rich grasslands have gained national protection in recognition of their national importance for wildlife, Natural England has...
Environment
Environment
NFU launches Landscape and Access report
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) is today (Wednesday, October 14) launching a new report which showcases the extensive role British...
Environment
83% of farmers could be carbon neutral within 15 years - Barclays
Barclays has teamed up with Nigel Owens MBE, world-renowned rugby union referee and Welsh cattle farmer, to launch a new...
Arable
Farmers can now avail of a new renewable energy crop
Farmers and landowners are urged to consider maximising returns and reducing risk with Miscanthus – a renewable energy crop with...
Environment
Work underway in NI on region’s first ever Clean Air Strategy
Northern Ireland will soon move forward on a clean air strategy that aims to make air quality better, improve health...
Environment
Natural England sets out fresh vision for our natural environment
Helping all children, wherever they live, to enjoy the benefits of a thriving natural environment, is at the heart of...
Environment
Last month was warmest September on record
September 2020 was the warmest September on record in Europe and across the world, with the global average 0.05° warmer...
Agri-Business
Achieving a 70% reduction in ammonia emissions with a circular shed system
A new shed system for separating mineral flows and converting emissions into value has been unveiled in the form of...
Agri-Business
NIRIG rebrands to RenewableNI to ‘reflect group’s growing ambitions’
The Northern Ireland Renewables Industry Group (NIRIG) has a new name and a new look as it relaunches as RenewableNI....
N.Ireland
NIRIG rebrands to RenewableNI to 'reflect group's growing ambitions'
The Northern Ireland Renewables Industry Group (NIRIG) has a new name and a new look as it relaunches as RenewableNI....
Environment
AHDB ballot confirmed on statutory levy for horticulture
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has formally announced there will be a ballot on the continuation of a...
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
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...
