Environment
Sheep cross Strangford Lough on barge, continuing 200-year-old island farming tradition
We might not have any holidays of our own planned any time soon but 150 sheep got a cruise experience...
Environment
Agri-Business
Study looking to harvest combine data to tackle field-edge yield declines
Rothamsted scientists are assessing whether flower-rich margins, hedgerows or tree lines are helping improve yield and asking farmers to help...
Arable
‘Agriculture is going full throttle; yet emissions remain the same’ – US scientist
Agriculture is going “full throttle” across the globe, yet the sector’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions remain at pre-Covid-19 levels, it...
Rural Life
Farmers report surge in fly-tipping incidents as lockdown sees dumps closed
Rural areas around the UK have seen a dramatic increase in fly-tipping over the last number of weeks, with many...
Agri-Business
Union warns plans to push forward all-Wales NVZ will only add to Covid-19 burden
Farmers in Wales say they are “astonished” that controversial draft regulations for an all-Wales Nitrate Vulnerable Zone have been pushed...
Environment
Shropshire farmers plant 4,000 trees in anticipation of ELMS changes
Farmers in Shropshire have planted nearly 4,000 native trees after Severn Trent gave out tree-packs at two local events, to...
Rural Life
Land managers asked to stop muirburn during Covid-19 pandemic
Moorland managers are being urged by Scottish Land & Estates not to undertake muirburn (controlled burning of heather) during the...
Agri-Business
Government measures for flood-stricken farms 'a huge relief'
The National Farmers’ Union has welcomed a range of measures brought in to help farmers in England recover from extreme...
Environment
UK’s first ‘super’ National Nature Reserve on Purbeck Heaths
With the growing need for a bigger, better and more collective approach to nature conservation, seven leading partners have joined...
Environment
AHDB succeeds in challenging red meat misinformation
AHDB has successfully challenged claims by Quorn and the BBC over the environmental impact of red meat in the UK....
Environment
Farm sustainability assessment called for at 'Energy and Rural Business Show'
Calls for a single, harmonised farm sustainability assessment were made at Energy and Rural Business Show earlier this month, in...
Agri-Business
Amendments made Traunches 3 and 4 of NI’s Environmental Farming Scheme
Northern Ireland’s Agriculture Minister has announced that Tranches 3 and 4 of the delayed Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS) will now proceed...
Agri-Business
Amendments made Traunches 3 and 4 of NI’s Environmental Farming Scheme
Northern Ireland’s Agriculture Minister has announced that Tranches 3 and 4 of the delayed Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS) will now proceed...
Rural Life
Rural minister goes in search of facts on Scottish estate visit
Scotland’s Minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment was welcomed to an East Lothian estate, holding a prestigious wildlife...
Environment
NI Agriculture Minister pledges to plant 18 million trees
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots MLA has pledged to help tackle climate change by planting 18 million trees over...
Environment
Farmer fined in court over silage effluent pollution
A farmer that pleaded guilty to allowing a polluting discharge from his farm to enter a waterway in the Cloughmills...
Environment
UK famers reminded of March 1 hedge-cutting ban
Farmers and crofters across the UK are reminded that the hedge-cutting ban comes into place on March 1 as the bird...
Agri-Business
Eustice unveils tiered 'public goods' system for future UK farm subsidies
Environment Secretary George Eustice has today (Tuesday, February 25) called on farmers and land managers to share their views on...
