Environment
DAERA issues new Environmental Farming Scheme agreements
Farmers who have applied for the latest round of Northern Ireland's Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS) should keep an eye on...
Environment
Agri-Business
LEAF invites industry to help shape future of the marque
Linking Environment And Farming has opened a public consultation on its LEAF Marque Standard and is inviting its members and...
Agri-Business
NFFN calls on Gove to set minimum environmental standards for farming
The Nature Friendly Farming Network (NFFN) is calling for the Government’s Agriculture Bill to set ambitious minimum standards in protecting...
Environment
New study shows reindeer’s body clocks don’t need daylight
If you ever thought that Santa would have a hard time herding and foddering reindeer in the total winter darkness...
Environment
AHDB updates measures to prevent spread of PCN
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has published an updated set of regulations and recommendations for dealing with the...
Environment
4-day biogas training course comes to Fermanagh
The Centre for Renewable Energies and Sustainable Technologies (CREST) is welcoming German biogas network, IBBK Biogas, to its facilities in...
Environment
Recommendations unchanged for agronomists after blight research
At the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) Agronomists’ Conference 2018 earlier this month, attendees were presented with the results...
Environment
Farmers urged to take part in the 2019 Big Farmland Bird Count
Farmers across the country are being urged to take part in the Big Farmland Bird Count (BFBC), which is back...
Environment
UFU: ‘Genuine partnerships needed to tackle ammonia’
Genuine working partnerships must be at the heart of any plans to tackle ammonia in Northern Ireland, according to the...
Environment
4-day biogas training course comes to Fermanagh
The Centre for Renewable Energies and Sustainable Technologies (CREST) is welcoming German biogas network, IBBK Biogas, to its facilities in...
Environment
UFU: 'Genuine partnerships needed to tackle ammonia'
Genuine working partnerships must be at the heart of any plans to tackle ammonia in Northern Ireland, according to the...
Schemes
Last chance to apply for £5,000 environmental grant
Farmers in the midlands have until January 31 to apply for an environmental grant of up to £5,000. Dr. Jodie Rettino,...
Environment
Farmers urged to take part in BYDV survey
Farmers and agronomists across the UK are being urged to take part in a new survey aimed at tackling barley...
Environment
NFU magazine goes potty for peels in a bid to go green
Boiled, mashed, baked or fried…it’s well known that the versatile spud has a wide range of uses. But now one more...
Environment
Green watchdog will support farmers to care for the environment, says CLA
A new green watchdog to hold the Government to account will help to prevent damage to the environment through Brexit...
Environment
UK summer drought 30 times more likely due to climate change
Human-induced climate change has made the 2018 record-breaking UK summer about 30 times more likely to occur than it would...
Agri-Business
£80 million boost announced for Welsh farm environmental schemes
Over £80 million of funding has been granted for environmental farm support programmes in Wales, Environment Secretary Lesley Griffith announced today....
Environment
Climage change: 'Farmers deserve our support, not our criticism'
The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) has reacted against growing criticism of the UK livestock industry over claims that it is...