N.Ireland
Mother and daughter killed in crash involving quad and tractor
A woman and her daughter have been killed in a road crash involving a quad and a tractor while a...
Rural Life
Machinery
JCB stands down ventilator housing production
JCB has stood down production lines “which had been poised to produce thousands of special housings for a new type...
Machinery
JCB stands down ventilator housing production
JCB has stood down production lines “which had been poised to produce thousands of special housings for a new type...
Rural Life
Royal Cornwall Show becomes latest agri event to be cancelled
The Royal Cornwall Show has become the latest in a series of large agricultural events to be cancelled because of...
Agri-Business
Could rural business lead the UK's economic recovery?
Agricultural lobby bodies are hoping farm diversification projects – such as rural tourism and hospitality businesses – could lead the...
Rural Life
Agricultural college bedsheets transformed into gowns for NHS frontline
A Scottish agricultural college has found a novel way to help the frontline in the Covid-19 pandemic. Bedsheets from Strathfillan...
Agri-Business
Marts seek Northern Ireland-style trade system to be enacted south of border
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, is being urged re-introduce a limited public auction service at...
Rural Life
Welsh farmers join forces to deliver food message to the public
More than 50 NFU Cymru members have united in a video message declaring their commitment to feed the nation throughout...
Rural Life
SAYFC elects new chairman over Zoom
No-one could have predicted that Kim Livesey would chair her final Scottish Association of Young Farmers Clubs (SAYFC) National Council...
Rural Life
Over 8 million cigarettes smuggled in frozen chicken container
Over eight million cigarettes were seized at Dublin Port yesterday, Wednesday, May 6, by Revenue…that were being smuggled in a...
N.Ireland
Man killed in Co. Antrim crash with tractor
Police have confirmed that a man has died following a two-vehicle crash involving a tractor in Ballymena, Co. Antrim. The...
Rural Life
23 Jersey cows and calves stolen from Cornwall farm
Police are appealing for information following a report that 23 Jersey cows have gone missing from a farm in Bodmin,...
Rural Life
Ministers urge councils to reopen waste and recycling centres
Local Government Minister Simon Clarke and Environment Minister Rebecca Pow have written to councils urging them to reopen household waste...
N.Ireland
Tributes paid following tragic death of former ploughing champion
Tributes have been paid from both sides of the Irish Sea following the death of a multiple world ploughing champion...
N.Ireland
Tributes paid following tragic death of former ploughing champion
Tributes have been paid from both sides of the Irish Sea following the death of a multiple world ploughing champion...
Rural Life
Search begins for second cohort of NFU young ambassadors
The National Farmers’ Union has kicked off recruitment for young people from across England and Wales to make a mark...
Rural Life
NFUS launches children's lockdown art competition
NFU Scotland has launched an art competition for school-aged children who are at home due to coronavirus lockdown. Full etails...
Environment
Calls for councils to reopen recycling centres as fly-tipping continues
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has called on councils to reopen recycling centres, with incidences of fly-tipping said to be...
