Rural Life
Devon farmer avoids jail after breaching animal ban
A Devon farmer who was banned from keeping animals has narrowly avoided jail after admitting farming a flock of over...
Rural Life
Agri-Business
Haulage legends take Argyll and Islands Awards
A couple at the helm of a haulage firm that has been servicing Argyll & the Islands for decades were...
Rural Life
City & Guilds to cease offering veterinary nursing qualifications
City & Guilds has announced plans to withdraw veterinary nursing from its portfolio of qualifications. It means the awarding organisation...
N.Ireland
4 new members appointed to CAFRE College Advisory Group
The Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced the appointment of four new members to the CAFRE...
Agri-Business
Rural and veterinary bodies give their take on the new Agriculture Bill
The long-awaited Bill, which will now start to progress through Parliament, sets out a blueprint for the future of farming...
N.Ireland
Avoid Harm on the Farm: 2020 NI children’s farm safety calendar launched
A farm safety calendar competition received entries from more than 3,800 school children from across Northern Ireland. The chief executive...
N.Ireland
NI pig farm protest: Taken pig was ‘held to ransom’
Several piglets are said to have died after vegan protesters raided a Co. Antrim farm taking a pig on Tuesday...
N.Ireland
NI pig farm protest: Taken pig was ‘held to ransom’
Several piglets are said to have died after vegan protesters raided a Co. Antrim farm taking a pig on Tuesday...
Rural Life
Farming Business fined after employee crushed by concrete beam
A Kent farm has been fined after one of its employees fell from a trailer and was crushed to death...
Agri-Business
Landmark legislation to 'unleash potential' of UK farming for decades to come
A future where farmers are properly supported to farm more innovatively and protect the environment is a step closer today...
Environment
Commission outlines €1 trillion Green Deal and Just Transition
The European Commission has revealed details of the European Green Deal Investment Plan, which will see €1 trillion in climate...
Rural Life
Video: Tractors gather ahead of farmer protest in Dublin today
Additional reporting by Breifne O’Brien Tractors, trailers, 4X4s and machinery of all sorts have gathered at various locations across the...
Rural Life
Government must make rural broadband and mobile coverage a priority, says NFU
More than 4 in 10 farmers still don’t have adequate broadband vital to conduct their business in the 21st century,...
N.Ireland
How to Steal Pigs: Unions call for Channel 4 to pass information to police
UK farming unions have called for the makers of Channel 4 documentary ‘How to Steal Pigs and Influence People’ to...
N.Ireland
Vegan protesters take pig from Northern Ireland farm
Animal rights protesters have claimed to have taken a pig from a Northern Ireland farm this morning (Tuesday, January 14)....
Sheep
Rustling advice issued after 200 sheep stolen in Wiltshire over just 3 months
Farmers in the south-west have been advised to protect their flocks after almost 200 sheep were reported stolen in Wiltshire...
Agri-Business
British Veterinary Association appoints new board chairman
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) is pleased to announce Steve Anderson Dixon as its new board chairman. Anderson Dixon, who...
Rural Life
How to Steal Pigs: Mitsubishi distances itself from controversial documentary
4X4 manufacturer Mitsubishi Motors has distanced itself from a controversial Channel 4 documentary set to air this week titled ‘How to Steal...
