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
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...
Rural Life
NFUS presses politicians for solutions to biofuel suitability
The National Farmers’ Union of Scotland (NFUS) is calling for politicians to provide solutions to issues related to the reliability...
Rural Life
Yuletide ewe: ‘Hardy’ sextuplet lambs born on Irish midlands farm
A farming family in the midlands had a pleasant post-Christmas novelty last month with the arrival of six hale and...
N.Ireland
Driver caught ‘red handed’ pumping agri diesel at forecourt
The driver of a saloon car at one filling station in the “Red Hand County” of Tyrone was caught “red...
N.Ireland
Driver caught ‘red handed’ pumping agri diesel at forecourt
The driver of a saloon car at one filling station in the “Red Hand County” of Tyrone was caught “red...
Rural Life
NI man arrested in ATM theft investigation
A man with an address in Northern Ireland has been arrested south of the border in Co. Monaghan as part...
N.Ireland
Bovine brigade: Herd of heifers ‘invades’ area of rural RAF base
Neighbours of an airbase of the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) got more than they bargained for this morning when...
