Environment
Scottish Natural Heritage to launch consultation into General Licences
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) has announced it will carry out a 12-week consultation into General Licences later this year. A General...
Rural Life
Rural Life
Farmer uses pocket knife to amputate leg following auger incident
A farmer in the US has suffered a traumatic accident recently when he stepped on the opening of a grain...
Agri-Business
New RHET group to take farming message to Argyll And Bute schools
A new group proposed for Argyll and Bute aims to inform and engage with schoolchildren about food and farming. Farmers,...
Agri Politics
FUW urges against Brexit protest votes in EU election
The Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) has warned that ‘protest votes’ in Thursday’s EU election in favour of hard-line Brexit...
Rural Life
Farmer finds missing calf…buried in badger burrow
A farmer has made quite an unexpected discovery in a badger burrow on his farm when he discovered one of...
N.Ireland
20 Angus-cross calves presented to NI teenagers
Four teams of students from Northern Ireland secondary schools left this year’s Balmoral Show with a very special prize –...
N.Ireland
20 Angus calves presented to NI teenagers
Four teams of students from Northern Ireland secondary schools left this year’s Balmoral Show with a very special prize –...
N.Ireland
Police intervention required for ‘distressed bullock’ on the loose
Police were called to an incident involving a “distressed bullock” on the loose earlier today, Monday, May 20, according to...
N.Ireland
Police intervention required for ‘distressed bullock’ on the loose
Police were called to an incident involving a “distressed bullock” on the loose earlier today, Monday, May 20, according to...
N.Ireland
‘Enquiries ongoing’ into ‘quarrel at Balmoral’
Enquiries are ongoing into an assault that took place at last week’s Balmoral Show, a spokesperson for the Police Service...
N.Ireland
‘Enquiries ongoing’ into ‘quarrel at Balmoral’
Enquiries are ongoing into an assault that took place at last week’s Balmoral Show, a spokesperson for the Police Service...
Rural Life
220 vet nurses welcomed to profession at London Zoo ceremonies
Over 220 new veterinary nurses were welcomed to the profession at a series of ceremonies at the Zoological Society of London....
Rural Life
NFU Cymru staff awarded for charity fundraising efforts
A group of staff, members and supporters of the National Farmers’ Union of Wales (NFU Cymru) has been recognised for...
Rural Life
Farmer fined after worker dies from roof fall
A farmer has been fined following a worker’s fatal fall through the fragile roof of a milking parlour. Mold Magistrates’...
Sheep
Worrying: Calls for jail time to be made available to judges
NFU Scotland has called for lawmakers to allow judges to hand down prison sentences in order to punish the most...
Agri-Business
Defra data shows growth among UK organic producers
New figures from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) show that the number of organic producers in...
Rural Life
Investigations into ‘hit-and-run’ incident…involving tractor
Police investigations are ongoing into a fail-to-stop ‘hit-and-run’ style collision in the UK last month. Dorset Police have issued a...
N.Ireland
Renewed appeal for info on farmyard cattle raid
Police have made a renewed appeal for information on cattle which were stolen from a farmyard in Co. Armagh in...
