Rural Life
It's a wrap: NFU Cymru drives home the farming message
Silage bales with eye-catching stickers will pave the way to this year’s Royal Welsh Show. The bale sticker and gate banner campaign...
Rural Life
Agri-Business
Courts ease tax relief bindings for diversified rural businesses
Rural businesses which run furnished holiday lets or livery stables could now benefit from Inheritance Tax relief following two favourable...
Rural Life
Lorry transporting bales goes up in smoke on UK motorway
A lorry transporting a large number of straw bales went on fire on the side of a motorway yesterday (Thursday,...
Sheep
Young Lancashire shepherd takes £1,000 prize money in Sheep Event national final
Competitors from throughout the UK fought it out on Wednesday (July 18) in the final of the National Sheep Association...
Machinery
Quad drivers: Take note before you take off
When people think of farm vehicles, the first ones that come to mind are tractors and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs). These...
Rural Life
Rock and hard place: Tractor driver mishap
In recent years, tractors and farm machinery have significantly increased in size and weight – with roads and avenues struggling...
Rural Life
Common hand injuries on the farm and how to avoid them
The British Society for Surgery of the Hand brings together multidisciplinary specialists to ensure patients with injured and disordered hands...
Sheep
NSA launches new travel bursary in memory of late chairman
Young UK flock keepers will have the opportunity to apply for a new national travel award launched by the National...
Beef
Young Limousin breeder manages major show hat-trick
Competing for the first time at each ‘major’ show has been a big goal over the past year for young...
Rural Life
Changes to National Living Wage 'need to be fair and balanced for farmers'
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) is calling for a fair and balanced approach to any increases to the National Living...
Rural Life
Live WWII explosive found on Scottish farm
An artillery shell dating back to World War II (WWII) was discovered on a farm in Scotland on Monday (July...
Agri-Business
Leeds vet convicted of animal welfare charges to be struck off
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) Disciplinary Committee has directed the registrar to strike off a Leeds-based veterinary surgeon...
Rural Life
Farm Safety Week: Mind your head as much as your body
Yesterday’s Farm Safety Week stories stressed the importance of protecting your head when you’re on a quad. But it’s not...
N.Ireland
Safety chief pens open letter urging farmers to think ‘SAFE’
The head of Northern Ireland’s Health and Safety Executive, Keith Morrison, has penned an open letter urging farmers to take...
N.Ireland
Safety chief pens open letter urging farmers to think ‘SAFE’
The head of Northern Ireland’s Health and Safety Executive, Keith Morrison, has penned an open letter urging farmers to take...
Rural Life
5 things you should think about every time you jump on the quad
This Farm Safety Week farmers are being asked to take a few minutes to consider how to make their workplace...
N.Ireland
Heart attack leads to tractor crash fatality
An elderly man died in a single-vehicle tractor collision in Co. Armagh yesterday (Tuesday, July 17), it has been confirmed....
Rural Life
Vandals caught setting bale alight – while still in a baler
Two teenagers were caught red-handed attempting to set a hay bale alight – while the bale was still inside the...
