Cows on Tour take to Wales to educate children May 11, 2019 Rural Life Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) is one of a number of organisations joining the Cows on Tour team to teach…
Animal feed firm fined £15,000 after unsafe pellet press crushes worker’s hand May 11, 2019 Agri-Business A Devon animal feed manufacturer has been fined after an employee’s hand was crushed in a pellet press causing life-changing injuries. Exeter Magistrates’…
Appeal for information following border cattle theft May 10, 2019 N.Ireland Police have appealed for information following the theft of cattle near the Northern Irish border in Co. Armagh in recent days. Issuing the…
FUW president to be honoured by Gorsedd of Bards May 10, 2019 Rural Life Welsh farming leader Glyn Roberts will be honoured by the Gorsedd of Bards at this year’s National Eisteddfod. The Farmers’ Union of Wales…
Teens arrested for throwing stones at sheep May 9, 2019 Rural Life A number of teenagers have been arrested by police in Hampshire on suspicion of animal cruelty following the injuring of a number of…
Man wanted for farm murder added to Europe’s ‘Most Wanted’ list May 9, 2019 Rural Life A man, who is wanted in connection with the brutal murder of a father at a farm in Cheshire, is now one of…
French school enrolls sheep in final effort to ‘boost numbers’ May 8, 2019 Rural Life With numbers of students in a remote French school dropping, locals took ‘an alternative approach’ to sustaining numbers of pupils in the classroom.…
Police probe digger interference as ‘attempt made to start’ May 8, 2019 N.Ireland An incident of interference with a digger, in which the machine’s battery was stolen, is believed by police to have involved an attempt…
Royal Bath Show to cut fourth day from 2020 schedule May 8, 2019 Rural Life Organisers of England’s only four-day agricultural event, the Royal Bath & West Show, have decided to cut a day from the schedule. The…
Appeal for info following collision involving tractor May 8, 2019 N.Ireland Police have launched an appeal for information following a collision involving a tractor and a van on a primary route. Taking place north…
Thieves ‘stung’ with decoy in fight on rural crime May 8, 2019 Rural Life Police are stepping up the fight against thieves who target remote farm buildings and equipment in the UK through the use of decoy…
Border rustling: ‘They’re taking the cattle in lorry loads’ May 7, 2019 N.Ireland The president of a farmers’ lobby group in Northern Ireland has said: “It’s not one or two cattle now, they’re taking the cattle…
More than 3,000 young farmers turn up for ‘unofficial convention’ May 7, 2019 Rural Life The weekend’s unofficial young farmers’ convention appears to have passed off without any significant malice – despite as many as 3,500 young people…
Land for sale at Easter Ballat ‘suitable for pasture and silage production’ May 6, 2019 Rural Life New to the market is land at Easter Ballat, Balfron Station, Glasgow, encompassing a total of 91.55ac. The farm is in close proximity to…
Harper Adams leaps a huge 21 places in national league table May 5, 2019 Rural Life British agricultural university Harper Adams had managed to leapfrog a huge 21 places in one of the main national league tables. It means…
Over 550 cattle perish in US barn blaze May 3, 2019 Rural Life A family-owned dairy herd has been devastated after over 550 cattle perished in a barn blaze that occurred in the US state of…
Stark tractor footage highlights issue of dangerous motorists May 2, 2019 Rural Life An agricultural contractor has underlined the issue of dangerous driving incidents faced by tractor drivers on a regular basis with a series of…
Video: Farmer capsizes van ‘dumping rubbish’ on his land May 1, 2019 Rural Life A video has emerged of a farmer in the UK who caught what appears to be two men dumping rubbish on his land.…
