Beef
Entries open for 2021 Premier Beef and Lamb Championships
Livestock entries have opened for this year's Premier Beef and Lamb Championships, as the event prepares to open to the...
Rural Life
Environment
New air quality alert system launched for NI
Northern Ireland Environment Minister Edwin Poots has announced changes to his department’s High Air Pollution Alert Protocol to improve public...
N.Ireland
Applications open for CAFRE Advisory Group industry reps
Applications have opened for four new members of CAFRE’s College Advisory Group (CAG). The group makes recommendations regarding the College...
N.Ireland
1,500 support heifer ‘Hope’ and Air Ambulance NI fundraiser at Balmoral Show
Almost 1,500 people have supported a fundraiser for Air Ambulance Northern Ireland (NI) launched at this year's Balmoral Show. Visitors to...
Rural Life
Yellow rain warning issued for England’s northeast
The Met office has issued a status yellow rain warning for today, in the northeast of England. The warning is...
Agri-Business
UK fuel crisis drives surge for Shannon-based technology
Shannon-based Internet of Things (IoT) hardware manufacturer Tekelek has reported a surge in interest for its fuel tank level measurement...
N.Ireland
Balmoral Show vaccine centre uptake revealed
Almost 150 people received their Covid-19 vaccine at an historic Balmoral Show this year. The show was held later than...
N.Ireland
Pics: Check out Balmoral’s most appropriately dressed
The Most Appropriately Dressed competition returned this year to the Balmoral Show and once again, it proved to be a...
Environment
Poots joins with NI scouts to plants tree for region’s centenary
As part of the Northern Ireland centenary celebrations, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) Minister Edwin Poots has...
N.Ireland
NI farm and contractor fined after workers fall from telescopic handler forks
A Newtownstewart-based company and a self-employed contractor have been fined for health and safety failings after two workers fell from...
Rural Life
Countryfile presenter headlining Taste of Wales next month
Wales’ largest international food and drink event, BlasCymru (Taste of Wales), is set to return next month, on October 27...
Rural Life
Report shows that Wales leads the way in school and nursery milk provision for children
Wales leads the way amongst UK nations when it comes to providing primary school age children with healthy and nutritious...
Environment
Poots launches first-ever scheme to protect NI’s pollinators
Environment Minister Edwin Poots has launched Northern Ireland’s first-ever Rural Community Pollinator Scheme to protect the health of the egion's...
Rural Life
Tractor '100% destroyed' in Dorset fire
A tractor was ‘100% destroyed’ in a recent fire in Dorset, fire and rescue services have confirmed. Dorset fire and...
N.Ireland
‘Life Beyond’ programme will make a real difference – LMC
Northern Ireland Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) chief executive, Ian Stevenson, is highlighting the extremely important work that will be...
N.Ireland
2021 Balmoral Show attendance ‘around two-thirds’ of normal turn-out
Attendance at this year's Balmoral Show was "around two-thirds" of the usual turn-out, according to organisers. The show has boasted...
Agri-Business
NFU's Harvest Live to teach 50,000 kids about British food
More than 50,000 primary school students will take part in the National Farmers’ Union’s (NFU’s) Harvest Live festival this week,...
Rural Life
2 people arrested as haul of catalytic converters seized in Lincolnshire
Two people have been questioned as part of an investigation into environmental crime in Lincolnshire. The man and woman, both...
