Agri-Business
Report warns of 500,000 UK food industry vacancies amid calls for 'Recovery Visa'
A new cross-industry report calls for a 12-month ‘Covid Recovery Visa’ to help alleviate workforce shortages that causing serious disruption...
Rural Life
Rural Life
Welsh government hubs to put lamb on the menu for Love Lamb Week
Love Lamb Week, the farmer-led UK-wide annual celebration of all things lamb and mutton, is being celebrated in Wales with...
N.Ireland
Bereavement service launched to help NI farm families
A new loss and bereavement service, Life Beyond, has been launched specifically for farm families in Northern Ireland. Rural Support...
N.Ireland
Livestock judges announced for 2021 Balmoral Show
Judges have been announced for livestock classes at this year's Balmoral Show. The 152nd Balmoral Show, run in partnership with...
Agri-Business
Dairy farm joins Armagh Food & Cider Weekend line-up
Dromore dairy farm 'Brookvale Farm' has joined the line-up for this year’s Armagh Food and Cider Weekend. Richard and Pamela,...
Rural Life
Vets warn pet owners to keep them away from kebab skewers and corn cobs
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) is advising anyone having a barbecue this bank holiday weekend to keep kebab skewers and...
N.Ireland
Farmers urged to share their bovine TB story in NI consultation
Farmers have been urged to share their personal bovine TB story in response to the consultation over Northern Ireland's new...
N.Ireland
‘Where’s the cows daddy?’ UFU tells of farmers’ heartbreak over bovine TB
The chilling psychological effects of bovine TB have left some farmers unable to even enter their own yards, according to...
Rural Life
Man fined £840 for operating illegal waste site from his home
A 49-year-old man who operated an illegal waste site at Sunnyside, on Barnby Road, Balderton, Newark, has been fined £840...
Rural Life
Farmers warned to be vigilant of credit card scams
Farmers and the wider public are being urged to remain vigilant as credit card scams have been circulating in the...
Rural Life
Police recover stolen quad bikes in Fife
Police in Fife have recovered two stolen quadbikes after they were taken from a farm in Fife this morning (August...
Rural Life
Police appeal for info after around £50,000 of damage done to tractors during farm theft
Police in Scotland have launched an investigation after around £50,000 of damage was caused to two tractors in the Banff...
Beef
Ag college to stop students coming in contact with cattle until full herd is tested for TB
An agricultural college in Durham has made the decision to stop its students coming into contact with the herd of...
Dairy
Holstein UK announces 2021 Premier Herd Competition finalists
Seven of the UK's top dairy herds have been put forward as finalists in Holstein UK’s 2021 Premier Herd Competition....
Rural Life
Police launch investigation after teenager is stabbed on a farm in Dorset
Police in Dorset have launched an investigation after a teenager was stabbed after an altercation on a farm in Dorset....
N.Ireland
Antrim farmer fined £1,500 for animal welfare offence
A Co. Antrim farmer has been fined £1,500 after it was discovered he transported an animal to an abattoir that...
Rural Life
Tractor overturns in collision on A47 slip road
Motorists in Norwich are being advised to avoid the A47 near Little Melton due to a collision between a tractor...
Rural Life
Lincolnshire man receives suspended sentence for illegal waste burning
A Lincolnshire man has been given a suspended prison sentence and his van and funds confiscated at Lincoln Crown Court,...
