Rural Life
Drought threshold reached by large parts of England
The National Drought Group (NDG) has met to discuss the response to the driest summer in fifty years and the...
Rural Life
The National Drought Group (NDG) has met to discuss the response to the driest summer in fifty years and the...
Environment
England and Wales have seen the driest start of the year since 1976 and it has raised concerns that the...
Arable
Farmers that use professional Plant Protection Products (PPPs) and adjuvants are being reminded that the deadline to register their details...
Government
Fuel duty across the UK will be cut by 5p/L, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak confirmed in his...
N.Ireland
A five-legged lamb has been born on a farm in Northumberland, northeast England. What's more, the extra leg also has...
Beef
A single case of classical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) has been confirmed on a farm in Somerset, England, the UK's Department...
Rural Life
An investigation has been launched by local authorities after some 600 bales of straw were destroyed in a fire in...
Agri-Business
Healthy pigs will end up being destroyed and wasted - with an estimated 70,000 pigs backing up on farms -...
Rural Life
A group of animal welfare activists has blockaded an Arla Foods dairy distribution centre in the UK in an overnight...
Rural Life
Police are investigating an incident where two sheep were found butchered in a field in Kent in recent days. The...
Rural Life
A man has been arrested and a crossbow recovered after a number of sheep were found dead at a Nottinghamshire...
N.Ireland
A quad driver has been rescued after falling 60ft (18m) into a sinkhole in a field in England earlier this...
Rural Life
A farm has seized the initiative to liven things up on lockdown video calls through the introduction of a “virtual...
N.Ireland
A farm worker has been convicted of causing serious injury by dangerous driving after failing to secure a load of...
Rural Life
A stolen John Deere Gator UTV (Utility Terrain Vehicle) was found by police minutes after it was stolen from a farm...
Rural Life
Five people have been arrested for hare coursing following an incident which involved a police chase and an air support...
Rural Life
A tractor was left running and unattended while its driver was in a nearby shop buying lunch, a local police...
Rural Life
An appeal for information has been made in relation to a trespasser who was discovered on farmland “punched” the landowner...