Agri-Business
Scottish farmers affected by flooding to receive grants up to 30k
Farmers affected by severe flooding in parts of Scotland this autumn will be eligible to apply for grants of up...
Floods
N.Ireland
Campaign to secure special aid package for NI potato growers
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) is confirming no let-up in the campaign to secure a special aid package for potato...
Environment
Calderdale Council to discuss flood risk and drainage solutions
Members of Calderdale Council’s Cabinet will discuss flood risk and drainage at a meeting tomorrow (November 13). The council will...
Other
Heavy rain warnings issued for England and Scotland
Heavy rain warnings have been issued for parts of England and Scotland, bringing with them an ongoing chance of flooding...
Sheep
Couple petitions to dredge River Derwent after losing 58 lambs in flood
A farming couple in Yorkshire has started a petition to dredge the River Derwent near Keswick on the back of...
Rural Life
Off-roaders 'tear up' flooded fields in Derbyshire
Derbyshire Rural Crime Team is looking for a group of “moron” off-roaders that damaged the terrain of some fields at...
Agri-Business
2017 flood fund opens for NI’s northwest farmers
A £2.7 million flood support fund has opened for applications from northwest farmers affected by flashfloods and landslides in 2017....
Environment
£19 million allocated for flood protection projects in NI
Northern Ireland Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon has allocated £19 million for flood protection projects across the North in her 2021/22...
N.Ireland
Poots urged to expand criteria for North West floods support
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has been urged to widen the criteria of a support package for farmers afflicted...
N.Ireland
North West floods: Applications for payments to open in August
A long-awaited support package for farmers in the North West affected by floods in 2017 will open for applications in...
N.Ireland
£3.5 million announced for Sperrins flood farmers
Minister Poots is understood to have announced a £3.5 million support package for farmers in the Sperrins affected by floods...
Agri Politics
Government proposes further support for flood resilience measures
Householders in flood-hit areas, who install property flood resilience measures – such as flood barriers, air brick covers, and flood...
N.Ireland
£6.5 million Shimna River flood alleviation scheme to aid victims of Storm Francis
Infrastructure Minister in Northern Ireland Nichola Mallon has today (Monday December 14) signed the confirmation order for the £6.5 million...
Agri-Business
Glenelly Valley flood farmers: ‘We are as much value as the Primark fire businesses’
Tyrone farmers whose businesses were devastated by flash flooding three years ago say they feel “let down” by empty promises...
N.Ireland
How one north-west family made decent silage during the 'worst summer in a generation'
The headlines from the north-west last summer were far from good for grassland farmers – yet good silage was still...
N.Ireland
'We feel like we’ve been forgotten about' - flood-stricken farmers
Farmers in the north-west who saw their farms devastated by flooding last summer say they feel as if they have...
Rural Life
Pics: Flooding has turned one Mayo farm into the 'local lake'
A Mayo farm family’s home and farmland has now become ‘the local lake‘, after flooding has devastated the area. Stephen...
