N.Ireland
AgNav takes top sustainability honours at UK award ceremony
AgNav, the online sustainability platform for Irish farmers, has been awarded ‘Sustainability Initiative of the Year’ at the Grocer Gold...
UK
Machinery
Teenager named the UK's youngest qualified digger driver
Finlay Gallagher has become the UK’s youngest qualified digger operator at the age of 13. JCB said Gallagher passed the...
Environment
Defra: How to deal with this summer's dry weather
With predicted heat waves due over the coming weeks, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is advising...
N.Ireland
UFU: ‘Bureaucratic overkill’ will hit cross-border machinery trade
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has slammed “bureaucratic overkill” which it has warned will impact cross border used agricultural machinery...
Agri-Business
Waitrose awards £500,000 fund to 9 farms as part of net zero target
Supermarket chain Waitrose have announced that they have awarded their £500,000 fund, launched to help British farmers transition to net...
Agri-Business
Defra: Badger TB vaccinations up 24% across England in 2024
In a significant drive to end the UK badger cull, tuberculosis (TB) vaccinations administered to badgers in England increased by...
Agri-Business
Farm groups voice concerns over UK agriculture budget
The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) and several high-profile nature groups have joined forces to warn that cutting the...
N.Ireland
US audits to ensure UK red meat market access
With international trade increasingly making headlines, an industry expert has reiterated the importance of safeguarding market access for the UK...
N.Ireland
Wilkinson to step down as CEO of AHDB
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has today (Thursday, May 22) announced that Graham Wilkinson will step down from...
Dairy
Single case of atypical BSE confirmed on farm in Essex – APHA
A single case of atypical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) has been confirmed on a farm in Essex the UK’s Animal and...
Agri-Business
UK report: Farmers advised to assess feed stocks following dry weather spell
Livestock farmers are being advised to assess feed requirements because ongoing dry weather conditions could impact on future supplies, according...
Agri-Business
US Secretary of Ag to visit UK next week as farm orgs voice concerns over trade deal
The US Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, has confirmed that she plans to visit the UK next week (May 12-14)...
N.Ireland
More diverse agriculture needed for climate change response: academic
The reliance of the world on four main crops is an inherent weakness in humanity’s response to climate change and...
N.Ireland
Milk pool caught in crosshairs of tariffs trade war – IBEC
The milk pool between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland is caught in the crosshairs of a trade war...
Rural Life
Clarkson’s Farm set to return to screens in May
Season four of the tv programme, Clarkson’s Farm, has just been confirmed, with the show set to premiere on May...
Agri-Business
NFU and former Defra minister call for new biosecurity plan
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has called for a cross-government biosecurity plan and sufficient investment to counter the increased biosecurity...
Sheep
Sheep farmers warned that there is ‘no regular worm season’
Sheep farmers are being urged to conduct regular faecal egg counts, as data reveals there is no such thing as...
Agri-Business
Internal wash system unveiled for transport used in food sector
British company, WNV Systems has unveiled a new internal trailer wash system, which will be used to help transport companies,...
