N.Ireland
Young Simmental bull carries the day at Clogher Valley Show 2024
A 15-month-old Simmental bull carried the day in the beef showing classes at Clogher Valley Show 2024 in Co. Tyrone....
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Arable
Damage to crops in East Dorset field causes 'significant financial impact'
Dorset Police’s rural crime team has said criminal damage to crops in a field in East Dorset has had a...
Sheep
UK-wide 'Make it Lamb' initiative to celebrate versatility of lamb
The UK-wide ‘Make it Lamb’ collaboration will launch for the first time this year and aims to celebrate lamb’s versatility...
Rural Life
Wyn and Enid Davies win FUW award for filming 'horrific' bovine TB process
Wyn and Enid Davies have won the FUW Bob Davies Memorial Award for allowing the filming of the “horrific process”...
N.Ireland
Opinion: Modern farming practices must be made safer
Modern farming practices are centred on the use of machinery and equipment that are powerful and highly sophisticated. They also...
Beef
Australian meat blamed for source of athletes’ positive drug tests
Chinese authorities have blamed imported Australian meat as a source which led to two of the country’s top swimmers failing...
Agri-Business
Scottish govt allocates £100k to fifth round of food and drink business fund
The Scottish government has allocated £100,000 to the fifth round of the Scotland Food & Drink Partnership’s Regional Food Fund...
Machinery
Quad bike and Ford tractor stolen from properties in 'close proximity' in Dorset
A quad bike and a blue Ford tractor have been stolen from twoproperties in close proximity to each other in...
Rural Life
Cost of rural crime in Scotland increased by nearly 35% last year
The cost of rural crime in Scotland has increased by nearly 35% as criminals become more organised and “sophisticated”, according...
Agri-Business
Defra aims to end farmers being rocked by 'chop and change' of schemes
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has said new farmer confidence figures make clear the need for...
Sheep
Police appeal for information after 36 lambs stolen in Perton
Staffordshire Police is appealing for information after 36 lambs were stolen from a farm on Bridgnorth Road, Perton. It is...
N.Ireland
Cost of rural crime in Northern Ireland falls by over 20% – report
The cost of rural crime in Northern Ireland fell by 21.3% last year to an estimated £2 million, according to...
Agri-Business
MPs enrol on NFU's Food and Farming Fellowship scheme to back British food
A number of newly-elected MPs have enrolled on the National Farmers’ Union’s (NFU’s) new Food and Farming Fewllowship scheme. The...
N.Ireland
Donegal man is overall winner at Six Nations Ploughing
Co. Donegal man Alan Simms took overall champion of the field at the recent Six Nations Ploughing Championships in Scotland. The...
Environment
Agri pollution review must make regulations more workable for farmers - NFU
The National Farmers’ Union of Wales (NFU Cymru) has said that the review of the effectiveness of the Water Resources...
Rural Life
Fire engines still in attendance at farm building fire in Samlesbury
Fire engines are still in attendance at a farm building fire in Samlesbury, Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service has said....
Agri-Business
Abolition of furnished holiday lettings tax regime will punish local economies - CLA
The abolition of the furnished holiday lettings (FHL) tax regime will punish local economies, according to the Country Land and...
Dairy
First Milk September milk price increases by 1ppl
First Milk has announced that its September member milk price will increase by 1.0ppl to 42.0ppl for its manufacturing standard...