N.Ireland
UUP raises concerns about NI foot-and-mouth disease control
Two Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politicians have written a joint letter to Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA)...
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N.Ireland
PSNI urges public not to disturb breeding waders
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has linked up with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)...
N.Ireland
Diet impacting fertility and blood testing for mineral deficiencies
We are only a few weeks away from the start of the breeding season, which means the diet of the...
N.Ireland
Lough Neagh: First 2025 sighting of algae confirmed
The first confirmed report of blue-green algae in 2025 was received by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) on April 2,...
N.Ireland
$27.4m genetics initiative will breed low-methane emitting cattle
Scientists and breeders across the globe have joined forces on a new $27.4 million ‘Global Methane Genetics Initiative’ designed to...
N.Ireland
One fifth of global farmland contaminated by toxic metals
Nearly one fifth of the world’s agricultural land is contaminated by toxic metals, posing a serious threat to food security,...
Rural Life
Dog attacks on livestock cost UK farmers £1.8m in 2024
NFU Mutual is urging dog owners visiting the countryside this Easter to keep their pets on the lead to avoid...
Dairy
How to achieve a 75-80% DMD silage for your winter milking herd
For most farms, fertiliser is in the ground on their silage blocks and, for autumn calving herds and those that...
N.Ireland
‘Blueprint’ to eradicate TB in Northern Ireland published
The Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Andrew Muir today (Tuesday, April 15) published the bovine tuberculosis (TB) steering...
Sheep
RSPCA issues advice to dog owners for sheep worrying week
To mark the National Sheep Association’s ‘Sheep Worrying Week’, which takes place from this week from April 14 until April...
Dairy
Financial losses force dairy farm to close on Sark island
By Chris McCullough A UK farmer who set up a new dairy farm on the island of Sark, off the...
Environment
NZ farmers ‘on track’ to meet methane emissions reduction targets
New Zealand farmers are on track to meet the target of a 10% reduction in biogenic methane emissions by 2030,...
Rural Life
Scottish firefighters work overnight to curb Fraserburgh farm blaze
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) has confirmed its officers remain on site of a fire on a farm near...
N.Ireland
Poll shows fox hunting low on voters’ agenda – Countryside Alliance
Countryside Alliance Ireland has called on Stormont to focus on the priorities of people in Northern Ireland, after a new...
N.Ireland
BSAS appoints new president
The British Society of Animal Science (BSAS) has announced the appointment of Dr. Helen Warren, European ruminant technical manager at...
Environment
Storms and flooding impacted 413,000 people in Europe in 2024
Europe is the fastest-warming continent in the world, and the impacts of climate change here are clear, according to a...
Arable
Keeping winter wheat crops disease-free
This is the time when management steps taken by tillage farmers will determine the disease status of winter wheat crops....
Dairy
Maximising grass intake during potential pinch point in April
We are now into the middle of April, which means cows are getting close to their peak milk production and...
