Agri-Business
HSE launches farm-vehicle safety campaign
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has today (Monday, March 13) launched a farm-vehicle safety campaign aimed at reducing farm...
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Environment
First floating windfarm in Wales approved
The Welsh government has today (Monday, March 13) approved Project Erebus – Wales’ first floating windfarm which will be located...
Government
Wales' CVO starts in new role
Dr. Richard Irvine will today (Monday, March 13) begin his new role as Wales’ chief veterinary officer (CVO). Irvine was...
Agri-Business
Coleg Cambria to transform campus with almost £10m in funds
Coleg Cambria has been given more than £5.9 million from the Welsh government’s Sustainable Communities for Learning Programme to transform...
N.Ireland
Booths supplied with mislabelled meat in 2021
UK supermarket Booths has confirmed that it was supplied with meat products which claimed to be British when in fact...
Sheep
Blenheim Estate launches campaign against sheep worrying
Shepherds at property management company Blenheim Estate have launched the ‘Thank Ewe’ campaign aimed at educating dog owners about the...
N.Ireland
Grain analysis and soil talk after Agrii soils presentation
The latest updates from the Lemken: Agrii soils programme were delivered to a group of tillage farmers in Northern Ireland,...
Agri-Business
AMC appoints Amey Green to new specialist support role
The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (AMC) has said that it has boosted its provision for rural businesses in the south of...
N.Ireland
Research: Co-locating crops and solar can increase performance
Growing commercial crops on solar farms can both increase commercial food production and improve solar panel performance and longevity, according...
Rural Life
CLA calls for Starmer to scrap his promise of a Right to Roam Act
The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has written to Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer calling on him to scrap...
Sheep
SCOPS to offer free online parasite forecast to UK sheep farmers
The Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) group has said that it will now provide a nematodirus forecast that...
Other
NFU Cymru appoints Agri Advisor to legal panel
The National Farmers’ Union of Wales (NFU Cymru) has announced Agri Advisor as the newest appointment to its legal panel....
Machinery
£158k of machinery recovered from 'scene like an Avengers film'
Warwickshire Police’s rural crime team has recovered £158,000 worth of stolen machinery in a mission it said was “like a...
Government
New UK-France deal to bring 'energy security and independence'
A new deal signed today (Friday, March 10) by the UK and French governments will bring “more energy security and...
Agri-Business
Study: Agriculture needs new way to manage pest resistance
Dr. Matthew Tinsley, a senior lecturer at the University of Stirling, has said that the agricultural sector needs to “be...
Other
Three killed after tunnel collapses in Spanish potash mine
Three young people have died in Spain following the collapse of a tunnel in one of the largest potash mines...
Rural Life
Pics: Tractor fire sets barn alight in Cornwall
A tractor fire resulted in an entire agricultural building in Callington, east Cornwall, going up in flames on Wednesday (March...
Government
Hunt urged to prioritise food production in spring budget
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has written to Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, ahead of the spring budget to...
