N.Ireland
How climate change has left millions without food in northern Kenya
The number of people suffering from acute food insecurity in the Horn of Africa – southern Ethiopia, northern Kenya and Somalia...
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N.Ireland
‘Biocredits’ – global demand growing to fund biodiversity action
Global demand for biodiversity credits, or ‘biocredits’, is growing among governments, people and businesses, according to a research paper for...
Machinery
Krone to showcase 4 new machines at LAMMA 2023
Forage machinery specialist Krone UK will be showcasing its latest product developments at the 2023 LAMMA show. LAMMA, the UK’s...
Agri-Business
Cattle farmers urged to change lungworm approach in 2023
Cattle farmers are being encouraged to think differently about lungworm in 2023 and to develop strategies to prevent production losses,...
Rural Life
Down to Earth events to return in summer 2023
The Down to Earth regenerative farming events for livestock producers is back with two events this year, following what the...
Agri-Business
All options open as Manitou invests in alternative fuels
Manitou has been busy exploring alternatives to powering its equipment with diesel engines. The company appears to favour electrical drive...
Other
Oxford Farming Conference 2023 aims to 'inspire regeneration'
The Oxford Farming Conference (OFC) will return in 2023 with the aim of inspiring “regeneration” in politics, society, supply chains...
Sheep
Every lamb counts for 2023 - Volac
With UK lamb prices expected to mirror the trend of the last couple of years and remain firm into 2023...
Agri-Business
TasteWales/BlasCymru to return in October 2023
Wales’ international food and drink trade event, TasteWales/BlasCymru, is set to return on October 25-26, 2023. The two-day event, which...
Other
UK chief vet - a Companion of the Order of the Bath
The UK’s chief veterinary officer (CVO), Christine Middlemiss, has been made a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)...
Agri-Business
Machinery: Farming’s 2022 revolution reviewed – part 2
Continuing with the theme of charting the ever changing face of farm mechanisation, we look at the second of half...
Dairy
Focus on trade needed for UK dairy to 'compete at global level'
Dairy board chair of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU), Michael Oakes, has said that trade and regulatory policy is needed...
Rural Life
TFA Cymru calls for Welsh government to fulfil promises to farmers
The Welsh Tenant Farmers’ Association (TFA Cymru) has called for the Welsh government to fulfil its promises to tenant farmers...
Agri-Business
Why slurry could power the future thanks to AD
What do slurry, anaerobic digestion (AD) and boiling a kettle have in common? In Ireland – not a lot now...
Agri Politics
Government investment needed to 'unlock' food sector - NFU
In her New Year message, the president of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU), Minette Batters, said that government investment is...
Agri-Business
Machinery: Farming’s 2022 revolution reviewed – part 1
A revolution will rarely happen overnight and despite the usual stream of commentators informing us that farming is going to...
Agri-Business
Jeremy Clarkson temporarily closes Diddly Squat Farm Shop
Jeremy Clarkson has said that he will close the Diddly Squat Farm Shop tomorrow (Saturday, December 31) until February. The...
Rural Life
Tractor carrying 20 unstrapped bales stopped by police
A tractor carrying 20 unstrapped bales on a trailer was stopped by Staffordshire Roads Policing Unit yesterday (Thursday, December 29)....
