Sheep
Video: Welsh fire crews rescue sheep stranded for a week on island
This week, firefighters from Brecon Fire Station in Wales responded to a sheep that had been stranded on an island...
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Rural Life
Have you seen ‘jimson weed’ on your farm?
Have you seen jimson weed on your farm – and do you know what it is? A plant with many...
Arable
NI forage maize growers expecting earliest harvest in living memory
There is now an almost universal expectation that forage maize crops in Northern Ireland will be harvested in about a...
Machinery
Updated Fendt 1000 series launched at US farm event
The Fendt 1000 series are the big brothers of the Fendt range – these are the models that reach up...
N.Ireland
AHDB: English red meat sector contributed £5.5 billion to economy
The English red meat sector delivered around £5.5 billion in gross value added to the UK economy in 2023, according...
N.Ireland
DAERA extends deadline for soil health scheme
The Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Andrew Muir is urging farm businesses to take the opportunity to register...
Machinery
Kverneland Group to keep farming at its heart
The Kverneland Group, led by Norwegian Arild Gjerde as president and CEO, has taken pains to reinforce its commitment to...
Agri-Business
Arla Foods records €158 million profit since merger 25 years ago
This year (2025), Arla Foods is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the merger between the Swedish cooperative, Arla, and the...
N.Ireland
Court: NI farmer fined for water pollution offences
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has confirmed that a farmer in Northern Ireland has been fined...
N.Ireland
HSENI: Trailer company fined £175,000 after death of employee
Following a joint investigation by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) and Police Service for Northern Ireland...
N.Ireland
New suckler cow calculator for NI farmers launched
A new tool has been launched to help farmers participating in the Suckler Cow Scheme in Northern Ireland. The Suckler...
Agri-Business
Poll: 80% of farmers 'worry for survival' due to UK inheritance tax changes
The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has found that 80% of farmers ‘worry for survival’ as a result of...
Beef
UK vet practice sounds warning after livestock hemlock poisoning
A veterinary practice based in south west England has sounded a warning to farmers on the possibility of livestock poisoning...
Arable
Absence of BYDV ‘reflected in the yields’ for Northern Ireland harvest 2025
The lack of Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) infection within winter cereal crops has been as a major boost to...
Agri-Business
USDA: No detections of screwworm in livestock after human case
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has said that there has been no detections of new world screwworm (NWS) in...
Beef
US authorities confirm case of new world screwworm in human
Authorities in the US have confirmed a case of new world screwworm (NWS) in a human who is understood to...
Agri-Business
AHDB: UK dairy exports to Ireland increased by 7% to 251,000t
A new report shows that UK dairy exports to Ireland increased by 7% to 251,000 tonnes in quarter two of...
Arable
Harvest 2025 on the Ards Peninsula delivers high yields
Arable farmers on the Ards Peninsula of Co Down have recorded high yields of both winter wheat and winter barley...
