Beef
Live exports: Over 80% rise in cattle exported to Northern Ireland in 2021
Irish live exports have seen a boost in the number of cattle moving across the border to Northern Ireland this...
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Dairy
Carnaross dairy sale see prices reach €3,520
Carnaross Mart, based in Co. Meath, hosted its monthly dairy sale last Wednesday (March 17), with the sale consisting of 110...
Agri Politics
NFU Scotland hosts webinar on proposed changes to slurry and silage controls
120 of Scotland’s farmers and crofters from across the country tuned into a NFU Scotland-led webinar to learn more about...
Agri-Business
Moy Park cuts plastic in packaging by 10% in just a year
Northern Ireland poultry giant Moy Park has reduced the amount of plastic in its packaging by 10% over the past...
Beef
Great British Beef Week is 'going green' for its 11th year
British beef farmers are to receive industry-wide recognition at the end of April, with their support for sustainable production practices...
Sheep
Reaseheath College lecturer announced as NSA central region chairman
The National Sheep Association (NSA) has announced Reaseheath College lecturer and course manager James Bickerton as the new NSA central...
Rural Life
Trailer manufacturer aids TV presenter Matt Baker in bid to save the family farm
A well known trailer manufacturer has come to the rescue of TV presenter Matt Baker as part of a new...
Agri-Business
Poots launches £1 million equipment fund for micro food businesses
Northern Ireland’s Rural Affairs Minster Edwin Poots has launched a £1 million capital grant scheme to help micro food and...
Arable
'The overall picture is positive for malt and malting barley' - NFU Scotland
Representatives of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Scotland, England and Wales branches met with representatives of the Maltsters’ Association of...
Rural Life
Rural crime affects farmers 'financially and emotionally' - NFU Cymru
NFU Cymru has welcomed the announcement that the Welsh government will appoint an all-Wales rural and wildlife crime coordinator to...
N.Ireland
Lely and ID Agro enter into partnership for modular feed kitchens
After jointly introducing the first modular feed kitchen in 2017, robot manufacturer Lely and barn innovator ID Agro have now...
Rural Life
Video: Aussie farmers seek urgent action to combat ‘mice plague’
Farmers in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) have called on their government to take action amid a...
Pig/Poultry
Avian Influenza housing measures set to be lifted on March 31
Compulsory housing measures for poultry and captive birds are set to be lifted at the end of this month, the...
Agri Politics
FUW stresses need for agricultural funding clarity in meeting with George Eustice
Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) president Glyn Roberts has stressed the need for clarity on funding for Welsh agriculture at...
Environment
DAERA warns net-zero in NI would require ‘significant’ livestock reduction
Aiming for net-zero by 2050 would require a “significant” reduction in livestock numbers in Northern Ireland, according to DAERA’s director...
Agri-Business
Environment Bill targets halving NI emissions within next decade
Legally-binding goals to cut greenhouse gas emissions by half by 2030 and 82% by 2050 are set to be included...
Agri-Business
Leading vets and vet nurses urge teams to go green for 2021 with new checklist
Four leading veterinary organisations show how teams can springboard into more sustainable ways of working with a new ‘green’ checklist...
Agri Politics
Defra announces funding boost and new partnership with Forest for Cornwall
Defra and Forest for Cornwall have today (March 19), joined forces to form an innovative new National Woodland Creation Partnership...
