Arable
AHDB to release results from its Strategic Potato farm network project
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) will present the latest results from its Strategic Potato (SPot) farm network via...
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Dairy
Lakeland Dairies sets milk price for December
Lakeland Dairies has become the latest processor to announce its milk price for December, revealing a held base price with...
Arable
Variety ‘watch list’ for wheat yellow rust released
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has issued a ‘yellow rust watch list’ to help flag UK winter wheat...
Environment
SDLP launches consultation on legally-binding targets to tackle biodiversity loss
SDLP Assembly member Dolores Kelly has launched a public consultation on proposals to introduce legally-binding targets to tackle biodiversity loss...
N.Ireland
Kelly re-elected as Ulster Wool board member
Following a call for nominations by Ulster Wool to represent wool producers in Northern Ireland, Brendan Kelly has been returned...
Machinery
New Holland’s BigBaler wins 2020 Good Design Award
New Holland Agriculture has been announced as the winner of the 2020 Good Design Award for the BigBaler 1290 High...
N.Ireland
NI farming families to be offered first aid training from home
Northern Ireland farming families are to be offered life-saving first aid training online in a bid to reduce the number...
Agri-Business
NI prime livestock prices remain ‘strong’ despite Christmas lockdown sales slump
Northern Ireland turkey, lamb and roast beef sales were down this year as Christmas Covid-19 restrictions meant fewer gatherings over...
Rural Life
Royal Agricultural University to refund accommodation fees due to lockdown
The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) has decided to refund students who are unable to access their on-campus accommodation due to...
Agri-Business
‘Leave no farmer behind’ – Poots tells OFC of vision for NI farm support
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots spoke of “tremendous opportunities” and “room to manoeuvre” in the wake of Brexit for the...
Rural Life
16 sheep die after falling through frozen pond in North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue has said that 16 sheep have died after falling through ice on a frozen pond...
Agri Politics
TFA warns that half of tenant farmers could be excluded from future schemes
The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) is warning that up to half of tenant farmers may be excluded from new government...
Arable
McAleer concerned over UK’s commitment to gene-editing
The chairman of Stormont’s Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Declan McAleer MLA, has cautioned against the public commitment...
Schemes
98% of farmers eligible for BPS received payments in December
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has stated that it has delivered its best ever December payment performance and paid just...
Environment
Poots chairs first meeting of Green Growth Inter-Ministerial Group
Northern Ireland Environment Minister Edwin Poots today chaired the first meeting of the region’s new Green Growth Inter-Ministerial Group today...
Rural Life
RABI targeting 26,000 responses in 'Big Farming Survey'
The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) has launched the largest ever survey of its kind in England and Wales, with...
Environment
Thunberg criticises UK government for allowing farmers to use pesticides banned by the EU
Well-known Swedish environmentalist campaigner Greta Thunberg has criticised the UK government for allowing farmers to continue using a bee-killing pesticide that...
N.Ireland
PSNI to introduce new licence for firearm magazines
Gun owners in Northern Ireland will have to pay out £30 for a new licence should they wish to buy...
