Rural Life
Farmers reminded to keep roads clear of mud and muck
With potato and veg harvesting, ploughing, planting and muck spreading still ongoing across Scotland, the National Farmers’ Union Scotland (NFUS)...
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Environment
83% of farmers could be carbon neutral within 15 years - Barclays
Barclays has teamed up with Nigel Owens MBE, world-renowned rugby union referee and Welsh cattle farmer, to launch a new...
Agri-Business
69% of farmers have made switch to online purchasing due to effects of Covid-19
Covid-19 is having a huge impact on farmers’ purchasing practices, according to new research by leading global consultancy, McKinsey and...
Agri-Business
NI agri-food duo make Queen’s birthday honours list
Two businessmen at the helm of Northern Ireland’s agri-food sector have made it on to this year’s Queen’s birthday honours list....
Agri-Business
NI agri-food duo make Queen’s birthday honours list
Two businessmen at the helm of Northern Ireland’s agri-food sector have made it on to this year’s Queen’s birthday honours list....
Agri-Business
Stormont Agriculture Committee accused of ‘playing politics’ over Brexit legislation
Stormont Agriculture Committee members took a 15-minute closed session on Thursday, October 1 after tensions rose during a heated discussion...
Agri-Business
Stormont Agriculture Committee accused of ‘playing politics’ over Brexit legislation
Stormont Agriculture Committee members took a 15-minute closed session on Thursday, October 1 after tensions rose during a heated discussion...
Dairy
First Milk increases its milk price for November
First Milk has announced that its November milk price will increase by 0.50p/L. This means its liquid standard litre will...
Arable
Farmers can now avail of a new renewable energy crop
Farmers and landowners are urged to consider maximising returns and reducing risk with Miscanthus – a renewable energy crop with...
Machinery
Cost of tractor fires soars to £19 million in the UK
Overloaded battery terminals are behind an increasing number of tractor fires, an investigation of almost 1,000 carried out by rural...
World News
Calls for German meat plants to work longer hours to aid backlog
The German Agricultural Minister Julia Kloeckner has called for meat factories to work longer hours to deal with a backlog of...
Dairy
Dairy webinars to allow farmers to question government ministers
Dairy farmers will get the opportunity to hear about future farming policy and quiz government minsters and experts in a...
N.Ireland
Appeal for info following theft of JCB telehandler
An appeal has been made for information relating to the theft of a JCB telehandler from a property in Co....
N.Ireland
Appeal for info following theft of JCB telehandler
An appeal has been made for information relating to the theft of a JCB telehandler from a property in Co....
Rural Life
Driver of tractor sought after crashing into 300 year-old castle wall
An appeal for information has been launched by the owner of Stansted’s Mountfitchet Castle after CCTV footage showed a tractor...
Environment
Work underway in NI on region’s first ever Clean Air Strategy
Northern Ireland will soon move forward on a clean air strategy that aims to make air quality better, improve health...
N.Ireland
QUB scientists support major African food fraud investigation
Food security scientists at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) have helped identify the cause of a humanitarian crisis and avert a...
N.Ireland
QUB scientists support major African food fraud investigation
Food security scientists at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) have helped identify the cause of a humanitarian crisis and avert a...
