Environment
Poots launches £800,000 environmental fund for NI
Environment Minister Edwin Poots has announced an £800,000 fund to support environmental projects across Northern Ireland. The fund is available...
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Agri-Business
Canada’s Royal Agricultural Winter Fair cancelled for 2020
Canada’s Royal Agricultural Winter Fair has become the latest major industry event to fall victim to the Covid-19 pandemic. The...
N.Ireland
Rural Support joins Covid-19 mental health action group
Agricultural mental health charity Rural Support has joined a coalition of charities working to help communities cope with the stress...
N.Ireland
Rural Support joins Covid-19 mental health action group
Agricultural mental health charity Rural Support has joined a coalition of charities working to help communities cope with the stress...
N.Ireland
Rural Support joins Covid-19 mental health action group
Agricultural mental health charity Rural Support has joined a coalition of charities working to help communities cope with the stress...
Rural Life
9-year-old Aberdeenshire lad named Farm Kid Diaries competition winner
A young farmer from Aberdeenshire has picked up a top prize after winning Quality Meat Scotland’s ‘Farm Kid Diaries’ competition....
Agri-Business
Truss insists ban on low-standard imports already has legal backing
Assurances low-standard imports such as chlorinated chicken are already banned in the UK do not go far enough to protect...
N.Ireland
Farmers reminded: ‘Just one lungful of slurry gas can kill’
There are additional risks just now with farmers and contractors busy working with animals, making silage and spreading fertiliser and...
Beef
Takeaway demands provide huge boost for NI lamb and cheese sales
The nation’s love for kebabs and pizza helped takeaway sales of lamb and cheese soar by 80% during lockdown, according...
Beef
Takeaway demands provide huge boost for NI lamb and cheese sales
The nation’s love for kebabs and pizza helped takeaway sales of lamb and cheese soar by 80% during lockdown, according...
N.Ireland
Appeal for awareness made following 16 farm fatalities on island of Ireland
With the ongoing high rate of fatal farm accidents in 2020, four ministers from the Republic of Ireland and Northern...
Agri-Business
First 'Sheep Production Show' to go live this weekend
A new virtual event is set to take place this weekend in place of the many cancelled to help sheep...
Dairy
Ice cream and Covid-19: Adapting to challenges and creating opportunities
An insight into how the Northern Irish ice cream processing industry is adapting to the challenges of Covid-19 in recent...
Agri-Business
Tenant farmers must not be locked out of new government schemes
The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) is warning that farmers in England who rent their land may not be able to...
Agri-Business
QMS to begin 'gradual' return to physical quality assurance inspections
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) has announced plans to launch a “gradual return” to physical inspections for priority members across its...
Agri-Business
Major Welsh food wholesaler Castell Howell issues job loss warning
One of Wales’ biggest food wholesalers, Castell Howell, has warned it is facing the possibility of making major redundancies because...
Agri-Business
Ribena to invest £500,000 in research to develop climate-resilient blackcurrant
The firm behind one of the UK’s most-loved berry drinks – Lucozade Ribena Suntory (LRS) – has invested over half...
Agri-Business
Scots Brexit survey finds '3 main types of farmer'
Around three-quarters of Scottish farmers have a sceptical or pessimistic view of the industry post-Brexit, according to new analysis of a...
