N.Ireland
Ministers assigned as Stormont NI Assembly resumes
The Northern Ireland Assembly is back in power after a three-year absence, following agreement from a majority of political parties...
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N.Ireland
Ministers assigned as Stormont NI Assembly resumes
The Northern Ireland Assembly is back in power after a three-year absence, following agreement from a majority of political parties...
Agri-Business
Farmers urged to 'step up' and demonstrate industry's role tackling climate change
The chief executive of farming education charity LEAF has called for the farming industry to step up and demonstrate its...
Agri-Business
QMS kicks off 2020 with latest phase of 'Meat with Integrity' campaign
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) has kicked off 2020 with the next wave of its ‘Meat with Integrity’ marketing campaign, following...
Agri-Business
Grain price: Rapeseed reaches highest price since March 2017
Paris rapeseed futures reached their highest price since March 2017 this week. On Tuesday (January 7), the price closed at...
Dairy
Dairy advice: 3 jobs to get ticked off your to-do list
With the Christmas and the New Year celebrations behind us, our attention is back to the farm and what jobs...
Agri-Business
Trying to reduce the workload during springtime? Why not install a camera…
Springtime is the busiest time of the year on many farming enterprises across the country, especially dairy and sheep. The...
Agri-Business
OFC 2020: British environmental standards a 'red line' for food imports
British environmental standards are “a red line, that as a society we must defend vigorously”, businessman and cookery writer Henry Dimbleby told...
Agri-Business
New Bill introduced to ensure farmers continue to receive Direct Payments for 2020
The Government has introduced legislation to provide continuity for farmers across all four corners of the UK and ensure farming...
Rural Life
How to Steal Pigs: Mitsubishi distances itself from controversial documentary
4X4 manufacturer Mitsubishi Motors has distanced itself from a controversial Channel 4 documentary set to air this week titled ‘How to Steal...
Beef
McDonald's partners Prince's Countryside Fund for 'Beef it Up'
McDonald’s UK has entered into a three-year partnership with the Prince’s Countryside Fund to support family farm economic resilience. The...
Rural Life
NFUS presses politicians for solutions to biofuel suitability
The National Farmers’ Union of Scotland (NFUS) is calling for politicians to provide solutions to issues related to the reliability...
Environment
National Trust to plant 20 million trees over 10 years
The National Trust has announced one of the UK’s biggest woodland expansion and tree planting projects as part of its...
Rural Life
Yuletide ewe: ‘Hardy’ sextuplet lambs born on Irish midlands farm
A farming family in the midlands had a pleasant post-Christmas novelty last month with the arrival of six hale and...
Dairy
’10 years ago I would have said I’d never milk a cow or stand in a parlour’ – John Kelly
The past decade has provided many opportunities and challenges for Irish farmers – particularly those involved in or with a...
N.Ireland
Driver caught ‘red handed’ pumping agri diesel at forecourt
The driver of a saloon car at one filling station in the “Red Hand County” of Tyrone was caught “red...
N.Ireland
Driver caught ‘red handed’ pumping agri diesel at forecourt
The driver of a saloon car at one filling station in the “Red Hand County” of Tyrone was caught “red...
Pig/Poultry
Poultry and backyard flock owners urged to be vigilant of bird flu
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has reiterated the risk that avian influenza (AI) poses to the poultry...
