Rural Life
Alliance hit back as local authority plans to ban meat ahead of Christmas 2020
The Countryside Alliance has branded an English council’s decision to wipe meat from the menu of its catering services, in time...
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Rural Life
NFU takes in new group of young farmer ambassadors
A total of 11 new farmers have beaten stiff competition from more than 130 applicants to join the NFU for...
Sheep
NSA Sheep Event goes goes virtual for 2020
The National Sheep Association (NSA) has announced plans to run a two-day virtual event after its headquarters’ 40th-anniversary celebrations had...
Rural Life
Dairy Show gets the green light for October
Dairy producers will, at last, be able to get out and about to meet colleagues, see new kit and hear...
Agri-Business
Farm cash flows: ‘Don’t be lulled into a false sense of security’
Recent increases in prices, combined with Covid-19 self-employment support and loans, are ‘artificially’ inflating many farm business cash flows, Omagh-based...
Agri-Business
Farm cash flows: ‘Don’t be lulled into a false sense of security’
Recent increases in prices, combined with Covid-19 self-employment support and loans, are ‘artificially’ inflating many farm business cash flows, Omagh-based...
Agri-Business
Former Wales rugby player joins NHS staff and keyworkers to thank community
Welsh NHS staff and keyworkers have come together to pay a moving tribute to their communities for their support during...
Other
Resistant ‘super rats’ are breeding in the UK
A new survey will compile data to establish the extent to which resistance is understood and what methods farmers are...
N.Ireland
Minister announces ‘phased return’ of face-to-face industry support by CAFRE
DAERA Minister Edwin Poots has announced plans to gradually reintroduce CAFRE’s face-to-face knowledge and technology programmes in Northern Ireland. To...
N.Ireland
Minister announces ‘phased return’ of face-to-face industry support by CAFRE
DAERA Minister Edwin Poots has announced plans to gradually reintroduce CAFRE’s face-to-face knowledge and technology programmes in Northern Ireland. To...
Dairy
From grass to glass: Selling bottled milk from a vending machine…on the farm
William and Alison Chestnutt have seen a “phenomenal demand” for their milk, as they launched a milk vending machine on...
N.Ireland
Almost 15,000 cattle ‘stolen’ in NI in just 4 years
“Astonishing” figures show as many as 14,506 cattle have gone missing in Northern Ireland over the last four years. The...
N.Ireland
Almost 15,000 cattle ‘stolen’ in NI in just 4 years
“Astonishing” figures show as many as 14,506 cattle have gone missing in Northern Ireland over the last four years. The...
Sheep
Almost 18,000 sign campaign for wool to be mandated in construction
Almost 18,000 people have signed a petition calling for wool-based insulation and carpeting to be made mandatory in publicly-financed building...
Agri-Business
£1.7 million rural business fund launched for Northern Ireland
A new £1.7 million stimulus fund to help rural and micro-businesses expand, innovate and sustain rural communities has been launched...
N.Ireland
Firefighters douse tractor ‘well alight in a field’
Firefighters were called in to extinguish a tractor which was “well alight in a field” in Somerset, England, this week....
Arable
Innovative plant health tool honoured in agri-tech awards
A ‘smart farming’ tool developed by a John Innes Centre researcher to help farmers apply fertiliser more efficiently has been...
Agri-Business
Welsh red meat exports up by £13 million in 2019
Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) has launched the latest edition of its ‘Little Book of Meat Facts’,...