Arable
New 5-year GM field trial approved in UK
A five-year field trial to investigate the performance of plants making heart-healthy oils has been approved by Defra. The department...
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N.Ireland
Ballymena farmer given suspended prison sentence for waterway pollution
A Co. Antrim farmer pleaded guilty to causing a polluting discharge to enter a waterway at Ballymena Magistrates’ Court today. William...
N.Ireland
Ballymena farmer given suspended prison sentence for waterway pollution
A Co. Antrim farmer pleaded guilty to causing a polluting discharge to enter a waterway at Ballymena Magistrates’ Court today. William...
Agri-Business
UK dairy company to cut emissions with sugarcane milk cartons
Dairy giant Arla has followed rival Muller in becoming the latest agri-food company to overhaul its entire range with new...
Rural Life
Teens arrested for throwing stones at sheep
A number of teenagers have been arrested by police in Hampshire on suspicion of animal cruelty following the injuring of...
Dairy
GDT: Slight increase continues positive trend
The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) index has made it 11 consecutive rises on the trot following a slight increase in its...
Rural Life
Man wanted for farm murder added to Europe’s ‘Most Wanted’ list
A man, who is wanted in connection with the brutal murder of a father at a farm in Cheshire, is...
Rural Life
French school enrolls sheep in final effort to ‘boost numbers’
With numbers of students in a remote French school dropping, locals took ‘an alternative approach’ to sustaining numbers of pupils...
Beef
Scottish Limousin breeder to be investigated by Trading Standards
The Scottish cattle breeder behind the Jaegerbomb saga is now understood to be the focus of a multi-agency investigation led...
N.Ireland
Police probe digger interference as ‘attempt made to start’
An incident of interference with a digger, in which the machine’s battery was stolen, is believed by police to have...
Rural Life
Royal Bath Show to cut fourth day from 2020 schedule
Organisers of England’s only four-day agricultural event, the Royal Bath & West Show, have decided to cut a day from...
N.Ireland
Appeal for info following collision involving tractor
Police have launched an appeal for information following a collision involving a tractor and a van on a primary route....
Rural Life
Thieves ‘stung’ with decoy in fight on rural crime
Police are stepping up the fight against thieves who target remote farm buildings and equipment in the UK through the...
Arable
AHDB launches £300,000 drive to control downy mildew and blight
AHDB has launched a three-year research programme to revolutionise understanding and improve the control of downy mildew and late blight...
N.Ireland
Border rustling: ‘They’re taking the cattle in lorry loads’
The president of a farmers’ lobby group in Northern Ireland has said: “It’s not one or two cattle now, they’re...
N.Ireland
Border rustling: ‘They’re taking the cattle in lorry loads’
The president of a farmers’ lobby group in Northern Ireland has said: “It’s not one or two cattle now, they’re...
Rural Life
More than 3,000 young farmers turn up for 'unofficial convention'
The weekend’s unofficial young farmers’ convention appears to have passed off without any significant malice – despite as many as...
Machinery
Battery power of today ‘not feasible’ for bigger tractors – Fendt
A report by German publisher/outlet Top Agrar suggests that the energy density of current-generation batteries is not suitable for use in...
