Rural Life
New partnership launched to tackle Ayrshire rural crime
Organisations have joined together to tackle the blight rural crime increasingly causes for farmers in Ayrshire. The Ayrshire Partnership Against...
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N.Ireland
Air Ambulance dispatched to man overcome by slurry fumes
Emergency ambulance crews in Northern Ireland have responded to a call at a farm in south Armagh on Friday afternoon,...
N.Ireland
Air ambulance dispatched to man overcome by slurry fumes
Emergency ambulance crews in Northern Ireland have responded to a call at a farm in south Armagh on Friday afternoon,...
N.Ireland
Air ambulance dispatched to man overcome by slurry fumes
Emergency ambulance crews in Northern Ireland have responded to a call at a farm in south Armagh on Friday afternoon,...
Arable
Business opportunities to top agenda at UK's largest organic farm event
The largest UK organic on-farm event, OF&G National Organic Combinable Crops (NOCC), will take place this year on July 3 at...
Agri-Business
New video highlights careers in agronomy and the role of crop protection
A new educational video, recorded by the National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs (NFYFC), aims to highlight the role crop...
Rural Life
Original performances impress judges at NFYFC’s Performing Arts final
An original script and handmade costumes helped Eardisley YFC steal the show at The National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs’...
Agri-Business
Cornish mixed farm becomes latest to join Monitor Farm network
Cornish farmer Ashley Jones has been selected as one of the latest to join the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board’s...
Rural Life
Nithsdale Monitor Farm opens its gates for Open Farm Sunday
The Marchant family, who run Clonhie Farm, the Nithsdale Monitor farm, near Thornhill, are looking forward to welcoming visitors for...
Sheep
Lamb losses a threat as warm weather causes Nematodirus and roundworm spike
Wet weather followed by a sudden increase in temperature is causing a high Nematodirus and roundworm risk on farms nationwide,...
Environment
Working for waders: Bringing wading birds back to Scottish farmland
Soil Association Scotland is inviting farmers and land managers to a free event at Threepwood Farm, Galashiels, on Thursday, June...
Rural Life
Farmers have less leisure time than hunter-gatherers, study suggests
Hunter-gatherers in the Philippines who convert to farming work around 10 hours a week longer than their forager neighbours, a...
Agri-Business
Business idea to help farmers move to organic wins investment for student
A business that provides a dedicated label of quality for farms in the process of becoming organic has won a...
Agri-Business
Galloway deer farmer granted Biosphere Certification
Eight Scottish businesses from a range of industries including food, tourism, forestry, horticulture and publishing have now been recognised for...
Arable
Snow sees corn planting behind…switch to soybeans on the way?
Just like St. Patrick’s Day marks the ideal spring barley sowing season here in the UK and Ireland, many US...
Machinery
McCormick tractor dealer appointed in Co. Antrim
McKeever Tractors has been appointed as a McCormick dealer for Co. Antrim. The dealership, based at Portglenone near Ballymena, will “draw...
Agri Politics
May departure: Farming's reaction to PM's resignation
The UK’s farming bodies have warned May’s resignation means yet more uncertainty and a return to the possibility of a...
Agri-Business
Theresa May to step down as Conservative Party leader
The UK Prime Minister Theresa May has today, Friday, May 24, announced that she will resign from her role as...
