Agri-Business
N.Ireland
UFU launches ‘Where is your beef from?’ World Cup campaign
Beef
NZ sheep and beef farm profit expected to jump 96% year-on-year
Arable
Mixed outlook for GB crops as barley area falls
Rural Life
2 more agriculture students awarded Kaleb Cooper bursaries
Arable
NFU calls for CBAM to be postponed to ease fertiliser cost pressures
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has called on the UK government to postpone the introduction of the Carbon Border Adjustment…
Agri-Business
Defra announces £240m budget for SFI 2026
A total of £240 million will be distributed to successful applicants of this year’s Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme, according…
Agri-Business
Origin Enterprises reports revenue growth ‘despite continued volatility’
Origin Enterprises, the international agri-services group, has reported revenue growth to €1.63 billion in the nine months to April 30….
N.Ireland
Sofina Foods: ‘Small number’ of NI pig contracts won’t be renewed
Sofina Foods has confirmed that a “small number” of Northern Ireland pig supply contracts will not be renewed at the…
Beef
Rising use of obesity medications ‘good news’ for red meat sector – LMC
The increased use of appetite-suppressing, obesity medications can be developed into a good news story for the red meat industries,…
N.Ireland
UFU seeks ministerial meeting over future of NI pig producers
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) is seeking an urgent meeting with Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Andrew Muir…
Beef
England to deploy bTB vaccine by 2030 under new strategy
The University of Cambridge has today (Wednesday, June 10) published the details of a new strategy that plans to achieve…
Environment
Somerset farms to benefit from £50m package flood protection
Somerset’s farms and rural communities are soon to be better protected from the “growing threat of flooding” under a new…
Machinery
Kverneland claims greater spreading performance with new spreader
Kverneland is using Cereals 2026 to introduce a new fertiliser spreader to the UK market. Called Alentix, this all-new twin-disc…
Agri-Business
Tesco calls for transition to low carbon fertilisers on UK farms
Tesco has called upon industry leaders, retailers and innovators to jointly help farms in transitioning to low carbon fertilisers, with…
N.Ireland
Agriculture behind nearly a third of NI emissions in 2024 – DAERA
Agriculture was found to be responsible for 31.4% of Northern Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2024, according to the Department…
N.Ireland
UK supermarket switches to white eggs to ‘lower carbon footprint’
By Chris McCullough Social media got all fired up after the UK’s second largest supermarket announced it was only going…
Rural Life
‘Agricultural land should not be lost’ for data centres – NFU Scotland
National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Scotland has raised concerns about “agricultural land being taken out of production” to facilitate the development…