Rural Life
Arable
NFU calls for CBAM to be postponed to ease fertiliser cost pressures
Agri-Business
Defra announces £240m budget for SFI 2026
Agri-Business
Origin Enterprises reports revenue growth ‘despite continued volatility’
N.Ireland
Sofina Foods: ‘Small number’ of NI pig contracts won’t be renewed
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…
Schemes
AHDB tool to help farms ‘identify financially worthwhile’ SFI actions
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has unveiled its new online tool that aims to provide “bespoke support” for…
N.Ireland
Ballymoney Show 2026 enjoys record sheep turnout
Ballymoney Show 2026 enjoyed a record turnout of sheep at this year’s event. The young handlers’ competitions particularly exemplified this…
N.Ireland
40-year reunion set for graduates of Greenmount college
The Greenmount Association, an organisation of former students of the Greenmount agricultural college campus in Co. Antrim, has invited former…
N.Ireland
Controlling replacement heifer costs while maintaining quality
As costs surge, farmers can look to streamline raising replacement cows by taking strategic steps to minimise cost while not…