Environment
N.Ireland
NI police appeal for information after sheep found dead
Dairy
Why Dale Farm and Aurivo pulled the plug on merger talks
Arable
AHDB to launch new web-based BYDV management tool
Environment
Fly-tippers and vandals could be forced into ‘clean up squads’
N.Ireland
‘Very strong’ global demand for woollen carpets – Ulster Wool
Ulster Wool is confirming that wool markets around the world continue to strengthen, which it says is good news for…
N.Ireland
Watch: UK firefighters tackle tractor fire after flames destroy crop fields
Firefighters in the UK were called to a farm after a tractor went up in flames and spread to nearby…
N.Ireland
Court: NI farmer convicted for water pollution offence
A farmer in Northern Ireland has been convicted in court for water pollution offence that resulted in a fish kill….
N.Ireland
FFA: April 6 ‘key date’ in inheritance tax judicial review
A judicial review of the extension of inheritance tax to agricultural land and farm assets in the UK has been…
Environment
Land Use Framework ‘long on aspiration’ and short on execution – TFA
The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) has said that the government’s new plans for land management is “long on aspiration and…
Agri-Business
Farmers and NGOs call for UK standards to be applied to agri-food imports
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU), World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the RSPCA have called on the UK government…
N.Ireland
NI Farm Quality Assurance Scheme ‘underpins’ red meat marketing – LMC
The importance of the Beef and Lamb Farm Quality Assurance Scheme (FQAS) for Northern Ireland has been confirmed by Livestock…
Environment
Defra announces England’s first Land Use Framework
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published a new plan, the Land Use Framework, which will…
N.Ireland
Aurivo and Dale Farm announce no merger imminent
Dairy cooperatives Dale Farm and Aurivo have today (Friday, January 20) announced a “strategic partnership”. Following detailed discussions over recent…
Arable
PDA publishes new potato crop nutrition advisory leaflet
The Potash Development Association (PDA) has published a new potato crop nutrition guidance leaflet to facilitate UK and Irish growers….
N.Ireland
Fatality confirmed on Tyrone farm
A man has died following an incident on a farm in Co. Tyrone today (Thursday, March 19). The Police Service…
Sheep
£3m secured to continue Welsh Sheep Genetics Programme
The Welsh government has confirmed £3 million of funding over the next three financial years to continue the Welsh Sheep…
N.Ireland
Advice for NI farmers as BVD restriction changes in place
There are new bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) movement restrictions in place on breakdown herds and on individual females in those…