Agri-Business
USPCA and DAERA urge people to not buy animals this Christmas
The Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has joined the Ulster Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to...
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Pig/Poultry
'No shortage here' says turkey farmer
A farmer from Lancashire has taken to Twitter to share what he says is the “truth about the turkey shortage”...
Other
RSPCA flood response team put on standby as water rises
The emergency flood response teams of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) have been placed...
Agri-Business
Defra: Free business advice for farmers as part of FFRF
Farmers and landowners can receive free one-to-one business advice as part of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’...
Agri-Business
COP27: Farming unions call for energy and food discussions
Presidents of UK farming unions have called for renewable energy and food security to be at the heart of the...
Agri-Business
HCC: Red meat accounts for nearly half of Welsh agri output
The latest figures from Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) show that Welsh red meat production accounts for...
N.Ireland
Decline in woodcock numbers likely due to habitat loss – GWCT
Habitat loss due to the increasing fragmentation of woodland is likely to be behind the decline in woodcock numbers throughout...
Agri-Business
Appeal for information on 18 stolen cattle in Wrexham
The North Wales Police’s (NWP) Rural Crime Team is appealing for information regarding the theft of 18 cattle from Coxwood...
Agri-Business
€74m research collaboration to focus on climate change and food
£64 million is to be invested in research across Ireland, Britain and Northern Ireland focusing on climate change and sustainable...
Pig/Poultry
Scottish scientists devlop ways to measure bone quality in poultry
Scientists at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh have developed a fast and safe method of analysing bone density in live...
Environment
Poots: New CO2 report will help achieve net zero target
Minister from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), Edwin Poots, has said that a new report highlighting...
Arable
NFU: Over 130,000 school children sign up to harvest festival
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Education team will provide first-hand experience of harvest time to more than 130,000 students as...
Environment
The Prince of Wales becomes patron of the GWCT
The Prince of Wales, Charles, has become a patron of the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT). He follows in...
Government
Scotland's new hunting bill will compromise the livelihoods of farmers - SCA
The Scottish Countryside Alliance (SCA) is accusing the Scottish government of “compromising the livelihoods of farmers” with the introduction of...
N.Ireland
Poots: Trespassing incident on Armagh poultry farm was ‘highly irresponsible’
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has condoned a trespassing incident on a poultry farm in Co. Armagh earlier today (July 2)...
N.Ireland
Department unlikely to take direct action over ILT outbreaks
The department is unlikely to take direct action, such as introducing culls or flocks restrictions, over a recent spate of...
N.Ireland
‘Potentially serious’ viral disease ILT discovered in poultry flocks in NI
A potentially serious viral infection, ILT, has started to spread through Northern Ireland (NI) poultry flocks, the Department of Agriculture,...
Pig/Poultry
Chickens ‘disposed of’ due to unauthorised antibiotic concerns
Carton Bros, the company that produces the Manor Farm chicken brand, has said that a number of birds were "disposed...
