Agri-Business
Farmer Network workshops to help young farmers with finances
The Farmer Network has launched a series of workshops, supported by the National Lottery Reaching Communities fund to assist the...
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Sheep
NSA seeks policy enthusiasts for complementary London trip
The National Sheep Association (NSA) has announced it has opened applications for young sheep farmers with a particular interest in...
Dairy
Introducing Hilda: Could this IVF calf transform the UK dairy industry?
A scientist in Scotland has hailed the birth of an IVF calf, that hails from a research project to develop...
Environment
Soil health to be focus of Yorkshire open farm walk
For several millennia mankind understood the importance of healthy soil. The earth’s thin skin supports all life above it. Around...
Agri-Business
UK trial farmers use cattle to control invasive species
Farmers are using animals to control the invasive species, bracken, without chemicals while saving costs and restoring habitats, in a...
Dairy
Confirmed number of bluetongue cases in GB rises to 157
The total number of bluetongue (BTV-3) cases in Great Britain has risen to 157, with 155 in England and two...
Sheep
The Farming Network to host sheep scab information night
The Farming Network has embarked on various initiatives, including an upcoming information night, aimed at tackling the prevalence of sheep...
Agri-Business
Farmer Network events to support next generation of farmers
One of the country’s largest farmer support organisations is continuing to help the next generation of farmers to ensure that...
Agri-Business
Four postgrad students receive national agricultural award
Four promising postgraduate agricultural students from across the UK have been selected to receive a ‘Centenary Award’ bursary from The...
Rural Life
8-year-old boy who died by gunshot on English farm named
An eight-year-old boy, who died as a result of gunshot wounds sustained in an incident on a farm in East...
Agri-Business
Morrisons' farm bus to take customers to meet food producers
Morrisons is trialing a ‘British farm bus tour’ which will offer customers an opportunity to visit and meet with the...
Rural Life
Crimestoppers charity launches cross-border rural crime campaign
Crimestoppers has launched it’s first ever cross-border rural crime campaign in the northern counties of Cumbria, Lancashire, North Yorkshire, Northumbria,...
Dairy
10th UK Dairy Day gets underway in Telford
UK Dairy Day, the UK’s leading free-to-attend dairy event, is being held at the Telford International Centre in Telford today...
Agri-Business
Machinery: Irish Rovers return after epic UK tractor run
Setting off from the very northern tip of Scotland in the first week of May, on a cabless tractor, heading...
Agri-Business
Interim chair of Red Tractor receives 'Lifetime Achievement Award'
The interim chair of Red Tractor, Alistair Mackintosh, said today (Monday, August 19) that he was “humbled” to receive a...
Rural Life
40 finalists revealed for 2024 Young Farmers' Club awards
40 finalists have been shortlisted for the National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs’ (NFYFC) 2024 YFC Achiever Awards. Stars of...
Rural Life
Campaign aims to eradicate 'digital deficit' in rural North Wales
A campaign has been launched to combat the “digital deficit” in rural North Wales after it was revealed that one...
Rural Life
Yorkshire: Tractor drives over the side of a car with 4 passengers
A tractor drove over the side of a car which contained four passengers in a collision that occured yesterday in...
