N.Ireland
Muir urges landowners to refrain from any prescribed burning
Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Andrew Muir has urged landowners in Northern Ireland to refrain from any prescribed...
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Agri Politics
Former NFU president to lead farm profitability review
Former National Farmers’ Union (NFU) president and farmer, Baroness Minette Batters, has been appointed to lead a review of farm...
N.Ireland
OEP: Urgent action needed to protect key nature areas in NI
The Office of Environmental Protection (OEP) has said that urgent action must be taken to better protect and restore Northern...
Rural Life
Tractor strikes two houses in Chester following collision
Cheshire Constabulary has confirmed reports of a collision between a tractor and a car, which resulted in the tractor driving...
Environment
Defra proposes banning heather burning on upland peat
The Department of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra) has announced new proposals to ban heather burning on upland peat....
Environment
FAO: Genetic diversity of plants and forests at risk
A new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has warned that the genetic diversity...
N.Ireland
Labour ‘failed to recognise impact’ of tax measures on farming – UUP
The Labour government at Westminster has failed to recognise the impact of its new tax measures on production agriculture, particularly...
N.Ireland
Calls for immediate cull of TB-infected badgers in NI
Farmers for Action (FFA) is calling for an immediate cull of tuberculosis (TB) infected badgers in Northern Ireland with immediate...
N.Ireland
MP calls for generator grant to be introduced in NI
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MP for Upper Bann, Carla Lockhart, has called on the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural...
Arable
The significance of sulphur as a crop nutrient
Sulphur is an essential nutrient for all plants and animals. Its behaviour in the soil is very similar to that...
Pig/Poultry
US restaurants add surcharge to food containing eggs
Denny’s, a US chain restaurant best-known for its breakfast offerings, has announced a surcharge on all menu items that contain...
Environment
Report: Global peatland ‘dangerously unprotected’
A study has revealed that almost one-quarter of the world’s peatland areas are under heavy pressure from human encroachment, with...
N.Ireland
NI to remain exempt from new gun licensing fees
DUP spokesperson for environment, food and rural affairs, MP Carla Lockhart, has reassured Northern Ireland’s (NI) 53,000 gun holders that...
Agri Politics
Gun license fees to rise by 144% to £194
The government have published a new structure for gun license fees, effective from February 5 2025, which will see the...
Rural Life
4 lynx illegally released into Scottish Highlands - RZSS
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) has announced it has successfully captured a total of four wild lynx, which...
Sheep
Three sheep die and 57 rescued following flooding in Scotland
Three sheep died and 57 were rescued after becoming stranded during flooding on farmland in Scotland on the last day...
N.Ireland
UFU to hold NI tractor rallies in protest over ‘family farm tax’
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has announced that it is holding six tractor runs, one in each county, in Northern...
N.Ireland
Ukraine dairy sector still investing despite Russian missiles
By Chris McCullough Even though Russian missiles are still targeting dairy farms in Ukraine, the bigger industrial units are investing...
