Pig/Poultry
Wales orders poultry to be housed as risk of bird flu heightens
The Welsh government has issued a mandatory housing order for all poultry and captive birds to be kept indoors from...
Pig/Poultry
The Welsh government has issued a mandatory housing order for all poultry and captive birds to be kept indoors from...
N.Ireland
A single bluetongue serotype 3 (BTV-3) restricted zone for England and Wales is now in place. The new restrictions allow...
Agri-Business
The Welsh government will introduce a new all-Wales restricted zone policy for bluetongue serotype 3 (BTV-3) from November 10, it confirmed...
Rural Life
Jenipher Sambazi, a coffee farmer in Uganda, travelled to Wales for Fairtrade Fortnight 2025, where she met with Welsh farmer...
Beef
Bluetongue virus (BTV) serotype 3 has been confirmed on two premises in Wales, the country’s devolved government has said. The...
Beef
The parliament in Wales has decided to ease bluetongue restrictions ahead of the sale of livestock at markets in the...
Rural Life
Fire crews in Wales used water jets to bring a barn fire involving bales under control earlier this week. At...
Rural Life
The family of an 18-year-old who died following a collision on the A40 at Broadoak between Carmarthen and Llandeilo, Wales,...
Pig/Poultry
Two cases of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus, otherwise known as bird flu, has been detected in Wales,...
Agri-Business
The government in Wales has confirmed changes to its policy in relation to bluetongue virus controls which will come into...
Agri-Business
Two white clover, one red clover, two Italian rye-grass, and eight perennial rye-grass varieties have been added to the Recommended...
Rural Life
Emergency services in Wales were deployed yesterday (Sunday May 11) after reports came in about a bull becoming stuck in...
Schemes
A new ‘Community Food Strategy’ has been launched in Wales, aiming to strengthen local food systems, improve healthy eating, and...
Pig/Poultry
The Welsh government has today (Thursday, January 30, implemented a nationwide ‘avian influenza prevention zone’ (AIPZ), to combat the spread...
Rural Life
North Wales Police have confirmed the arrest of six men in connection with the theft of 14 cattle from a...
Beef
Deadweight british beef prices have soared to a record high as a result of strong domestic and international demand and...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland’s Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Andrew Muir, has warned that the first case of bluetongue in...
Sheep
Investigations are continuing in Wales after bluetongue was detected in three sheep moved to Gwynedd from the east of England....