Agri-Business
The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) have responded to the funding pot for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) 2026.
N.Ireland
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has launched its 'Where is your beef from?' campaign to coincide...
Beef
New Zealand sheep and beef farm profit is expected to increase 96% to NZ$287,600 per farm for the...
Arable
There was a sharp (12%) year-on-year fall in the area of barley for harvest 2026 in Great Britain...
Rural Life
Clarkson's Farm star Kaleb Cooper has helped two more students with his agriculture bursary for the Royal Agricultural University (RAU).
The NFU has called on the UK government to postpone the introduction of CBAM over fears that it might further increase fertiliser prices.
A budget of £240m will be distributed to successful applicants of this year's Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme, according to Defra.
Origin Enterprises, the international agri-services group, has reported revenue growth to €1.63 billion in the nine months to April 30.
Sofina Foods has confirmed that a “small number” of Northern Ireland pig supply contracts will not be renewed at the end of this year.
The increased use of obesity medications can be a good news story for the red meat industries, a beef conference has heard today.
UFU is seeking an urgent meeting with Minister Andrew Muir to discuss “uncertainty” facing a number of Northern Ireland pig producers.
England plans to achieve officially bTB-free status by 2038 under a new strategy, with hopes of deploying a vaccine for the disease by 2030.
Environment
Somerset's farms and rural communities are soon to be better protected from the "growing threat of flooding" under a new £50 million package.
Machinery
Kverneland is using Cereals 2026 to introduce a new twin-disc fertiliser spreader to the UK market, called Alentix.
Tesco has called upon industry leaders, retailers and innovators to jointly help farms in transitioning to low carbon fertilisers.
Agriculture was found to be responsible for 31.4% of Northern Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2024, according to DAERA.
The UK’s second largest supermarket said it was only going to stock white eggs in its own brand as they were more environmentally friendly.
NFU Scotland has raised concerns about "agricultural land being taken out of production" to facilitate the development of AI data centres.
Schemes
AHDB announced its new tool that aims to provide "bespoke support" for farmers hoping to apply for the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme.
Ballymoney Show 2026 enjoyed a record turnout of sheep at this year’s event, with the young handlers’ competitions exemplifying this.
The Greenmount Association of the Greenmount agricultural college in Co. Antrim, has invited former students to a reunion event this month.
As costs surge, farmers can look to streamline raising replacement cows by taking strategic steps to minimise cost.
John Deere is introducing its model year 2027 (MY27) updates for its 6R, 6M and 8R ranges, with efficiency being heavily prioritised.
The Soil Association's petition is nearing its signature goal with 60,000 people supporting its campaign to ban glyphosate pre-harvest.
Dairy
Though temperatures soared in late May and early June, for autumn calvers, the full effect of the heat stress may not be felt until calving.
Czech tractor manufacturer Zetor will present its new Series 6 at Cereals, the UK arable farming event later this week.
A farmer has been sentenced today (Monday June 8) at Dungannon Court on charges relating to animal welfare.
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) is aiming to grow the export value of New Zealand’s red meat sector to NZ$23 billion by 2035.
China could reshape trade flows for beef globally according to a food/agricultural commodity market research organisation.
UFU met with senior representatives from Sofina Foods this week to discuss 'the future of Northern Ireland pig producers'.
Figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show that the Irish dairy herd grew last year, but it is a different story in Britain.
