Arable
Significant moisture stress is now becoming a challenge in crops across Europe, according to the European Commission.
N.Ireland
An early conclusion of a sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) UK-EU agreement is “a realistic objective”, according to Alistair Carmichael MP.
The government in France has passed new decrees intended to make it easier for farmers to create new farms and to produce higher volumes.
Agri-Business
France has announced that it has decided to vote against the proposed EU Mercosur trade agreement at a meeting of the EU Council today.
Environment
The steak on your plate and the milk in your coffee could soon have a smaller environmental footprint, thanks to a new project.
Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart has described the EU’s Mercosur trade agreement as a potential “serious threat” to the NI agri-food sector.
Ornua’s market report for December 2025 paints a mixed picture of the dairy industry, both in Europe and beyond.
Sheep
A number of lorries carrying British lamb carcasses are to return to the UK after they were seized at a border control post in, France.
Dairy
A University College Cork project has received €2 million in EU funding to investigate how commercial cattle farming first emerged in Europe.
2025 is currently tied with 2023 to be the second-warmest year on record, according to new data...
Momentum continues to build at Stormont surrounding the attainment of a workable animal health agreement involving London and Brussels.
Political pressure is growing at Stormont to secure agreed post-Brexit trading arrangements for...
The National Institute of Agricultural Botany (Niab) has welcomed the entry into law of a new precision plant breeding act for England.
A total of 99,400t of fresh and frozen lamb has been imported into the EU from non-EU countries between January and July of this year
Machinery
The Kverneland Group, led by Norwegian Arild Gjerde as president/CEO, has taken pains to reinforce its commitment to serving the ag sector
The latest EU harvest update for 2025 reflects a continent that has been divided in two regarding rain availability over recent months
AHDB announced that recent analysis is forecasting a steady red meat and dairy export trade for the UK into the EU
Certified seed potato imports from Scotland should be available on the Irish market from 2026 onwards, according to the IFA
The AHDB is reporting that the 2025 grain harvest continues to gather pace across Europe and North America.
The UK's less intensive dairy sector, and the global outlook, puts UK dairy in a good place to benefit from a new deal with the EU.
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board said demand from the EU and USA helped drive UK dairy exports to £1.8 billion in 2024.
The BVA has outlined key issues that should be included in any EU-UK agreement for future access to veterinary medicines in Northern Ireland.
MP for Upper Bann, Carla Lockhart, has said that the seizure of illegal meat at the Port of Larne is ‘deeply concerning’.
