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Agricultural news from around England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

Politics

Government closes SFI scheme for England, but what next?

Today

New bill seeks to introduce fairer pricing for farmers

Today

Councils to be given more powers to seize land for housebuilding

Today

Fury as Defra confirms sudden closure of SFI applications

Today

Government proposes £250-a-year for rural residents near pylons

Yesterday

Welsh farmers descend on Senedd to hear debate on 'family farm tax'

6 March 2025

MP calls for major policy reset to help farmers produce 'more from less'

6 March 2025

Government 'will be complicit' in any major UK disease outbreak

5 March 2025

Farming charities launch survey as support 'needed more than ever'

4 March 2025

Farmers march in London on foot against inheritance tax policy

4 March 2025

Consultation launched on farm inheritance tax reliefs for trusts

1 March 2025

Government opens door for licenced reintroductions of beavers

28 February 2025

Dairy

Arla suspends farmer after undercover footage shows cruelty

Today

Farm business incomes forecast to rise for all sectors except cereals

Yesterday

UK lab-grown meat and dairy could be on sale within two years

Yesterday

Retailer Co-op to switch to Muller direct price from April

10 March 2025

Cattle populations in Britain decline for tenth consecutive year

10 March 2025

Defra bans Hungary and Slovakia imports after foot-and-mouth case

8 March 2025

Demand for cattle and sheep feed drives compound feed market growth

7 March 2025

Third of UK calves experience bovine respiratory disease, study finds

6 March 2025

Public shunned plant-based food in Veganuary, new research shows

5 March 2025

Researchers seek over 50 dairy farms for emissions project

5 March 2025

Arla's March 2025 price for farmer suppliers to remain the same

28 February 2025

On-farm trials for bovine TB vaccine move on to next phase

27 February 2025

Poultry

Farm business incomes forecast to rise for all sectors except cereals

Yesterday

No current vaccine meets full criteria to tackle bird flu, experts say

9 March 2025

Public raise over £40k for Devon family farm hit by bird flu

28 February 2025

UK scientists find new ways of developing vaccines to tackle poultry virus

28 February 2025

UK livestock numbers must fall, Climate Change Committee says

27 February 2025

Organic egg farm adopts bioacoustic technology to monitor bees

25 February 2025

Competition watchdog provisionally clears poultry feed merger

24 February 2025

Grey seals on Norfolk coast test positive for bird flu

19 February 2025

Government vets order cull for 64,000 birds after suspected bird flu

17 February 2025

Extended poultry housing order comes into force to curb bird flu

16 February 2025

Dutch and German markets to end chick culling from 2026

13 February 2025

Northern Ireland to enact mandatory housing order for all poultry

13 February 2025

ITFarmer

Grants towards wide range of farming equipment to open in spring

26 February 2025

VR hazard perception test addresses training gap for tractor drivers

24 February 2025

Researchers develop AI to track UK farm emissions

19 February 2025

Autonomous detection system reduces lameness four-fold, study says

30 January 2025

Waitrose rolls out app to track environmental health of 2,000 farms

30 January 2025

Artificial intelligence should 'revolutionise' meat inspection protocols

15 January 2025

Farms supplying Muller enter new programme to slash emissions

13 January 2025

Syngenta to use 'full power of AI' for new biostimulants

13 January 2025

Long-awaited tech fund for farmers to launch in spring

10 January 2025

New VR tool raises importance of on-farm eye protection

9 January 2025

Claas to carry out 'pioneering' work in artificial intelligence

8 January 2025

University group hopes to transform UK crop monitoring with AI

18 December 2024

Pigs

Farm business incomes forecast to rise for all sectors except cereals

Yesterday

Defra bans Hungary and Slovakia imports after foot-and-mouth case

8 March 2025

Latin America's demand for pork presents 'major opportunity' for UK

7 March 2025

Government 'will be complicit' in any major UK disease outbreak

5 March 2025

RSPCA Assured rolls out new animal welfare standards for pigs

4 March 2025

England's overall pig herd shows encouraging growth over 2024

3 March 2025

UK livestock numbers must fall, Climate Change Committee says

27 February 2025

UK red meat exports reach record level as beef demand grows

20 February 2025

Pork production in UK expected to remain steady in 2025

20 February 2025

Concern raised after 600kg of illegal meat seized in NI

19 February 2025

Pig sector evokes past disease outbreaks after illegal boar release

13 February 2025

NFU Scotland condemns illegal release of feral pigs in Cairngorms

11 February 2025

Environment

Government closes SFI scheme for England, but what next?

Today

Farmland threatened by East West Rail granted special status

Today

Fury as Defra confirms sudden closure of SFI applications

Today

Additional £1m aims to tackle water quality issues in River Wye

Yesterday

High Court rules that chicken manure must be classified as 'waste'

Yesterday

Government proposes £250-a-year for rural residents near pylons

Yesterday

New project set to predict nutrient release from cover crops

10 March 2025

Scottish farmers warned of water scarcity risk this summer

7 March 2025

Council urges 'common sense' when eating food near chemical plant

7 March 2025

Farmers urged to future-proof against changing UK weather

5 March 2025

Researchers seek over 50 dairy farms for emissions project

5 March 2025

Survey exploring flood impact on farmer mental health extended

3 March 2025

Arable

Farm business incomes forecast to rise for all sectors except cereals

Yesterday

New project set to predict nutrient release from cover crops

10 March 2025

Report: OSR with high CSFB larvae counts may still have yield potential

10 March 2025

Polish potato imports to UK test positive for notifiable disease

7 March 2025

Backlash after English whisky makers could soon use term 'single malt'

5 March 2025

Red Tractor seeks applications for new crops and sugar beet chair

4 March 2025

Drop in UK cereal and oilseed leads to growing reliance on imports

28 February 2025

Scottish farmers achieve FSA Gold for distilling wheat in UK-first

28 February 2025

UK wheat production set to see an increase from 2024 levels

27 February 2025

Land in conversion to organic with Soil Association Certification doubles

26 February 2025

UK farmland at risk under system using 1940s data, report warns

24 February 2025

Half of UK farmers reconsidering their future, says survey

19 February 2025

Crime

Just two people convicted for sheep worrying in Scotland last year

Yesterday

Three fined £75,000 after storing 34,000 tonnes of waste on farm

10 March 2025

Police appeal after decapitated sheep found in Suffolk

7 March 2025

Farming businesses 'under siege' by organised crime, NFU warns

6 March 2025

Brothers sentenced after man killed by herd of cows in 2020

4 March 2025

Farmer sentenced to prison after vehicle killed three-year-old son

3 March 2025

Three sheep slaughtered and one beheaded on Lincs farm

27 February 2025

Rural frustration as figures show leap in fly-tipping incidents

26 February 2025

Disease concern as banned 'bushmeat' being sold for home delivery

25 February 2025

Suffolk farmer fined £27,000 after dozens of dead sheep found

20 February 2025

Total cost of UK livestock worrying falls by quarter to £1.8m

20 February 2025

Security alert for farmers after thieves raid two agrochemical stores

19 February 2025

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