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

Politics

Young farmers vote overwhelmingly against inheritance tax reforms

Today

Defra announces £46m boost for cutting-edge agri technologies

Today

Labour's farm tax plan must go, Scottish Tories say

Yesterday

NFU Scotland warns UK tax policies threaten future of farming

13 April 2025

Personal meat imports from EU now banned amid foot-and-mouth cases

12 April 2025

Calls grow for tighter borders amid foot-and-mouth fears

11 April 2025

Farmers to stage protests across UK urging public to 'Say No to Labour'

10 April 2025

No 10 resists calls for formal 'buy British' campaign amid Trump tariffs

10 April 2025

Farmland market remains steady despite political and financial pressures

9 April 2025

Fourteen MPs visit sustainable beef farm as part of NFU scheme

9 April 2025

Young farmers to vote on motion regarding inheritance tax

8 April 2025

Campaigners warn as government restricts peat burning amid wildfires

8 April 2025

Dairy

South Caernarfon Creameries completes £25m site expansion

Today

Personal meat imports from EU now banned amid foot-and-mouth cases

12 April 2025

UK dairy exporters target growing demand in Singapore

11 April 2025

Arla and DMK plan merger to form Europe's largest dairy co-op

8 April 2025

Ministers open multi-million pound facility to boost dairy innovation

4 April 2025

New Spring Calving Index offers last-minute upgrade opportunity

3 April 2025

Developers convert Kent arable farm to 'nature-rich Habitat Bank'

3 April 2025

Atlantis tops proven sires as UK daughters begin milking

2 April 2025

Couple put award-winning goat farming business up for sale

2 April 2025

Harmony ranks as the leading young Holstein sire

2 April 2025

Dairy emissions reduction initiative still seeking farms to participate

1 April 2025

Arla's milk price to stay the same for April 2025

31 March 2025

Poultry

RSPCA announce revisions to 2023 laying hen standards

11 April 2025

Waitrose pledges high chicken standards and launches welfare labels

8 April 2025

Bird flu housing measures extended to more counties in England

4 April 2025

Council rejects Cranswick’s bid to develop livestock unit in Norfolk

3 April 2025

Poultry meat rules revised to support industry amid bird flu

3 April 2025

Defra confirms string of bird flu cases across England

30 March 2025

Farage accused of 'selling out' farmers after chlorinated chicken remarks

29 March 2025

Landmark High Court verdict points to stricter controls on manure as 'waste'

27 March 2025

Farmers urged to strengthen biosecurity after bird flu sheep case

26 March 2025

Bird flu detected in single sheep in Yorkshire, Defra confirms

24 March 2025

Bird flu case confirmed in backyard flock near Inverness

20 March 2025

Asda criticised after dropping pledge to only sell British poultry

19 March 2025

ITFarmer

Defra announces £46m boost for cutting-edge agri technologies

Today

New AI tool to quickly summarise disease information for farmers

21 March 2025

Four farms to trial 'revolutionary' virtual fencing tech

13 March 2025

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

Pigs

Council rejects Cranswick’s bid to develop livestock unit in Norfolk

3 April 2025

UK ASF outbreak would devastate pork supply chain, sector warns

2 April 2025

Defra bans imports from Austria after new foot-and-mouth case

28 March 2025

Defra relaxes Germany's foot-and-mouth disease controls

25 March 2025

Foot-and-mouth disease confirmed on three farms in Slovakia

22 March 2025

Start preparing for African swine fever outbreak, farmers told

21 March 2025

Sainsbury's and Cranswick sign partnership to set new pig standards

20 March 2025

Farm business incomes forecast to rise for all sectors except cereals

11 March 2025

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

Environment

Farmers warned of crackdown on illegal water abstraction

9 April 2025

Landowner fined £80,000 for illegally felling 8 hectares of woodland

4 April 2025

Extension of heather burning ban 'concerning' for upland farmers

4 April 2025

Developers convert Kent arable farm to 'nature-rich Habitat Bank'

3 April 2025

Nationwide campaign returns in 2025 to champion British beef

1 April 2025

Dairy emissions reduction initiative still seeking farms to participate

1 April 2025

NFU Cymru 'frustrated' with review of agricultural pollution rules

1 April 2025

£16m funding boost to strengthen flood defences in rural areas

31 March 2025

Hundreds of farmers help boost turtle dove bird species by 40%

28 March 2025

Landmark High Court verdict points to stricter controls on manure as 'waste'

27 March 2025

Defra confirms creation of new national forest in west of England

21 March 2025

Sainsbury's and Cranswick sign partnership to set new pig standards

20 March 2025

Arable

UK researchers win grant to develop nutritious high-yield oat varieties

11 April 2025

Climate change and globalisation driving rise in crop pests, study says

10 April 2025

Field cameras spot unexpected pest predators on oilseed rape

7 April 2025

Unusually early yellow rust triggers crop monitoring warning

4 April 2025

Two-thirds back gene-editing to strengthen UK's food supply

4 April 2025

Early fungicide treatment 'essential' to manage net blotch in spring barley

2 April 2025

Growers advised to stay vigilant for willowherb this spring

2 April 2025

Growers refuse to load milling wheat out of stores in 'strike' action

1 April 2025

Report urges action on crop diseases and support for growers

1 April 2025

AHDB survey opens to offer first insight into upcoming UK harvest

31 March 2025

British Sugar wraps up sugar beet campaign in milestone centenary year

28 March 2025

Grower surpasses winter wheat profitability with 9t/ha winter bean crop

24 March 2025

Crime

Dog attacks on sheep continue to devastate farms, survey says

Today

Two-thirds of rural retailers hit by crime, NFU Mutual finds

Yesterday

Warning issued after livestock theft attempts in Scotland

11 April 2025

Appeal launched after 19 in-lamb ewes stolen from farm

10 April 2025

Four men convicted after 1.9 tonne meat fraud case

7 April 2025

Landowner fined £80,000 for illegally felling 8 hectares of woodland

4 April 2025

Convicted hare courser jailed for breaching criminal behaviour order

3 April 2025

One in five rural residents considering moving amid rising crime

2 April 2025

Man banned from keeping dogs for 10 years after sheep attack

1 April 2025

Farmer pays out £6,000 to clear 40 tonnes of illegally dumped waste

31 March 2025

Police recover dozens of sheep after theft of 75 from farm

28 March 2025

Appeal made after CCTV catches moment man sets tractor on fire

27 March 2025

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