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

Politics

NFU Cymru on lookout for 'enthusiastic' young farmers to join policy group

Today

'We're with you': Morrisons sides with farmers on 'family farm tax' issue

Today

Scottish government says it has no intention to release lynx into wild

Today

Thousands of free 'Save a Farmer' bumper stickers to be handed out

Today

'Family farm tax': Racecourse offers free entry for farmers and tractors

Yesterday

Fruit growers call for more retailer support amid rising challenges

Yesterday

Video: Farmers blockade Morrisons depot in Somerset

Yesterday

Young sheep farmers with policy interest urged to join parliament tour

10 January 2025

Extended call for Scots farmers to complete 2025 intentions survey

9 January 2025

Labour unveils 'new deal' for farming as budget backlash persists

9 January 2025

Climate change 'starting to bite' farmers, charity warns

8 January 2025

Inflation will 'add 19% more' farmers to inheritance tax changes

8 January 2025

Dairy

Defra bans German livestock imports after foot-and-mouth case

Today

Farms supplying Muller enter new programme to slash emissions

Yesterday

Glass of milk a day helps reduce bowel cancer risk, study says

8 January 2025

Muller joins processor-led organisation Dairy UK

8 January 2025

Vegan milk leads to higher rates of depression, study says

7 January 2025

New BVD measures 'crucial' for Northern Irish livestock farmers

6 January 2025

Muller's milk price remains unchanged for January 2025

6 January 2025

First Milk announces unchanged milk price for January 2025

3 January 2025

January 2025 milk price remains the same for Arla farmers

3 January 2025

IVF calf born in UK 'significant moment' for curbing emissions

3 January 2025

TV adverts showcasing British meat air in new year campaign

2 January 2025

UK secures special protected status for 39 food products in Japan

24 December 2024

Poultry

Peracetic acid tech offers poultry farmers new defence against disease

Yesterday

Scotland's first bird flu case announced in Angus backyard flock

11 January 2025

RSPCA Assured offers 'flexible approach' to assessments amid bird flu

10 January 2025

Man becomes first person in US to die of avian influenza

7 January 2025

East Yorkshire poultry farm confirms case of bird flu

2 January 2025

Poultry farmers in Norfolk see fresh spate of bird flu cases

25 December 2024

Bird flu compensation case appeal 'incredibly disappointing' for farmers

24 December 2024

Bird flu: Defra orders mandatory housing order for parts of England

21 December 2024

Two Norfolk turkey farms confirm high-path bird flu outbreaks

17 December 2024

New case of bird flu confirmed in Norfolk as AIPZ now in place

15 December 2024

Avian influenza prevention zone declared across parts of England

13 December 2024

Court declines to rule whether fast-growing broilers are unlawful

13 December 2024

ITFarmer

Farms supplying Muller enter new programme to slash emissions

Yesterday

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

Yesterday

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

Agri-tech firm hopes to scale-up software for autonomous farm robots

11 December 2024

UK egg producer invests £1m in 'game changing' automation

9 December 2024

Farmers invited to debate impacts of precision-breeding

29 November 2024

Cornish farm uses robotics to measure nature-friendly practices

27 November 2024

New agri-tech strategy for next decade needed, report concludes

22 November 2024

Fingerprint tech inspires non-GPS navigation for farm drones

21 November 2024

Pigs

Defra bans German livestock imports after foot-and-mouth case

Today

Support for British pork across UK retailers remains steady

7 January 2025

New campaign encourages public to buy more British pork

3 January 2025

Dover port authorities seize over six tonnes of illegal meat

17 December 2024

'Pioneering' environmental baselining pilot signs up 170 farms

16 December 2024

China allows two UK pig firms to resume exports after Covid ban

9 December 2024

Half of pig farmers will quit sector if farrowing crate ban enacted

6 December 2024

New RSPCA pig welfare standards must be met by March 2025

3 December 2024

UK food firm Cranswick increases profits and grows pig herd

28 November 2024

Sales of antibiotics for livestock at lowest level since reporting began

19 November 2024

Pig sector urges producers to warn MPs of budget's impact

15 November 2024

UK pig producers post healthy profits on back of falling costs

14 November 2024

Environment

Scottish government says it has no intention to release lynx into wild

Today

Farms supplying Muller enter new programme to slash emissions

Yesterday

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

Yesterday

National Trust to create 250,000ha of nature-rich landscape

10 January 2025

World's first global carbon insetting programme launched

10 January 2025

Tesco unveils plans to set up two low carbon concept farms

10 January 2025

Climate change 'starting to bite' farmers, charity warns

8 January 2025

New school resources linking food production and farming launched

8 January 2025

Defra urged to retain statutory guidance for Farming Rules for Water

8 January 2025

Farmers gear up for 2025 Big Farmland Bird Count

7 January 2025

New £1m fund to reward farmers for slashing emissions

6 January 2025

Farmers needed for trials looking to unlock legume benefits

23 December 2024

Arable

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

Yesterday

First UK case of glyphosate resistance confirmed on Kent farm

10 January 2025

Government confirms timetable to implement precision breeding rules

9 January 2025

Hunt continues for oilseed grower to join AHDB's RL team

6 January 2025

NFU Sugar raises concerns over Defra's complete neonic ban

30 December 2024

Biostimulants boost blight threatened potatoes, trials conclude

24 December 2024

Farmers needed for trials looking to unlock legume benefits

23 December 2024

Labour set to completely ban use of three neonicotinoids

22 December 2024

New service aims to connect sheep graziers with arable farmers

19 December 2024

UK wheat growers have new herbicide at their disposal next spring

19 December 2024

UK harvest hits near record lows amid food security warnings

17 December 2024

Scottish arable growers 'threatened' due to cost-price squeeze

13 December 2024

Crime

Two more lynx spotted on the loose in the Highlands

10 January 2025

Farmer concern after two lynx illegally released in Highlands

9 January 2025

Eleven people sentenced over large illegal waste site in rural Lincs

23 December 2024

Farm leaders slam 'illegal' livestock imports into NI from GB

13 December 2024

'Unsafe' meat discovered in vans containing 48 sheep carcasses

5 December 2024

Survey seeks to gain further insight on dog attacks on sheep

4 December 2024

CCTV footage shows farm shop thief hitting worker with car

3 December 2024

Farmer to pay out over £6,500 for failing to fix slurry pollution

2 December 2024

Farmer loses £16,000 following invoice scam

26 November 2024

Thieves steal £100,000 of equipment from North Yorkshire farm

24 November 2024

Vehicle 'deliberately' mows down and kills six sheep in Yorkshire

22 November 2024

Criminals dump 30,000 tonnes of illegal waste in Kent countryside

21 November 2024

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