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Just a quickie We have to replace the tyres on our main tractor it has a loader and used a lot. We have been offered Kleber Bkt Alliance Thanks

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland What proportion of the additional £3.3bn now on-offer from London will Northern Ireland’s (NI) new farm minister seek to secure for agriculture? This is a question Andrew Muir MLA will find himself confronting over the coming days, as the Alliance...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Andrew Muir is Northern Ireland’s new farm minister, appointed with the task of heading up the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA). The Alliance Party representative hails from Bangor in north Co. Down, and has a...

Written by Colm Ryan from Agriland Following the return of a ship to Australia that was en route to the Middle East, the Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has been addressing concerns over the welfare of the cattle and sheep on board. The ship, named MV...

Ban on disposable vapes Written by defrablogs There has been widespread positive coverage today on government plans to ban disposable vapes. The measure comes as part of the government’s response to its consultation on smoking and vaping, which was launched in October last year. Disposable...

I have just seen a consultation for a green energy project, that puts a pylon line right next to my bungalow. How close it too close? Does it alter the valuation of the property? Is it injurious to health? Can one alter the route? Will it alter the value of the land as well or just the bungalow...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Nearly 60% of those surveyed by the Countryside Alliance do not think rural policing has improved since the introduction of police and crime commissioners in 2012. According to responses to the Countryside Alliance’s annual rural crime survey...

Has any one used the above loader tyres before as I am wondering what they are like when it comes to grip (cultivated, grassland and muck heaps etc.) As the Alliance tyres I have at the moment that have about a ⅓ of life left one as started to develop small bulges where the tread meets the side...

I see a senior NATO admiral reckons we will be at war with Russia within 20 years and that conscription will have to return to make up fighting force numbers. https://news.sky.com/video/nato-admiral-says-we-are-preparing-for-war-with-russia-13051400 plus the Nuclear Armageddon Clock (currently...

Written by Claire Sammon from Agriland The Countryside Alliance has called for two councils to retract their public support for vegan diets, in a bid to support local farmers instead. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council and Warwickshire County Council have both recently released campaigns...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The outlook for Northern Ireland’s beef and lamb sector this year is promising, according to the Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC). Reflecting on 2023, the commission’s interim chief executive officer (CEO), Colin Smith, acknowledged that it had...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF) will open the Caroline Drummond Scholarship for Innovation in Sustainability will open for applications in March 2024. The scholarship is named in recognition of LEAF’S founder and former chief executive...

https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/RedTractorStakeholder/ I have just had this bought to my attention. Red tractor survey to ‘inform’ the reviewers. first I have heard of it, nothing in the latest member matters, on any email or on social media. feels like they are trying to keep it quiet as usual.

Credible threat, or pure fantasy? Imo, Credible because putin would love to if he could, I think he would calculate that the West would not use nukes so it wouldn't necessarily need to go down that route. If trump wins Europe may well be on its own Fantasy because ukraine handed the Russians...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses to a farm burglary in Aylesbury which included the theft of farm equipment. The force said that between 11:00p.m on Tuesday, December 12 and 6:00a.m on Wednesday, December 14, offenders broke into a...

They are primarily calling it a pro meat campaign, but there is enough debate going on around that. They are getting local authorities to debate the issues and vote for local sourcing. Well done to the Countryside Alliance. Any of their members on here involved in this ...

According to Farmers weekly Red Tractor are trying to bring in the Greener Farm Commitment (GFC) to help supermarkets meet commitment they have signed up to under the “WWF Basket” https://www.fwi.co.uk/business/shocking-cost-of-red-tractors-green-module-revealed But how many of us know what...

Mind blowing the attitude of COP, but like Greta they will stop at nothing with propaganda. And as usual farm representative bodies lay idle. https://www.youtube.com/live/2x4y_d5vsps?si=BhN4cK5lXd4_3Hft Ant...