sustainability

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Ulster Bank’s head of agriculture, Cormac McKervey, has highlighted the growing impact of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) on dairy and livestock farms across Northern Ireland. “This is a genuine threat,” he said. “The footprint of the disease continues to...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland A number of research scientists believe that the potential of our soils to sequester carbon has been seriously overestimated. Some recent studies, estimating the potential of farmland to store more carbon through innovative soil management, are...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland A recent dairy conference in Ballynahinch highlighted labour issues on Northern Irish dairy farms relating to working hours. Organised by the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE), dairy adviser, Anna Truesdale, said Northern...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Applications are now open for the National Women in Agriculture (WiA) Awards, which are intended to celebrate and reward female contributions to agriculture. The Scottish branch of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU Scotland) and Women in...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland British Sugar and National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Sugar have agreed on contract details for 2024/2025 sugar beet crop. British Sugar and NFU Sugar said they recognise that growers’ appetites for risk vary and “choice is important”, therefore...

https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications/non-domestic-renewable-heat-incentive-ndrhi-annual-report-scheme-year-12-2022-23 Annual sustainability reports? Are these ammended or new rules??

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Northern Ireland’s milk producers have been told they have nothing to fear from the ‘information challenge’ that lies ahead. This comes as the pressure mounts to secure detailed information regarding the performance levels achieved by individual...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The new team of Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) board members met recently for the first time to discuss the organisation’s priorities for the future and plans going forward. It really was a case of generating real momentum from the get-go. The...

I’m trying to identify how hard it is to gain planning permission in Scotland for 32k chickens on 32acres not near major or minor roads.Im told this could cost £20k in planning fees,would that be accurate?Thank for any information

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has launched a £4 million Smaller Abattoir Fund to boost the sustainability of small red meat and poultry abattoirs in England. The fund will award capital grants from £2,000 up to a...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) is urging its members to engage with the latest proposals of the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS). The union labelled the scheme as “the most important change to Welsh agricultural policy since the genesis of the...

Direct Driller's first tech edition has gone live on the website or you can download a copy of the PDF to read when convenient. A digital only, 100% tech focused issue (with an appropriate title) looking at how regenerative agriculture has change because of technology and how is might change...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/14/livestock-farming-soy-soyboy My word George you seem quite happy to call me names, though I am indigenous and I keep cattle. The piece is meant to make us bite and lower us to the same standards, so please when commenting rise above it, just...

Coverage of Fisheries negotiations 2023 Written by Defra Press Office Annual fisheries negotiations took place between the UK, EU and Norway this autumn, where catch levels were agreed for over 80 important stocks including northern shelf cod and North Sea saithe. The announcement was...

Next round of Large R&D Partnerships competition on the way Written by Joss Wallace Credit: Clinton & Charles Robertson On 15 January, we’ll open another round of the Large R&D Partnerships competition. Part of the Farming Innovation Programme, this competition offers a share of £7.8...

COP28: Government confirms Supermarket essentials will no longer be linked to illegal deforestation Written by Defra Press Office There has been national coverage of ‘Nature Day’ at COP28 in Dubai, at which Environment Secretary Steve Barclay set out his priorities for forests, food and...

Well done to @AHDB for engaging with us all on here. They have answered some fairly tough and agressive questions on why we should pay levies and the need for an increase in the levies. They have certainly gone up in my opinion, as I was beginning to think we would be no worse off if we lost...

Heather Mills has blamed the “gaslighting” meat industry for the collapse of her vegan food empire. Ms Mills, who previously stated ambitions to turn the North East of England into the “Silicon Valley of plant-based foods”, said in a statement on her website that she was “devastated” as VBites...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland A Harper Adams University student and a Reading University student are the final two in the race for the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF) Dairy Student of the Year Award. The award is sponsored by ForFarmers and aims to...

It will kill the processing sector. Then in 5 years time when the money tree is turned off there will not be the infrastructure in place to ramp production back up.