N.Ireland
Farming families with a long-term commitment to their businesses can be easily made exempt from the UK expanded inheritance tax measures
Inheritance tax changes announced in Budget 2024, will have "a particularly disproportionate impact on family farms and farming jobs in NI.
Concern is mounting in some political spheres about the lack of a ban on the import of livestock...
Pig/Poultry
The UK Government has announced a ban on the import of cattle, pigs and sheep from Germany "to protect farmers and their livelihoods".
Farmers for Action (FFA) representatives are taking part in today’s London protest, organised to highlight the deep anger felt by farmers
UFU member and dairy farmer from Co. Derry Lorraine Killeen summed up the mood of the 6,000 farmers who attended the UFU land tax rally
Rural Life
New UK measures have been introduced to "mitigate" the spread of the bluetongue virus including extending the restriction zone.
Agri-Business
Bord Bia has warned Irish food and drink exporters to the UK that they will need to "comply with additional requirements" from October 31.
It is now illegal to export live animals, including cattle, sheep, and pigs, for slaughter and fattening from Great Britain.
Meatly has become the first European company authorised to sell cultivated meat in the UK, following approval from UK regulatory bodies...
Nearly 100 vets working in South Wales are set to take the UK's first-ever strike action at a...
Agri Politics
PCU Union members that work for the UK's Defra have said they are "able to and prepared to" strike for fair working conditions.
Keir Starmer is on track to become the UK's new Prime Minister, with the Labour Party expected to...
Environment
The UK's energy security secretary has said that higher quality agricultural land should be...
The UK government has self-declared "zonal freedom" from highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird...
The British Veterinary Association has welcomed the UK Government’s commitment to finding a permanent solution to medicines in NI
Beef
'Small-scale' abattoirs in England will be able to apply for grants through a new £4 million fund rolled out by the UK Government.
Animal health projects launched by Queen's University Belfast and AFBI have been selected for funding by the UK government.
The UK's Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board has predicted a "surge" in sales of red meat and dairy products around the coronation.
Opinion
I sense that tremendous opportunities are about to come the way of the Irish food industry. And we will have Britain to thank for this.
The UK government wants farmers to give their cattle "high efficacy methane suppressing products" to reduce greenhouse gases from agriculture.
Tillage
After all the controversy over fruit pickers being flown into Ireland AgriLand noted with interest the #PickForBritain campaign.
One of the most senior (UK) government advisors has apparently said that Britain does not need its farming or fishing industries.
