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No one was terribly surprised by this week’s news that the Treasury will press on with its plan to reform inheritance tax ...
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Daera) has permitted the use of three bluetongue (BTV-3) ...
A report from the avian influenza vaccination task force, which looked at how best to manage highly pathogenic avian ...
Winter wheat growers are being warned that disease resistance ratings for yellow rust are set to fall this summer for many ...
Farmers are being urged to report all incidents of fly-tipping after the latest National Waste Crime Survey from the ...
The House of Lords has demanded tighter controls on nitrates, saying that successive governments have failed to tackle the ...
The Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS), launched a week before the Royal Welsh Show, was cautiously welcomed, but farming ...
After a slow start to 2025, the second quarter of the year saw marketings move up a gear, with some notable quality large ...
Farming campaigners have suggested there could be fresh protests in London this autumn over the government’s controversial inheritance tax (IHT) reforms, ...
With grass in short supply, a welcome deluge of rain has brought relief to livestock farmers, easing grazing pressure and increasing confidence in the ...
Plans to reduce fertiliser use on farmland included in Northern Ireland’s Nutrient Action Programme (NAP) could cost the agri-food sector more than £1.5bn ...
It feels like I’ve been waiting for rain almost as long as I’ve been waiting for Wales to win a rugby game. And, much to my ...