agriculturally


A chronology of key events

The BBC's Daniel Schweimler visits the world's biggest parrot colony in Patagonia, southern Argentina, which is threatened by development and agriculture.

Farmers welcome assurances that the Scottish Government will back direct cash support for agriculture.

Many farmers at the 63rd annual Oxford Farming Conference are concerned about Britain's food policy.

Centuries of crop diversity are at risk of being lost forever as farmers turn increasingly to just a few modern, high yielding varieties.

New general licences for the control of birds are issued by the Manx Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.

A great-grandfather is honoured for his work preserving vintage farm machinery.

Some of the previous contributors to the Green Room respond to readers' questions and comments.

Migrants from Bulgaria and Romania will continue to be barred from taking most unskilled jobs in the UK.

Work starts on a new £5.3m base for the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry that has a number of ecological features.

Environment Secretary Hilary Benn calls for a Kyoto-like international agreement on food supply.

Nine Northern Ireland farms used the same contaminated feed which has led to a recall of all Irish pig products.

More than 30 tractors and other vehicles are destroyed in a fire at an agricultural machinery company in County Down.

Royal Agricultural College students are forced to pay a Cotswold village £6,000 damages after going on a drunken rampage.

An MEP condemns the 'folly' of dumping hundreds of tonnes of healthy fish into the sea during a time of food scarcity.

The Royal Ulster Agricultural Society says it wants to move from Balmoral to the proposed Maze stadium site.

France's vision for the future of EU agricultural policy is opposed by the UK, Sweden and Latvia.

A major study into agriculture in the north east of Scotland is recommending the industry needs to adapt.

As the EU dismantles the Common Agricultural Policy, some experts say we may still need farm subsidies. The BBC's Sarah Mukherjee reports.

A chronology of key events

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