N.Ireland
Despite only being in the second year of his agricultural engineering degree, Co. Antrim student David Kelso has already designed...
Dairy
Investing in genetics is one of the most important decisions a farmer can make, but much of the good work...
If you are one of over 1,000 farmers across Northern Ireland who received free soil sampling and analysis reports and...
A tree planting programme in Co. Tyrone could offer a long-term solution for rural flooding, according to a research report...
Bovine TB rates in Northern Ireland have dropped for the first time in more than a year. The disease hit...
A north-west farmer has been convicted of failing to comply with animal traceability regulations after he failed to notify the...
Beef
Farming in Randalstown, Co. Antrim, James and Nelson Alexander – a father-and-son team – run an in-calf heifer selling enterprise....
Waiting time could be up already for those in for Tier 1, as Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and...
One Co. Down farmer had the surprise of his life last Thursday night when his heifer gave birth to four...
It’s all about tractors in the latest True North programme for BBC One Northern Ireland as this weekend viewers meet...
Northern Ireland’s TB crisis has already begun to affect its future trade prospects, with Spain already saying it will not...
A ban on therapeutic zinc oxide use could increase pig sector reliance on antibiotics at a time when pressure is mounting for...
Machinery
The Lemken ‘demo day’, in conjunction with TFM (Templetuohy Farm Machinery), will go ahead tomorrow, Thursday (March 15). However, there...
Co-infection – especially with liver fluke – could be desensitising existing TB tests, essentially putting control measures to waste as...
For the first time scientists say they could have the answer to eradicating TB in Ireland – and there’s no reason...
Ulster Farmers’ Union president Barclay Bell has said the recently announced 2018-19 budget allocation for the Department of Agriculture, Environment...
A lack of elected leadership has put major strain on Northern Ireland’s TB situation, the region’s chief veterinary officer Robert...
After the sledge, vice and vise-grip, an air compressor is of the most regularly used tools in the agricultural workshop...
