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CAFRE partners with AFBI for  dairy calf-rearing open day
CAFRE partners with AFBI for dairy calf-rearing open day

The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) has partnered with the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) to plan...

Study: Environmental impacts of dairy beef halved
Study: Environmental impacts of dairy beef halved

A study has revealed that a new way of calculating the environmental footprint of foodstuffs leaves the impacts of animal-based...

Nordic food company ceases dairy to produce oat drinks
Nordic food company ceases dairy to produce oat drinks

One of the Nordic region’s largest food companies, Fazer, has signalled its intention to cease dairy production and focus on...

DAERA launches draft Ammonia Strategy consultation
DAERA launches draft Ammonia Strategy consultation

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has launched a consultation on its draft Ammonia Strategy. The draft...

Looking for a new opportunity? Agriland Media Group is hiring
Looking for a new opportunity? Agriland Media Group is hiring

Are you looking for a new opportunity to work in media in 2023? Agriland Media Group is hiring a news...

750k hens to be culled in Czech Republic due to bird flu outbreak
750k hens to be culled in Czech Republic due to bird flu outbreak

Approximately 750,000 laying hens are to culled after an outbreak of avian influenza (bird flu) on a farm in the...

‘Biocredits’ – global demand growing to fund biodiversity action
‘Biocredits’ – global demand growing to fund biodiversity action

Global demand for biodiversity credits, or ‘biocredits’, is growing among governments, people and businesses, according to a research paper for...

Why slurry could power the future thanks to AD
Why slurry could power the future thanks to AD

What do slurry, anaerobic digestion (AD) and boiling a kettle have in common? In Ireland – not a lot now...

Scientists fight to control sheep scab in the UK
Scientists fight to control sheep scab in the UK

Scientists at Moredun Research Institute are fighting to control the prevalence of sheep scab across the UK. Sheep scab, caused...

Lack of allotments and community gardens highlighted
Lack of allotments and community gardens highlighted

The lack of allotments and community gardens on the island of Ireland was highlighted recently, at a meeting of community...

Factory offering farmers free AI straws ‘to show benefit of better genetics’
Factory offering farmers free AI straws ‘to show benefit of better genetics’

In current times, all sectors of agriculture are working to find new ways of improving the efficiency of their operations...

DAERA offering dairy farmers a study trip to England
DAERA offering dairy farmers a study trip to England

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is offering Northern Irish dairy farmers the opportunity to travel to...

Latest DAERA report shows need for bTB eradication
Latest DAERA report shows need for bTB eradication

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs’ (DAERA) Rural Needs Annual Monitoring Report has shown that the eradication of...

NI farmers urged to check water supplies for leaks
NI farmers urged to check water supplies for leaks

Farmers across Northern Ireland are being urged by Northern Ireland (NI) Water to inspect all water supplies on their farms...

Fermanagh bird flu restrictions to lift tomorrow
Fermanagh bird flu restrictions to lift tomorrow

The chief veterinary officer (CVO) for Northern Ireland, Robert Huey, has announced that the avian influenza (bird flu) surveillance zones...

DAERA publishes 2022 Farm Business Data handbook
DAERA publishes 2022 Farm Business Data handbook

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has today (Tuesday, December 20) published the Farm Business Data 2022...

Bird flu doesn’t take a Christmas break – NI chief vet
Bird flu doesn’t take a Christmas break – NI chief vet

By Robert Huey, chief veterinary officer for Northern Ireland As Christmas approaches and winter sets in, I want to highlight...

Channel Islands: Over 100 cows fall ill and die in 4 days
Channel Islands: Over 100 cows fall ill and die in 4 days

More than 100 cows on a Jersey dairy farm have fallen ill and died since Thursday (December 15), the Jersey...