Environment
A farmer from Co. Antrim was recently convicted and fined £750 (€867) at Ballymena Magistrates’ Court for polluting a waterway. An...
Beef
The scale of the Brazilian meat production and processing sector is simply massive. Total meat exports from Brazil amounted to...
A Co. Armagh farmer has been fined £500 (€575) for polluting a waterway with slurry at Newry Magistrates Court recently. Sean Magill,...
N.Ireland
The Belfast Telegraph has reported today that a Co. Tyrone farmer and businessman, who runs a poultry enterprise, is the...
A new initiative which aims to promote farm safety in schools in Northern Ireland has been launched recently by Ulster...
Farmers in Northern Ireland have just two weeks left to apply for the Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS), with the deadline set...
The conditions of where and how a cattle dealer was held hostage for five days in October 2012 have now...
A farmer in Northern Ireland has been fined close to £10,000 (€11,530) for multiple fraud and cattle identification offences. David...
Bereaved farm families in Northern Ireland are facing difficulties with DAERA’s policy on the inheritance of herd and flock numbers, the Ulster...
The poultry section of the 2017 Balmoral Show has been cancelled, Rhonda Geary, The Royal Ulster Agricultural Society (RUAS) Operations...
Rural Life
The general consensus, well the consensus among many on a Saturday night, is that farming and farmers are sexy. With...
The compulsory poultry housing order currently in place in Northern Ireland is set to be lifted this month, Chief Veterinary Officer,...
Machinery
New at the SIMA agricultural show this week was an electric-drive hedgecutter from Rousseau. Alas, it has arrived too late for Irish contractors...
Horsch has launched a new control system, AutoForce, that automatically adjusts coulter pressure on the move to suit varying soil conditions. According...
There was a varied selection of zero-grazing machines on display at the recent 2017 FTMTA Farm Machinery Show in Co....
World News
Abattoirs in Australia are beginning to shut their doors on the back of higher lamb prices. 7 News Melborne reports...
Telehandlers (or telescopic handlers if you prefer) are undeniably useful machines. In some instances, farmers opt to buy dedicated handlers...
Farmec Ireland, based close to Drumree, Co. Meath, exhibited an imposing Bargam self-propelled sprayer at the recent FTMTA Farm Machinery Show. The model...
