Dairy
August is a critical month for building grass covers as it is the last month when growth rates outstrip herd...
Rural Life
The rules surrounding the use of tractors and agricultural equipment have been tightened in recent years. Have you brushed up...
N.Ireland
A Co. Armagh farmer has been fined £1,000 for water pollution offences after it was found that a waterway was...
A 60-year-old man has died after a two-vehicle collision, which involved a tractor, in Hilltown, Co. Down, the Police Service...
The total number of calves registered in Northern Ireland up until the end of July increased by over 21,000 compared to...
Some 48% of farmers in the North do not have a succession plan in place with one in five farmers saying they...
Beef
Farmers in Northern Ireland suffered serious financial losses when cattle they sent to slaughter turned out to be a couple...
In June 2016, some 204.29m litres of milk was produced in Northern Ireland, which is a 5.2% drop in milk...
Environment
Silage effluent is the suspected cause of more than 1,000 fish dying in a river near Claudy, Co. Derry, according...
Interest in organic beef production is on the rise and Teagasc has developed a handy 6 step guide to converting...
There was more upward pressure in the UK cattle trade again last week on the back of a tighter demand/supply...
Pig/Poultry
A fire at a pig farm in Co Carlow has a substantial amount of of pigs dead. The fire, which...
Sheep
It took 867 lambs for Donegal man Ivan Scott to set a new world record this weekend, but it all...
Anthelmintic resistance has been detected on some Irish cattle farms. It occurs when worms are able to withstand a normally...
The rate of growth of Northern Ireland’s food and drinks processing sector has slowed, new figures from the Northern Ireland...
The Northern Ireland Executive was forced to pay the European Commission a total of £19m last year due to failures...
Arable
Crop circles have been appearing in fields across the UK over the last number of weeks and no one has...
Grass
Silage bales are an expensive commodity therefore protecting them should be a priority for farmers, according to Caitriona Mullin, North...
