N.Ireland
Farmers and food producers in Northern Ireland must be highly efficient if they are to overcome challenges caused by ongoing global...
The future of Northern Ireland’s pig industry is in doubt, with many farmers operating at a loss in the face...
Imports of sheep from Northern Ireland are up significantly this year, according to latest figures from the Livestock and Meat...
Rural Life
Are you planning on getting down on one knee this Valentine’s Day and proposing to your other half? If you’re...
Beef
A recent analysis by the Livestock and Meat Commission in Northern Ireland has found a notable differential in quoted prices...
The north of Ireland is currently free from warble fly infestation. However, according to the Department of Agriculture in Northern Ireland,...
A UK referendum result in favour of a Brexit would have disastrous consequences for agriculture and rural development, Northern Ireland’s...
The volume of lamb imported from New Zealand and Australia through Belfast port in 2015 is deeply concerning, according to...
Pre-export testing for brucellosis in Northern Ireland will be abolished from February 1, 2016, the Department of Agriculture and Rural...
The 2016 Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) Scheme payment details for farmers in Northern Ireland have been announced by the Minister...
Beef sired calf registrations in Northern Ireland during 2015 totalled 338,378 head, an 8% increase on the 312,818 registered in the North...
Irish live cattle exports to Northern Ireland have improved sharply in 2015, according to the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney....
Last year was an extremely difficult year for the farming sector and while the long-term prospects for farming are good...
Arable
Things move very quickly on farms these days and this video is a perfect example of how no time was...
Irish men are getting bigger – expanding outwards rather than upwards – and farmers are no different but healthy eating...
Some 95% of payments to eligible applicants under the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) schemes were made to farmers in the...
Other
FBD is asking people to nominate their Champion for Change, as part of the FBD Champions for Change programme –...
A man has died in a farm accident in Northern Ireland after the tractor he was working with overturned. It...
