N.Ireland
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) Northern Ireland is moving its headquarters to Ballykelly, Co. Derry. DARD is relocating...
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) in Northern Ireland is hosting a ‘Practical On-farm Renewable Energy’ (POFRE) event...
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) is calling on the 8,000 farm businesses, selected at random, to complete and return the...
Agri-Business
Norbrook has announced the appointment of Richard Palmer as Global Head of Sales & Marketing, with effect from the beginning...
Dan Kelly’s Cider – which is produced by Boyne Grove Fruit Farm in Northern Ireland – is now hitting the...
Following the ‘difficult year’ experienced by farmers across all sectors in 2014, the Single Farm Payment continues to play a vital...
Dairy
The dairy sector in Northern Ireland continues to feel the impact of a 30% fall in milk prices, according to...
Chinese vets have been invited to visit and inspect Northern Ireland pork plants in an effort to speed up access...
Beef
It is likely that cattle supplies in Northern Ireland will remain tight in 2015, according to the Livestock and Meat...
The young bull kill fell significantly in 2014 in Northern Ireland due to changes in the market whereby the value...
Northern Ireland’s Agriculture Minister Michelle O’Neill has urged the public to have its say on plans to eradicate bovine TB in...
Farm workers in Northern Ireland are set to receive a pay rise in the coming weeks according to an announcement...
A Tyrone farmer was fined in recent weeks after he was convicted of transporting an animal with a broken leg....
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has announced the appointment of Wesley Aston as the Chief Executive Designate of the organisation....
Northern Ireland farmers have written to the Northern Minister for Agriculture looking for the Agri Food Strategy Board (AFSB) to...
Representatives of the main banks in Northern Ireland met with Ulster Farmers Union this week to discuss the down turn...
Environment
From January 1, 2015, farmers in Northern Ireland will not be allowed to plough or convert permanent grassland in areas...
