Louise Hickey

New report confirms Defra underspent agri budget by over £300m
New report confirms Defra underspent agri budget by over £300m

A new report by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has confirmed an underspend in the agriculture budget...

Watch: Ferguson prototype tractor arrives ‘home’ in Belfast
Watch: Ferguson prototype tractor arrives ‘home’ in Belfast

The prototype black tractor created by Henry ‘Harry’ Ferguson has returned home to Belfast, and is now on display at...

Lakeland Dairies increases milk price for July
Lakeland Dairies increases milk price for July

The board of Lakeland Dairies has confirmed that the price for milk supplied in July will see an increase in...

Man convicted in Co. Derry for transporting unfit animal
Man convicted in Co. Derry for transporting unfit animal

Graham Gardiner (33) from Co. Derry was convicted at Dungannon Court of one charge of transporting an animal that was...

Farmer-led TB study shows badger vaccination is ‘achievable’
Farmer-led TB study shows badger vaccination is ‘achievable’

A farmer-led study based in Cornwall has found that badger vaccination for bovine tuberculosis (TB) is “practically achievable”. The report was...

Australian meat blamed for source of athletes’ positive drug tests
Australian meat blamed for source of athletes’ positive drug tests

Chinese authorities have blamed imported Australian meat as a source which led to two of the country’s top swimmers failing...

PSNI issues appeal over theft of 15 cattle in Co. Fermanagh
PSNI issues appeal over theft of 15 cattle in Co. Fermanagh

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has issued an appeal for information regarding the theft of 15 cattle from Lisbellaw, Co....

Cow stuck in mud saved after two hour rescue operation
Cow stuck in mud saved after two hour rescue operation

A cow stuck in mud near Kircubbin, Co. Down has been saved after a two hour operation involving many firefighters,...

Footage shows British police car used to ram escaped cow
Footage shows British police car used to ram escaped cow

Police in Surrey, England are conducting an investigation after an escaped cow was rammed by a police car. The police...

Scottish BSE case will not impact Northern Ireland’s risk status
Scottish BSE case will not impact Northern Ireland’s risk status

The discovery of a case of classical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in Scotland will not impact negligible risk status for...

USDA continues studies on meat due to bird flu outbreak
USDA continues studies on meat due to bird flu outbreak

To verify the safety of meat in relation to avian influenza, or bird flu, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)...

Trouw Nutrition Ireland joins farm safety partnership with HSENI
Trouw Nutrition Ireland joins farm safety partnership with HSENI

Trouw Nutrition Ireland has become the latest organisation to join the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) Farm...

Copernicus: March 2024 was the warmest on global record
Copernicus: March 2024 was the warmest on global record

March 2024 was warmer than any previous March in the global data record, making it the tenth month in a...

Study: Cattle with higher heat tolerance show sustainable breeding benefits
Study: Cattle with higher heat tolerance show sustainable breeding benefits

A new study shows that cattle with higher heat tolerance have sustainable breeding benefits and offer the potential for improved...

Beef exports in Argentina reach record levels
Beef exports in Argentina reach record levels

Beef exports from Argentina have reached a record level, with official data showing the highest amount of foreign sales in...

US TB trial delivering oral vaccine to wild deer
US TB trial delivering oral vaccine to wild deer

The United States Department of Agriculture – Wildlife Services (USDA-WS) is evaluating the ability to deliver an oral bovine tuberculosis...

First case of bird flu in 2024 confirmed in England
First case of bird flu in 2024 confirmed in England

A case of avian influenza (bird flu) in England has been confirmed by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural...

New attractions announced for the 155th Balmoral Show this May
New attractions announced for the 155th Balmoral Show this May

With just four months to go until the 2024 event, Ulster Bank and the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society (RUAS) have...