Louise Hickey

UFU warns about GPS theft after four farm robberies
UFU warns about GPS theft after four farm robberies

The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) is urging farmers to be “extra vigilant” of rural theft after reports of GPS equipment...

CAFRE: Hedgerow managing tips that ‘benefit’ the environment
CAFRE: Hedgerow managing tips that ‘benefit’ the environment

Farmers can make small changes to hedgerow management to benefit the environment, according to an adviser with the College of...

NI: Investigation launched into poisoning of 2 white-tailed eagles
NI: Investigation launched into poisoning of 2 white-tailed eagles

Police in Northern Ireland investigating the deaths of two white-tailed eagles last month in Ballymena, Co. Antrim have confirmed the...

ESRI: Increase in cross-border food and beverages trade since Brexit
ESRI: Increase in cross-border food and beverages trade since Brexit

The trade of goods between the Republic of Ireland (ROI) and Northern Ireland has “grown substantially” since Brexit, with the...

NIFAIS 5 years behind schedule and ÂŁ17m more expensive – report
NIFAIS 5 years behind schedule and ÂŁ17m more expensive – report

The Northern Ireland Food Animal Information System (NIFAIS) is now expected to be launched in 2024, more than five years behind schedule,...

Brazil continues to have the biggest loss of tropical forest area
Brazil continues to have the biggest loss of tropical forest area

Global tropical forest loss in 2022 totaled 4.1 million hectares, according to an analysis of satellite data that has been...

UK focus farms used to highlight impacts of lab-grown meat
UK focus farms used to highlight impacts of lab-grown meat

A two-year project led by the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) is looking at focus farms in the UK to highlight...

AstraZeneca turns to cow manure to cut carbon footprint
AstraZeneca turns to cow manure to cut carbon footprint

Pharmaceutical company, AstraZeneca has announced it is switching to biogas produced from cow manure and food waste in the US...

Farmers worried about carbon scheme ‘risks’ – report
Farmers worried about carbon scheme ‘risks’ – report

Farmers are “desperate” to make extra money through carbon capture schemes, but worry they are “poorly regulated” and that the...

Campaign against Spanish strawberry growers signed by thousands
Campaign against Spanish strawberry growers signed by thousands

A German consumer campaign calling for supermarkets to boycott berries grown near Spain’s Donana wetland has been signed by over...

New Zealand: Breeding index proposal causes controversy
New Zealand: Breeding index proposal causes controversy

A proposal to develop a single evaluation breeding index for New Zealand which was launched by industry organisation, DairyNZ, has...

Study: Farms to decline but size to double by 2100
Study: Farms to decline but size to double by 2100

The number of farms globally will most likely decline by the end of the 21st century, and the average farm...

WMO: Food security warning over soaring temperatures
WMO: Food security warning over soaring temperatures

The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has warned that global temperatures are likely to reach record levels within the next five...

Scientists create calf with reduced susceptibility to BVDV
Scientists create calf with reduced susceptibility to BVDV

Scientists in the US have created a gene-edited calf with what they have called “dramatically reduced” susceptibility to infection of...