Richard Halleron

News Correspondent

Richard Halleron is an agricultural chemist by background. He is a past chairman of the Northern Ireland Institute of Agricultural Science and has also served as Chairman of the Guild of Agricultural Journalists in Northern Ireland.

Dairy

Dairy farmers – advice for 2016: ‘Keep it simple stupid’

Irish dairy farmers must strive to improve grassland output and utilisation in 2016, according to Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC) advisor...

January 26, 2016

Pig/Poultry

Contraction in EU pig numbers to put more pressure on grain prices – AHDB

A projected fall in EU pig numbers will reduce the demand for feed within that sector over the coming months,”...

January 24, 2016

N.Ireland

Second Ulster Farmers Union office bearer changes farming focus

Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) deputy president Ivor Ferguson has announced that he is to step away from pig production, in...

January 23, 2016

N.Ireland

UFU calls for appointment of supermarket ombudsman

Ulster Farmers’ Union president Ian Marshall is demanding the immediate appointment of a supermarket ombudsman with the responsibility to investigate...

January 20, 2016

N.Ireland

‘Northern Ireland can now apply for BSE Negligible Status’

The World Health Organisation can now officially recognise Northern Ireland as having a BSE Negligible Status, according to Ulster Farmers’...

January 19, 2016

Agri-Business

Urea prices look set to be €50/t lower – year-on-year – in early 2016

Urea prices have fallen by €50/t over the past 12 months, according to UK-based fertiliser nitrogen analyst Christine Gregory. “Last January...

December 21, 2015

Beef

Deadweight prices under pressure in Northern Ireland

The deadweight trade for prime cattle continued to come under pressure in Northern Ireland last week, according to the Livestock...

December 18, 2015

Dairy

Müller UK maintains a base milk price of 22.35p/L (31c) for January

Müller UK and Ireland will offer a base price of 22.35p/L (31c) to non-aligned farmers in January 2016. The company...

December 14, 2015

Dairy

Top prizes at North’s Winter Fair go to breeders from the south

Co. Carlow Holstein breeder Liam Murphy won the 2015 Royal Ulster Winter Fair Inter Breed Championship with his home bred...

December 12, 2015

N.Ireland

Winter Fair to remain a one-day event

There is no appetite to transform the Winter Fair from a one day to a two-day event, according to Royal...

December 8, 2015

Beef

Why are my cattle coughing? It may not be lungworm

Farmers should not automatically assume that coughing cattle, including cows, have a lungworm problem, according Co. Meath veterinarian Frank O’Sullivan. “In some...

December 7, 2015