Richard Halleron

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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.

Badger culling to begin again in Northern Ireland

Beef

Badger culling to begin again in Northern Ireland

Badger culling is to shortly begin in the second year of a test, vaccinate or remove (TVR) wildlife intervention research project,...
Soil Association urges farmers not to spray glyphosate pre-harvest

Arable

Soil Association urges farmers not to spray glyphosate pre-harvest

The Soil Association in the UK is urging tillage farmers not to use glyphosate (Roundup, Touchdown) as a pre-harvest spray...
Phil Hogan is living in an ivory tower, says North’s Minister of Agriculture

Dairy

Phil Hogan is living in an ivory tower, says North’s Minister of Agriculture

The European Commissioner for Agriculture Phil Hogan is living in an ‘ivory tower’ and is not recognising the economic pressures...
London’s first underground farm unveiled

Agri-Business

London’s first underground farm unveiled

London’s first underground farm, located in a disused World War II bomb shelter at Clapham Junction, will start supplying produce...
Global wheat output projections take a tumble

Arable

Global wheat output projections take a tumble

World wheat output expectations for 2015/16 have been slashed by 4m tonnes compared with last month, according to AHDB Cereals...
GM wheat trials in the UK ‘disappointing’

Arable

GM wheat trials in the UK ‘disappointing’

The results of genetically modified (GM) wheat trials carried out by Rothamsted Research in the UK confirm that the cultivars...
Set stocking is not fit for purpose – grassland specialist advises

Grass

Set stocking is not fit for purpose – grassland specialist advises

Irish livestock farmers could improve the output they achieve from grazed grass, if they moved away from set stocking, according...
Producing wool is ‘too expensive’ so farmer turns to Easycare sheep

Sheep

Producing wool is ‘too expensive’ so farmer turns to Easycare sheep

Shearing sheep hasn’t been a paying proposition for the past number of years, according to Co. Antrim sheep farmer Campbell...
Why spring beans are key on rugby star Rory Best’s 1,200-acre farm

Arable

Why spring beans are key on rugby star Rory Best’s 1,200-acre farm

Spring beans work tremendously well as a break within a tillage rotation, according to Irish rugby star Rory Best. The...
Lamb losses up 14% in Northern Ireland

Sheep

Lamb losses up 14% in Northern Ireland

While sheep farmers across the UK had a near normal lambing period in 2015, lamb losses in Northern Ireland increased...
First Milk confirms annual losses of £22m

Dairy

First Milk confirms annual losses of £22m

First Milk has confirmed pre-tax losses of approximately £22m for 2014/15. The farmer-owned dairy co-op has processing operations in England,...
Growers receiving €750/t for new season potatoes

Arable

Growers receiving €750/t for new season potatoes

New season growers are receiving €750/t for potatoes this week, according to TJ O’Shea of the Co. Kilkenny packing operation...
French ban Roundup from garden centres (Monsanto says its surprised)

Agri-Business

French ban Roundup from garden centres (Monsanto says its surprised)

Monsanto has expressed surprise at the decision taken by French Environment Minister Ségolène Royal to ban the herbicide Roundup from garden...
Sheep farmers set to get more for their wool this year

Sheep

Sheep farmers set to get more for their wool this year

Wool prices have increased by approximately 10% year on year, according to Co Wicklow wool merchant Vincent Pierce. “Irish merchants...
Glanbia pays 3c/L bonus to hold May milk price at 30.5c/L

Dairy

Glanbia pays 3c/L bonus to hold May milk price at 30.5c/L

Glanbia is to hold its manufacturing milk price for May supplies at 30.5c/L including VAT. This follows a decision taken...
Separation of slurry helps enhance nitrogen losses, new research finds

Environment

Separation of slurry helps enhance nitrogen losses, new research finds

The physical separation of pig and cattle slurry into its liquid and solid components will increase the rate of nitrogen...
New Glanbia Chairman announced

Agri-Business

New Glanbia Chairman announced

Glanbia has announced that Henry Corbally has been appointed its new Board Chairman. He succeeds Liam Herlihy.  Corbally has also...
USDA says Chinese dairy imports to remain sluggish

Agri-Business

USDA says Chinese dairy imports to remain sluggish

China’s imports of milk and dairy powders may stay restrained for longer than expected, according to the United States Department...
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