Agri-Business
Dale Farm offers NI dairy farmers 3-year fixed-price contract
Dairy co-operative Dale Farm has launched a new fixed-price contract option to its milk producers in Northern Ireland. Due to...
Dairy
Agri-Business
Poots warns British companies are ‘talking about pulling out of Northern Ireland’
Businesses in England, Scotland and Wales are already “talking about pulling out of Northern Ireland” as a result of Brexit-related...
Beef
Vet advises farmers to ‘carefully manage cattle lameness’
As cattle are being housed for the winter period, farmers are advised to carefully manage lameness within the herd. Cattle...
Agri-Business
UK labelling changes: Food from NI can be labelled ‘Origin EU’ post Brexit
Food labelling changes which will come into effect from January 1, 2021, have been revealed by the UK government. In...
Agri-Business
Time running out to grant special status for cross-border dairy companies
With just eight weeks to go until the end of the Brexit transition period and no ‘Plan B’ in place, time...
Dairy
Dairy hub seminar goes digital for AgriScot 2020
Despite having to cancel the physical event, the Scottish Dairy Hub and Kite Consultancy are still running their hugely popular...
Beef
Cows processed reaches highest weekly throughput in Northern Ireland
In Northern Ireland for the week ending October 25, processed prime cattle throughput amounted to 7,418 head, according to the...
Agri-Business
GDT index drops in latest auction
The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) index has dropped for the first time in four auctions, following three consecutive increases. The...
Beef
UK meat and dairy products to be showcased in China
Red meat and dairy products from the UK will take centre stage in China this month at one of Asia’s...
Agri-Business
Fonterra posts ‘most encouraging progress to date’ in latest sustainability report
Fonterra has reported its “most encouraging sustainability results since starting its annual reporting four years ago”, according to the Kiwi...
Dairy
RABDF moves Dairy-Tech 2021 to an online format
The Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF) has taken the decision to alter the format of Dairy-Tech 2021, due...
Dairy
Autumn-calving advice for farmers
As many beef farmers approach the autumn-calving season, a vet ambassador for an animal health project is encouraging farmers to...
Beef
Beef kill: 2020 figures continue to race ahead of last year
Last week a total of 37,143 head of cattle were processed. This figure has suffered a decline of 520 head...
Dairy
Live yeast supplement secures authorisation for use in calves until 2030
Dairy producers have welcomed a tool to improve early life rumen development, as the live yeast supplement, Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM...
Dairy
Maximising the transition period with live yeast this winter
Dairy farmers are being urged this autumn to pay attention to transition diets by including a live yeast supplement to...
Agri-Business
Market analysis: European dairy prices flatten out with butter unchanged
European dairy commodity prices flattened out over the last couple of weeks with the European butter quotation unchanged since mid-October,...
N.Ireland
AFBI warns of the risks of liver fluke infection this winter
The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) wishes to bring to the attention of farmers the need to consider the risk...
Dairy
Poor management of dairy workers could bring on recruitment crisis
The dairy industry must get better at marketing jobs on farm and make the workplace more appealing in order to...
