N.Ireland
BVA to continue to fight to secure vet medicines in NI
Last night (Wednesday, October 2), president of the British Veterinary Association (BVA), Dr. Elizabeth Mullineaux reaffirmed the association’s commitment to...
N.Ireland
N.Ireland
Mycoplasma bovis causing ‘significant losses’ on NI farms
Animal Health and Welfare Northern Ireland (AHWNI) has stated that the bacterial infection mycoplasma bovis is becoming “increasingly prevalent” and...
N.Ireland
Dairy Council NI is equally focused on home and export markets
The Dairy Council for Northern Ireland is equally committed to the effective marketing of milk products both at home and...
N.Ireland
Green growth to characterise future of dairy farming in NI
Dairy Council for Northern Ireland chief executive, Ian Stevenson, has confirmed that the milk sector is on a ‘green growth’...
N.Ireland
Vogelsang updates its range of booms and macerators
Vogelsang has been busy updating and developing its range and will be presenting some new and modified models from the...
Rural Life
8-year-old boy who died by gunshot on English farm named
An eight-year-old boy, who died as a result of gunshot wounds sustained in an incident on a farm in East...
Agri-Business
UK farm input costs increase by 44% since 2019
Farm input costs in the UK have increased by an average of 44% since 2019 according to research by the...
N.Ireland
Shakeup of recommended list trials for cereals may be necessary – AHDB
A restructuring of recommended list trials to take account of cereal varieties grown on a more sustainable basis is on...
N.Ireland
Machinery: T5 tractor range refreshed by New Holland
The five models in the New Holland T5 Dual Command range have all been given a new look and new features,...
N.Ireland
The eradication of bTB: Kill the pathogen or the host animals?
The eradication of bTB in the UK and Ireland has been given a fundamentally different focus by prof. Jonathan Rushton,...
N.Ireland
Machinery shows: Goodbye SIMA, hello AgriSIMA
Agricultural machinery shows are facing challenging times as manufactures continue to question their value as a marketing tool and seek...
N.Ireland
NI farmers advised to ‘plan slurry spreading’ before closed period
Farmers in Northern Ireland have been advised to plan their slurry spreading “to ensure readiness for the closed period which...
N.Ireland
Work continues apace in development of effective bTB vaccines
The issues pertaining to the development of effective bTB vaccines – targeting both cattle and badgers, are extremely complex in...
N.Ireland
NI Environmental Improvement Plan published
Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Andrew Muir, has welcomed the approval of Northern Ireland’s Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP)...
N.Ireland
BCS your spring calving cows now before housing
As cows are progressing further into the lactation, closer to drying-off and closer to the housing period, body condition scoring...
N.Ireland
PSNI appeal for information after farm machinery stolen in Tyrone
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has issued an appeal for information following the theft of farming machinery from a property...
N.Ireland
NI farmers warned to be ‘vigilant’ because of bluetongue case in Wales
Northern Ireland’s Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Andrew Muir, has warned that the first case of bluetongue in...
N.Ireland
Celebrating 75 years of John Deere diesel tractors
In the mid 1940s, as the war ended and the youth of America returned home, there was a surge in...
