N.Ireland
Glanbia offers condolences to family of Fermanagh farm accident victim
Glanbia chairman Martin Keane has expressed his sympathy to the family and friends of the late Gerard Collins, who died...
N.Ireland
Beef
Fermanagh sucklers make a splash with annual island swim
Cattle at a National Trust wildlife haven have completed their unconventional annual pilgrimage – by swimming 100m across a lake...
N.Ireland
US-Ireland agri-research funding programme now open
Submissions are now open for research institutions in Northern Ireland to apply for funding for joint projects with the United...
N.Ireland
Farm fatality in Fermanagh
A man has died on a farm in Co. Fermanagh earlier today (Monday, June 11), in a sudden machinery incident,...
N.Ireland
Northern agri-food stalwarts named in Birthday Honours
Three stalwarts of Northern Ireland’s agri-food industry have been named on this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Janet McCollum will...
N.Ireland
Global food security experts met in Belfast this week
Food security experts from all over the world converged in Belfast this week (May 28-31) for a major summit on...
N.Ireland
Police hunting for arsonists after fires break out at Greenmount
Police in Antrim are appealing for information following two suspected arson incidents at Greenmount Campus last night (Wednesday, May 30,...
Grass
GrassCheck: Contractors reel in bumper first cut as growth spurt continues
Northern Ireland’s grass growth has been almost off the chart this week, as a combination of sunshine and light rain...
Machinery
Was this Balmoral's beefiest 'beast'?
No; it’s not an optical illusion – this monstrous tracked CAT (Caterpillar) may well have been the beefiest beast you’d...
Sheep
Open day planned at NI's first RamCompare flock
Northern farm research body AgriSearch is set to host a farm walk explaining the results of pioneering commercial progeny study,...
Beef
Angus challenge begins as kids meet calves at Balmoral
By Rachel Hessin Most visitors to Balmoral Show settle for a hat or a few pens as a memento –...
Machinery
Check out this cool compressor set up to pull pints
It might have been hiding among the latest gadgets and machinery at Balmoral Show – but you won’t find this...
Dairy
'On cloud 9': Surprise at Balmoral as Shorthorn clinches dairy interbreed
Tongues were wagging in the dairy lines about the surprise winner of this year’s Balmoral Show dairy interbreed championship. It’s...
N.Ireland
Farm trespasser convicted of attempting to steal diesel
Credit Michael Kenwood A 26-year-old Holywood man who claimed he had wandered onto the grounds of a Newtownards farm by...
N.Ireland
Up to 100,000 gallons of slurry spills into river
It has been reported that up to 100,000 gallons of slurry spilled into a river in Northern Ireland earlier this...
N.Ireland
Young man killed in Fermanagh named
The young man killed in Co. Fermanagh earlier this week has been named locally as 17-year-old Neil Edward Graham of...
N.Ireland
NI farmers call for no ban on live exports
There must be no ban on live exports from the UK, according to the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU). The comments...
N.Ireland
Glanbia Cheese announces changes - and bonuses - to NI milk payment policy
Glanbia Cheese has announced a number of changes to its milk payment policy – including a new ‘Mozzarella Cheese Quality...
