N.Ireland
Site map: Get the inside track on this year's Balmoral Show
The Royal Ulster Agricultural Society (RUAS) has launched a site map showing the locations of most of the major stands...
N.Ireland
Grass
GrassCheck: Testing samples 'essential' for a good first cut
The recent growth spurt has put grass growth almost back on par with the April average, the latest GrassCheck figures...
Beef
Judge manages a 'cracker' with Carmorn Nutcracker
Female prices were up more than £500 (€571) on last year at the 2018 British Limousin Cattle Society’s May Day Show...
Machinery
Farmers warned that new machinery spend is 'too high'
UK farmers have been warned that they are spending far too much on updating their farm machinery, according to a...
N.Ireland
Thompsons Feeds owner tops £1bn turnover
The Belfast-based owner of one of Europe’s largest multi-species feed mills has hit a landmark £1 billion (€1.14 billion) turnover for...
N.Ireland
Northern TB rates appear to stabilise
TB’s advance appears to be slowing in Northern Ireland. Despite a slight increase in the region’s latest figures, the disease’s incidence...
N.Ireland
Biosecurity: Big issues facing post-Brexit disease control
Brexit could be an opportunity to bolster the UK’s biosecurity efforts – but much could be at stake if the...
N.Ireland
DAERA outlines progress in tackling ammonia
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has published a report outlining its progress on ammonia. The...
N.Ireland
Young Farmers get geared up for Balmoral Show: Here's what they have lined up
From sheep shearing to pencil-making and agri-business talks – the Young Farmers’ Clubs of Ulster (YFCU) has a packed Balmoral schedule. Here’s...
N.Ireland
Why African Swine Fever could be pigs' next big threat
“It doesn’t take a bad person to bring in disease into a country – it just takes a careless one,”...
N.Ireland
Union and unionists engage in 'reactor fraud' spat
A war of words has erupted between the Ulster Farmers’ Union and Ulster Unionists over allegations the ear tags of...
Grass
GrassCheck: A second boom week on the cards
Grass growth has rocketed this week across Northern Ireland dairy farms. The latest GrassCheck data recorded an average of 69.4kg...
N.Ireland
Young man dies on Co. Down farm
A man in his early 20s has died in a fatal accident on a farm in Katesbridge, Co. Down today...
N.Ireland
LacPatrick Dairies fined for pollution
LacPatrick Dairies’ Northern Ireland arm was today fined £5,000 at Coleraine Magistrates’ Court after it pleaded guilty to releasing polluting...
N.Ireland
3-crop rule derogation secured for Northern Ireland
Arable farmers in Northern Ireland have been granted a derogation on the ‘three-crop rule’ this year, the Department of Agriculture,...
Schemes
Half of NI Single Application forms still outstanding
Less than two weeks until the deadline, almost half of Northern Ireland’s Single Application forms are yet to be received....
N.Ireland
Reactor fraud: TB DNA proposals stalled by ministerial absence
Proposals to take DNA samples as soon as TB reactors are found as standard procedure in Northern Ireland could combat...
N.Ireland
Ammonia deadlock: Department to process 100 applications this month
Good news is on the horizon for those behind the 100 farm planning applications caught up in the ammonia deadlock....
