N.Ireland
Exercise Blackthorn: If Foot and Mouth broke out today what would happen?
If Foot and Mouth broke out in Northern Ireland today, ports would close, Balmoral Show would be cancelled and a...
N.Ireland
N.Ireland
Could your flock hold the Golden Fleece?
Ulster Wool has launched its 2018 ‘Golden Fleece’ competition, designed to showcase the exceptional quality of wool in the region....
N.Ireland
Tier 1: Extra £400,000 added to second tranche
An additional £400,000 (€455,000) has been made available for the second tranche of Tier 1 of the Farm Business Improvement Scheme...
Dairy
LacPatrick told 'only a good deal will settle farmers'
Members of the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) have met with representatives from LacPatrick following developments surrounding the future of the...
Beef
Mart trade: 80 entered for Limousin spring sale
A total of 80 animals – including 64 bulls and 16 females – have been entered for next week’s Limousin...
N.Ireland
Reactor fraud: Illegal TB tag swapping suspected in the North
Some “selfish” owners of TB reactor cattle have been suspected of swapping ear tags in a bid to get rid...
N.Ireland
Confusion risks NI being shoehorned into English farm policies
Northern Ireland risks seeing major agricultural policies designed with rural England in mind shoe-horned into its post-Brexit legislation, Queen’s University...
Agri-Business
Masons to double production capacity with new blending plant
One of Northern Ireland’s largest compounders is set to more than double its production capacity with a new plant, AgriLand...
Schemes
Nature organisation blames CAP for 'biodiversity decline'
An environmental lobby group has called for Northern Ireland’s future agricultural subsidies to ditch the notion of rewarding intensive food...
Dairy
Grass: 6 tips for managing the swing from shortage to excess
With grass growth expected to rapidly accelerate, senior advisors at the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) are...
Agri Politics
Michel Barnier to meet with small businesses on cross-border tour
The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, is set to visit Newry, Derry and Dungannon as part of a...
Rural Life
Glarryford clinches top club title at young farmers' AGM
A Co. Antrim club has clinched this year’s Young Farmers’ Clubs of Ulster (YFCU) Club of the Year title at...
Rural Life
World's top female chef grew up on Antrim farm
A 39-year-old woman who grew up on a farm near Bushmills in Co. Antrim has been named the best female...
Dairy
AFBI to present profit-based research findings at major dairy open day
The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) is set to hold a major dairy open day at its Hillsborough research site...
N.Ireland
Poll results: 1 in 5 still haven't got their cows out
A poll carried out by AgriLand shows that almost a fifth of dairy farmers who voted have still not been...
N.Ireland
McGlone: 'Brexiteers cannot be trusted to act for Ag'
SDLP rural affairs spokesman Patsy McGlone MLA has said that the labour struggle that farmers could face after the UK...
Rural Life
Northern police officers given livestock training
Police officers in Newry and south Armagh have been given livestock training so they can become better equipped to deal...
N.Ireland
Why meat's packaging could be about to change
Meat packaging could see big changes over the next seven years as meat processing giant ABP has vowed to cut...
