Dairy
LacPatrick announces milk price for February
The board of LacPatrick Dairies met earlier today (Tuesday, March 20) to set a price for February milk. LacPatrick will...
N.Ireland
N.Ireland
Ag student's self-designed aerater wins big plaudits
Despite only being in the second year of his agricultural engineering degree, Co. Antrim student David Kelso has already designed...
Dairy
The parent trap: Inaccurate records stalling Irish breeding progress
Investing in genetics is one of the most important decisions a farmer can make, but much of the good work...
N.Ireland
Last chance to attend soil analysis report training
If you are one of over 1,000 farmers across Northern Ireland who received free soil sampling and analysis reports and...
N.Ireland
Tree planting could soak up Tyrone floodwater
A tree planting programme in Co. Tyrone could offer a long-term solution for rural flooding, according to a research report...
N.Ireland
Change in direction for Northern TB rates
Bovine TB rates in Northern Ireland have dropped for the first time in more than a year. The disease hit...
N.Ireland
Derry farmer in court over carcass and movement offences
A north-west farmer has been convicted of failing to comply with animal traceability regulations after he failed to notify the...
Beef
Beef focus: Close to 800 cattle on show at Jalex herd open day
Farming in Randalstown, Co. Antrim, James and Nelson Alexander – a father-and-son team – run an in-calf heifer selling enterprise....
N.Ireland
Tier 1: Letters of offer on the way to NI farmers
Waiting time could be up already for those in for Tier 1, as Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and...
N.Ireland
Meet the 1 in 11 million calves from Co. Down
One Co. Down farmer had the surprise of his life last Thursday night when his heifer gave birth to four...
N.Ireland
BBC goes 'Tractor Mad' across the counties
It’s all about tractors in the latest True North programme for BBC One Northern Ireland as this weekend viewers meet...
N.Ireland
TB to halt NI's Spanish calf exports post-Brexit
Northern Ireland’s TB crisis has already begun to affect its future trade prospects, with Spain already saying it will not...
N.Ireland
Zinc oxide ban could increase antibiotic reliance
A ban on therapeutic zinc oxide use could increase pig sector reliance on antibiotics at a time when pressure is mounting for...
N.Ireland
Are 'hidden infected' putting your herd at risk of TB?
Co-infection – especially with liver fluke – could be desensitising existing TB tests, essentially putting control measures to waste as...
N.Ireland
Radical movement controls could push Ireland towards TB eradication
For the first time scientists say they could have the answer to eradicating TB in Ireland – and there’s no reason...
N.Ireland
Budget 'encouraging' but longer term decisions are needed
Ulster Farmers’ Union president Barclay Bell has said the recently announced 2018-19 budget allocation for the Department of Agriculture, Environment...
N.Ireland
Huey: 'I'm in a bind over TB - major decisions need to be made'
A lack of elected leadership has put major strain on Northern Ireland’s TB situation, the region’s chief veterinary officer Robert...
N.Ireland
Weathering the snow storm at one of Ireland's biggest salad and veg firms
When you’re one of the island’s largest salad and veg firms, the pressure is on both in terms of managing...
