N.Ireland
Pics: Tractor driver in near miss at 'The Cut'
Motorists were left stunned after a tractor driver hauling bales of straw appeared to have had a narrow miss with...
N.Ireland
N.Ireland
Brucellosis testing regime to be relaxed further
The brucellosis testing programme in Northern Ireland will be relaxed further, bringing significant benefits and savings for our farmers and...
N.Ireland
New TB board 'TBEP' on the hunt for two farming representatives
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) today launched a competition to appoint seven members to its new...
N.Ireland
AFBI chief to step down later this year
Dr. Sinclair Mayne, chief executive of the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), announced earlier today that he plans to retire...
N.Ireland
Meet the Ulster farmers set to appear on this year's Rare Breed
The latest series of hit agricultural show ‘Rare Breed – A Farming Year’ is set to return to screens across...
N.Ireland
Farmer recovering after being attacked by bull at the weekend
A farmer in Co. Down is recovering from head injuries sustained when he was attacked by a bull on Saturday,...
Dairy
How more than 100 Scottish farmers pooled together for fairer prices
A group of farmers in Scotland, who banded together to negotiate the first post Milk Marketing Board milk price contract,...
N.Ireland
CAFRE cows to welcome visitors on dairy open days
Upcoming College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) open dairy days will focus on six main themes, including: feed...
N.Ireland
'Ammonia recommendations highlight need to work together'
Department officials have said the ammonia recommendations made this week highlight the “need for the government and agri-food sector to...
Machinery
Attention to detail, management time and running costs: Don’t buy new kit until you know
Farmers at an Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) meeting in Cornwall (England) were warned of the dangers of buying new equipment...
N.Ireland
Ammonia deadlock stalling farm planning applications but 'no one thought to tell farmers'
Northern Ireland’s environment agency (NIEA) is understood to have put a virtual deadlock on many major farm building projects because...
N.Ireland
Gove's Oxford Farming Conference remarks 'an insult to farmers'
Former Lib Dem leader Tim Farron has hit out at comments made today at the Oxford Farming Conference by UK...
N.Ireland
Ammonia action 'urgently needed on every farm'
A working group commissioned by Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture has published several recommendations to curb the problem of excess...
Agri-Business
Direct payments in the UK set to be maintained for 'a number of years'
This morning the UK Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Michael Gove, gave assurances that Basic Payment...
Arable
Plant protection product given approval for UK use in record time
UK herb growers will be able to protect their crops with a new weed control product approved in record time,...
N.Ireland
'Moving the goalposts': Tier 2 farmer out £15,000 blames NIEA for planning ordeal
A Co. Antrim farmer who says he has been put out around £15,000 (€16,900) preparing for a Tier 2 application...
N.Ireland
NI indepth: 'Most of my meetings are held around the kitchen table and I really enjoy that'
For Tyrone farmer’s son, Rodney Brown, work as Danske’s new deputy head of agriculture is about much more than just farmers’ finances....
N.Ireland
Tractors, farm equipment and straw damaged in recent shed fires
Tractors and farm equipment were damaged in a recent shed fire, while around 60 4X4 round bales of straw were...
