Agri-Business
Access to finance, land and maintaining cross-border relationships are some of the biggest challenges the island’s Anaerobic Digestion (AD) industry will...
N.Ireland
Northern farmers have been given an eleventh hour reprieve from the slurry ban with the ‘reasonable excuse‘ clause in the Nitrates...
N.Ireland
Under pressure Northern farmers have been given an eleventh hour reprieve from the slurry ban, but union officials are warning...
N.Ireland
Two Co. Tyrone brothers have been fined in court for failing to correctly dispose of waste. John McDonnell of Frenchman’s...
Machinery
Machinery dealership McElderrys – Fendt’s existing dealer in Northern Ireland and Co. Donegal – will open a new, Fendt-dedicated depot at...
Agri-Business
Anaerobic Digestion (AD) could allow farmers to more effectively manage nutrient loading if digestate is correctly applied, researchers told delegates...
Agri-Business
Northern Ireland’s Anaerobic Digestion (AD) sector is set to rocket within the next half decade. A government official who deals...
Rural Life
A Newtownards farmer, accused of “wildly attacking” a group of fox hunting protestors on his land, has been acquitted of...
Rural Life
Two quads and a trailer were stolen from a UTV (utility transport vehicle) dealership over the weekend in Co. Fermanagh....
N.Ireland
The rate of advance Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) payments to Northern Irish farmers has been increased to 70% of the...
Environment
Caterpillar (NI) has been fined after a spill at its Co. Antrim factory saw more than 40,000L of diesel make its...
Dairy
Northern Irish dairy farmers Beattie and Reggie Lilburn have been announced as runners-up in this year’s British Grassland Society’s Grassland...
Rural Life
Competition is getting young farmers back into the field and learning practical farm-based skills, YFCU members at this year’s Northern...
N.Ireland
Ploughing with horses is an art which takes time and practice, champion ploughman Victor Scott from Limavady, Co. Derry explains....
N.Ireland
An appeal for information following the theft of 10 cattle and an electric fence in mid-September has been made by...
Rural Life
He might only be 14 years old, but Coleraine boy Owen Mac is tipped to be Ireland’s next big country music star....
Machinery
JCB has announced plans to “strengthen its distribution” in Northern Ireland with the appointment of new dealers for construction and...
Agri Politics
Northern Irish farmers will be better off this year, as exchange rate fluctuations add around 5% to the value of...
