N.Ireland
'Levels of grass utilisation are disappointingly low on beef and sheep farms'
The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) saw large crowds for its ‘More from Grass’ event yesterday, June 20, in Loughgall,...
N.Ireland
The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) saw large crowds for its ‘More from Grass’ event yesterday, June 20, in Loughgall,...
N.Ireland
The Test and Vaccinate or Remove (TVR) Wildlife Intervention Research Project is to start today, June 19, in a 100km² area...
Dairy
Calf nutrition, health and environment are all critical to achieving an optimum lifetime performance of a dairy replacement heifer. That...
N.Ireland
The ‘Farm Business Data 2017’ farm planning handbook has recently been published by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs...
N.Ireland
Firefighters in Northern Ireland have recently come to the aid of two separate farmers, in order to help rescue two...
N.Ireland
The authorisation of new and replacement cattle tags in Northern Ireland has been temporarily suspended yet again by the Department of...
N.Ireland
Barclay Bell, President of the Ulster Farmers’ Union in Northern Ireland, was speaking on RTE Radio’s This Week programme on...
N.Ireland
There has been mixed reaction across the water after Michael Gove was appointed UK Secretary of State for Environment, Food...
Rural Life
Yet another farmer has recently reported his quad stolen, as criminals continue to target quad bikes in farm robberies. The Police...
N.Ireland
Two farmers from Co. Fermanagh have been fined recently at Omagh Magistrates’ Court, in connection with a fish kill incident....
N.Ireland
The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) has launched a free soil sampling and analysis scheme, which is available to livestock...
N.Ireland
Farmers in Northern Ireland seeking to increase their borrowings in the run-up to Brexit may find themselves undergoing a new...
N.Ireland
A farmer has been banned from owning animals for 25 years due to a number of animal welfare offences. James Steele,...
N.Ireland
A cross-border environmental project that will protect endangered species and restore natural habitats is to receive €8.1 million in funding,...
Dairy
Milk prices in Northern Ireland during the month of April were over 40% higher than they were in the same month...
N.Ireland
“Strong global dairy commodity prices should see an imminent rise in base milk price,” Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) Dairy Chairman...
Schemes
“Preliminary checks on single applications are to be carried out shortly,” according to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural...
Rural Life
A tractor driver has been handed a fine along with three penalty points on his licence, after he was caught...