N.Ireland
Diversification helps hedge against volatile milk prices
Co. Antrim dairy farmer Gareth Hayes believes that diversification can help dairy farmers cope with the challenge of volatile milk...
N.Ireland
Co. Antrim dairy farmer Gareth Hayes believes that diversification can help dairy farmers cope with the challenge of volatile milk...
Other
British farmers have been urged to use branding to set their red meat produce apart from an influx of “cheaper...
N.Ireland
Coleraine-based WD Meats hosted a ‘walk-the-line’ event for farmer-suppliers this week. The demonstration, which allowed the visitors to assess cattle...
N.Ireland
British Veterinary Association (Northern Ireland Branch) President Jean Wales has welcomed the attainment of BSE Negligible Risk Status for Northern Ireland....
Machinery
A Fendt Katana 65 self-propelled forage harvester is currently working in Northern Ireland. This is the first such Fendt-branded machine to be...
N.Ireland
The authorisation of new and replacement cattle tags in Northern Ireland has been temporarily suspended, according to the Department of...
N.Ireland
Best-practice guidelines for beef and sheep farmers during the month of June have been released by the Department of Agriculture,...
N.Ireland
Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) Chief Executive Ian Stevenson has welcomed the attainment of BSE Negligible Risk Status for Northern...
Dairy
The Department of Agriculture, Enterprise and Rural Affairs (DAERA), in Northern Ireland, has issued management notes for dairy farmers during...
N.Ireland
Mike Mullan, an executive director at Moy Park, has been named ‘HR Director of the Year’ at the fifth annual...
N.Ireland
The avian influenza (bird flu) prevention zone in Northern Ireland, which is due to expire tomorrow (May 31, 2017) will...
Beef
A number of cattle have been condemned at processing plants in Northern Ireland due to ID status queries in recent...
N.Ireland
The survival of farming and agri-food in Northern Ireland hangs in the balance as a result of Brexit, according to...
N.Ireland
The UK will seek to introduce fundamental agricultural policy reforms, post-Brexit, according to Conservative Party Peer Lord Daniel Finkelstein. “But...
N.Ireland
Eligible dairy farmers in Northern Ireland have less than a week to apply for the EU Exceptional Adjustment Aid (EAA) package,...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland has achieved BSE negligible risk status, the safest level possible, following a meeting today, May 25, in Paris. The...
Beef
Farmers are ‘justifiably concerned‘ following the news of Dawn Meats proposed takeover of Dunbia, according to the Irish Creamery and Milk...
N.Ireland
The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) at Loughgall, Co. Armagh will host a ‘More from Grass’ event on Tuesday, June...