N.Ireland
Imports of Northern Irish lamb for slaughter fall in August
The number of Northern Irish lambs crossing the border for direct slaughter in the Republic dropped in August, recent figures...
N.Ireland
The number of Northern Irish lambs crossing the border for direct slaughter in the Republic dropped in August, recent figures...
N.Ireland
Brexit could pave the way for a new approach to the problem of price volatility, the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU)...
N.Ireland
Total cattle numbers in Northern Ireland were 3% higher in June 2016 than they were in June 2015, the preliminary...
N.Ireland
A farmer in his 70s died in Co. Armagh yesterday from injuries he sustained as a result of a farm...
N.Ireland
Some 60 new jobs have been created by Dale Farm’s new cheese processing and packing facility in Co.Tyrone. Following a...
N.Ireland
A Co. Armagh farmer has been fined £1,000 for water pollution offences after it was found that a waterway was...
N.Ireland
Northern Irish holidaymakers have been warned about the risks of importing animal diseases from their holiday destinations. This warning comes...
N.Ireland
The total number of calves registered in Northern Ireland up until the end of July increased by over 21,000 compared to...
N.Ireland
Excess copper intake can cause chronic copper poisoning in sheep, with the number of cases peaking during the summer of 2015, according...
Agri-Business
There could be opportunities for Northern Irish produce to take the place of imported agri-food products in Britain following the Brexit vote,...
N.Ireland
Some 48% of farmers in the North do not have a succession plan in place with one in five farmers saying they...
Beef
Farmers in Northern Ireland suffered serious financial losses when cattle they sent to slaughter turned out to be a couple...
Dairy
In June 2016, some 204.29m litres of milk was produced in Northern Ireland, which is a 5.2% drop in milk...
N.Ireland
Over the past month, the price differential between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK for R3 grade cattle...
N.Ireland
Silage effluent is the suspected cause of more than 1,000 fish dying in a river near Claudy, Co. Derry, according...
N.Ireland
The rate of growth of Northern Ireland’s food and drinks processing sector has slowed, new figures from the Northern Ireland...
N.Ireland
The Northern Ireland Executive was forced to pay the European Commission a total of £19m last year due to failures...
N.Ireland
A farmer in Northern Ireland has been handed a three-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, on several animal welfare...