Agri-Business
AgriSearch webinars to help farmers after ‘particularly challenging’ summer
AgriSearch will host two webinars for Northern Ireland’s ruminant livestock farmers with the aim of helping them mitigate challenges they...
AFBI
N.Ireland
Agrisearch publishes new booklet on grass cover estimation
AgriSearch has published a new booklet focusing on ‘grass cover estimation for precision grazing systems’. The project is part of...
N.Ireland
Calls for NI farmers to register for Zone 2 of soil health scheme
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has urged farmers to register for Zone 2 of its...
N.Ireland
Queen’s-AFBI ruminant and poultry projects receive funding
Animal health projects launched by Queen’s University Belfast and the Agri-Food Biosciences Institute (AFBI) have been selected for funding by the...
Beef
Less crude protein reduces ammonia emissions from cow slurry
Lowering the crude protein content of diets can substantially reduce ammonia emissions from dairy cow manures. This is one of...
Beef
Methane inhibitors must ‘deliver’ improved performance
Ruminant methane inhibitors must not just address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions challenges but also deliver improved animal performance, according to...
N.Ireland
Soil Nutrient Health Scheme: 140,000 samples taken in NI
The roll out of Northern Ireland’s Soil Nutrient Health Scheme (SNHS) remains on schedule, according to the project’s management team....
Agri-Business
British Society of Animal Science appoints new president
The British Society of Animal Science (BSAS) has appointed Prof. Elizabeth Magowan as its new president. The animal scientist and...
Agri-Business
NI grass growth in March below long-term average
Northern Ireland’s grass growth in March will be below the long-term average, at 7.2kg of dry matter (DM)/ha/day, according to...
N.Ireland
Soil sulphur levels higher than expected in some areas
Initial trends from Northern Ireland’s Soil Nutrient Health Scheme (SNHS) are now available with the data on sulphur (S) of...
N.Ireland
CAFRE, AFBI and Agrisearch to collaborate for nutrient webinars
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) and the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) are partnering with Agrisearch...
N.Ireland
CAFRE partners with AFBI for dairy calf-rearing open day
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) has partnered with the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) to plan...
N.Ireland
Queen's University and AFBI join €13.5m net zero coalition
Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) and the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) have secured international funding for projects aimed...
N.Ireland
Men 5 times more likely to die on a farm than women -AFBI
Statistics revealed at the Teagasc BeSafe National Farm Safety Conference today (Wednesday, November 23) suggest men are five times more...
N.Ireland
Political vacuum at heart of agriculture in Northern Ireland – Godfrey
A political vacuum now exists at the heart of farming in Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural...
Agri-Business
Queen’s Unversity, AFBI and UCD team up for bTB project
A new all-island research project that will examine the factors behind persistent bTB has been launched. It will be the...
Environment
Study: Correct farm advice can improve water quality threefold
A study has demonstrated that the correct farm advice can deliver a threefold improvement in water quality over a 30-year...
N.Ireland
Reducing carbon footprint of dairy farms is achievable – AFBI
Reducing the carbon footprint of dairy farms is achievable. However, a range of tools will be needed to effect change....
