N.Ireland
Grass growth rates set to take off
Grass growth rates in Northern Ireland are expected to increase significantly over the next seven to 10 days. The current...
AgriSearch
N.Ireland
Dairy conference to focus on profit from high-yielding cows
AgriSearch is set to host a major dairy conference, ‘High Output Dairy Herds – Profit from Performance’, on April 15...
N.Ireland
AgriSearch invites applications for independent trustees
AgriSearch has today (Thursday, March 13) announced that it is seeking applications for two independent trustees to join its board....
N.Ireland
AgriSearch appoints new chair and vice chair for sheep committee
The board of AgriSearch has appointed a new chair, and vice chair of AgriSearch’s Sheep Advisory Committee. Roger Bell has...
N.Ireland
AgriSearch recruiting NI dairy farmers for new GHG project
AgriSearch has announced that they are seeking 20 new dairy farmers to take part in a major project to demonstrate...
N.Ireland
Information webinar planned on red clover silage swards
AgriSearch will host a webinar on Wednesday, March 5 at 8:00p.m to discuss the interim results of on-farm research into...
N.Ireland
Survey launched in NI for renewable energy generation on dairy farms
Ulster University and AgriSearch have launched a survey investigating renewable energy generation and consumption on dairy farms. The survey is...
N.Ireland
AgriSearch launches new five-year strategy
AgriSearch, the Northern Ireland Agricultural Research and Development Council, recently launched a new strategy statement for the next five years....
N.Ireland
NI grass metabolisable energy values in decline
Analysis of the figures produced by the GrassCheck service has confirmed that the metabolisable energy (ME) values of swards in...
N.Ireland
Conference to examine changes in grass growth
This week sees the publication of the final GrassCheck Bulletin for 2024. For the majority of this year so far, grass...
N.Ireland
Mycotoxins in grass silage to be investigated by Agrisearch
In recent years, there have been increasing reports of mycotoxins being found in grass silage in Northern Ireland (NI), particularly...
N.Ireland
NI group travels south to examine research in the sheep sector
AgriSearch has led a study tour from Northern Ireland (NI) to the Republic of Ireland (ROI) to examine research and...
N.Ireland
Nutrient management planning – new technologies emerging
AgriSearch is to investigate the role of emerging technologies in nutrient management planning (NMP) on farms. The organisation has secured...
N.Ireland
Red clover boosts silage yields on Tyrone dairy farm
The inclusion of red clover in grass swards can help maintain silage yields without the application of chemical nitrogen (N)....
N.Ireland
AgriSearch to host farm walk on red clover establishment
AgriSearch is hosting a farm walk on red clover establishment as part of the ZeroNsile project in partnership with Agri-Food...
N.Ireland
Research: Red clover can act to deliver improved silage quality
A recent webinar hosted by AgriSearch has confirmed the role for red clover in improving the quality of grass silages....
N.Ireland
Weed control crucial in managing red clover swards – AFBI
Red clover has the potential to fix up to 250kg of nitrogen (N)/ha from the air on an annual basis....
N.Ireland
How best to establish red clover swards
The recent ZeroNSile webinar, hosted by AgriSearch, provided an overview of how best to establish productive red clover swards. But,...
