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...
AgriSearch
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
AgriSearch to appoint new operations manager
AgriSearch has confirmed that the organisation is in the process of appointing an operations manager. This is a new position...
N.Ireland
AgriSearch seeks independent farmer to become trustee
AgriSearch has today (Thursday, August 10) announced an opening for an independent farmer trustee to join the board. The successful...
N.Ireland
Breeding programmes offer solution to anthelmintic resistance
Anthelmintic resistance (AR) is currently one of the biggest problems confronting the UK and Irish sheep sectors. It is also...
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
AgriSearch invests £300,000 in research on N-efficient silage
AgriSearch has announced investment of over £300,000 in research on the feasibility and practicalities of producing silage without the use...
Agri-Business
Gerry Boyle appointed chair of AgriSearch
The former director of Teagasc, Prof. Gerry Boyle, has been appointed as the new chair of AgriSearch, the Northern Ireland...
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
Agrisearch to invest £400k in GrassCheck programme
AgriSearch has annouced that it is investing over £400K,000 into its flagship GrassCheck programme over the next three years. Announcing...
N.Ireland
Survey launched to assess the impact of rising input costs on NI farms
Following on from its farmer survey in the spring in which over 800 farmers participated, AgriSearch has launched an autumn...
N.Ireland
AgriSearch seeks independent farmer trustee
AgriSearch, the Northern Ireland Agricultural Research and Development Council, is seeking a new independent farmer trustee to join its board. The...
N.Ireland
Webinar to highlight leatherjackets issue in NI
The Northern Ireland Agricultural Research and Development Council, commonly known as AgriSearch, will host a webinar on Thursday, March 10,...
N.Ireland
Gerry Boyle joins board of AgriSearch
AgriSearch, the farmer-funded research and innovation body, has announced the appointment of Prof. Gerry Boyle, Norman McMordie and Ian McCluggage...
Environment
AgriSearch to present research on low carbon farming at RUAS Winter Fair
Research results of relevance to producers will be displayed and discussed at the AgriSearch stand at the Royal Ulster Winter...
N.Ireland
Sheep Breeders Round Table to include international ovine experts
There are just seven weeks to go until the 2021 Sheep Breeders Round Table (SBRT). The online event takes place...
Dairy
Feeder inaccuracy of up to 15% found on NI dairy farms
Out of kilter feeders could be adding up to 15% in additional feed costs with every milking, a project by...
Environment
NI farm walk to explore potential of multi-species swards for beef and sheep
Through a farm walk in Northern Ireland, beef and sheep farmers will have the opportunity to see for themselves how...
