Dairy
Antrim dairy farmer named Supreme Champion of Lakeland awards
A dairy farming family in Co. Antrim has been announced as Supreme Champions of the Lakeland Dairies Milk Quality Awards....
Antrim
N.Ireland
Retired farmer fined for unauthorised works to field system
A retired farmer in Northern Ireland has been fined £2,000 for unauthorised works to a scheduled monument, which has existed...
N.Ireland
PSNI appeal after two white-tailed eagles found dead
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has appealed for information following the discovery of two dead white-tailed eagles in...
N.Ireland
Commercial heifer hits record £23,000 at Jalex on-farm sale
A number of records were broke at James and Nelson Alexander’s Jalex Select on-farm sale of commercial heifers which took...
Agri-Business
Diversifying from dairy to become a ‘Farm Foodie’ in Co. Antrim
By Barbara Collins The cliché of the farmer’s wife making ‘pin money’ with pots of jam is a well-worn trope,...
Environment
Farmer convicted and fined for water pollution
A Co. Antrim farmer, 50-year-old, Mark Patterson from Carmavy Road, Crumlin was convicted at Ballymena Magistrates’ Court for a water...
N.Ireland
Flock management – output per labour unit
In terms of flock management, Glasgow Veterinary School academic, George King believes that output per labour unit will be the...
N.Ireland
Antrim farmer fined £500 for water pollution offence
A Co. Antrim farmer was convicted at Ballymena Magistrates Court for a water pollution offence which resulted in the death...
N.Ireland
Red clover used as ‘rocket fuel’ on Antrim beef farm
The potential to include red clover, in tandem with hybrid ryegrass varieties, within a silage sward has been highlighted by...
N.Ireland
Tracker devices used to recover trailer and excavator
A trailer and a small excavator were recovered by members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) recently through...
N.Ireland
Appeal for info following theft of ‘significant amount of farming equipment’
An appeal for information has been made by members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) following the theft...
N.Ireland
Man killed in farm accident in Antrim
Enquiries are being made by authorities following the death of a man in a farm accident in Co. Antrim earlier...
N.Ireland
Police stop man driving ‘in and out’ of farm yards with ‘offensive weapon’
Members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) stopped and searched a vehicle which was reported to have been...
N.Ireland
Child dies and woman and baby injured in Larne farmhouse incident
A young child has died and a woman and baby were injured in an incident which took place in a...
N.Ireland
Farmer and building contractor fined for health and safety breaches
A farmer and a building contractor were both fined at Antrim Crown Court today, Thursday, December 12, for breaching health...
N.Ireland
NI animal feed firm fined after employee loses arm
A Northern Irish animal feed company has been fined £20,000 (€22,411) over an incident which saw an employee lose an...
N.Ireland
Stolen quad recovered from undergrowth hollow
A quad which had been reported stolen has been recovered from a patch of undergrowth by police in Co. Antrim....
N.Ireland
ATM taken using stolen tractor and digger recovered
An ATM machine which was stolen in the early hours of yesterday morning, Tuesday, April 16, has been recovered by police....
