N.Ireland
Poor quality ear tags cost farmers in the North more than £700,000/year
Poor quality ear tags for cattle cost farmers in Northern Ireland more than £700,000 (€807,660) a year, according to the Ulster...
Northern Ireland
N.Ireland
Farmer fined close to £10,000 for fraud and cattle identification offences
A farmer in Northern Ireland has been fined close to £10,000 (€11,530) for multiple fraud and cattle identification offences. David...
Opinion
A political vacuum is bad news for agriculture in Northern Ireland
This week’s Assembly elections could not have come at a worse time for agriculture in Northern Ireland. It is universally...
N.Ireland
Farmer and haulier fined for transporting an unfit animal
A farmer and haulier in Northern Ireland have been fined for transporting an animal that was not fit for the...
N.Ireland
Compulsory poultry housing order in the North set to be lifted
The compulsory poultry housing order currently in place in Northern Ireland is set to be lifted this month, Chief Veterinary Officer,...
N.Ireland
'Autumn-sown cereals in good condition, prior to first fertiliser application'
Most autumn-sown cereals in Northern Ireland appear to have come through the winter in good condition, according to CAFRE agronomist...
N.Ireland
Northern agri-food innovation scheme worth €1 million
A grant scheme worth almost £900,000 (€1.06m), aimed at stimulating innovation in the agri-food industry, has re-opened in Northern Ireland....
N.Ireland
Sheep numbers in the North reach highest level since 2004
The number of sheep in Northern Ireland last December was 1,363,500 head, the highest level on record since December 2004,...
N.Ireland
Sheep farmer banned from owning animals and fined for animal welfare offences
A sheep farmer in Co. Antrim has been banned from owning animals and fined in £546 (€645) for animal welfare offences....
N.Ireland
Applications to the North's Environmental Farming Scheme to open soon
Online applications to Northern Ireland’s Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS) are scheduled to open on Monday, February 27. The EFS is the Department...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland strives for BSE negligible risk status
Northern Ireland has been recommended for BSE negligible risk status by the World Organisation for Animal Health’s Scientific Commission. The...
N.Ireland
Landowner fined for damaging protected habitat
A landowner has been fined £3,400 (€3,990) recently at Newry Magistrates’ court for breaches of Environment Order legislation. The Co....
Dairy
Milk Price Indicator to be reinstated in Northern Ireland
The decision has been made by the Ulster Farmers’ Union’s Dairy Committee to reinstate its Milk Price Indicator (MPI). The...
Rural Life
Video: Dramatic footage of slurry tank crashing through a garden wall
Footage from CCTV cameras captured the moment a slurry tank crashed through a garden wall in Northern Ireland on Friday,...
N.Ireland
Farmer handed suspended jail sentence for animal movement offences
A Co. Armagh farmer was convicted at Craigavon Magistrates’ Court recently on 21 charges relating to animal movement offences. Jim Thompson,...
N.Ireland
New BVD compensation scheme in the North now open for claims
A scheme targeting the removal of of BVD infected animals in the North is now open for claims, according to the...
N.Ireland
Farmer fined over £1,250 for failure to notify animal movements
A Co. Down farmer was convicted recently at Newry Magistrates’ Court of one charge of failure to notify the births or movement...
Pig/Poultry
Second case of bird flu found in Northern Ireland and 'further cases are possible'
A second case of bird flu or Avian Influenza has been identified in Northern Ireland, according to the Department of...
