Environment
Farmer convicted and fined for polluting a waterway
A farmer from Co. Antrim was recently convicted and fined £750 (€867) at Ballymena Magistrates’ Court for polluting a waterway. An...
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Environment
Farmer fined for polluting waterway with slurry
A Co. Armagh farmer has been fined £500 (€575) for polluting a waterway with slurry at Newry Magistrates Court recently. Sean Magill,...
N.Ireland
2 weeks left for farmers to apply for NI Environmental Farming Scheme
Farmers in Northern Ireland have just two weeks left to apply for the Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS), with the deadline set...
N.Ireland
Video: Conditions of how cattle dealer was held hostage revealed
The conditions of where and how a cattle dealer was held hostage for five days in October 2012 have now...
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...
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,...
Arable
‘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
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....
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
Sheep farmers wanted to take part in grass utilisation project
A new research project in the North aims to identify how sheep farmers can maximise the use of grass on...
N.Ireland
Sheep farmers wanted to take part in grass utilisation project
A new research project in the North aims to identify how sheep farmers can maximise the use of grass on...
Beef
Factory kill charges cost farmers in the North £7.5m in 2016
Factory kill charges in the North cost farmers in excess of £7.5m (€8.8m) in 2016, according to figures from the Ulster...
N.Ireland
UFU assessing the best farm support options post-Brexit
The coming weeks will see the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) assess which farm support policies will best meet the needs...
Machinery
Massey Ferguson to sponsor the Young Farmers’ Clubs of Ulster
Massey Ferguson is set to become a brand new platinum sponsor of the Young Farmers’ Clubs of Ulster (YFCU). The new partnership,...
