Beef
Beef-sired calf registrations declining in Northern Ireland
Beef sired calf registrations in Northern Ireland during April 2014 totalled 40,476 head compared to 44,599 head registered in April...
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Machinery
Win the use of a Lely Lotus tedder!
Win the use of a Lely tedder for the silage season! We have teamed up with Lely to give you...
Agri-Business
Welfare legislation gives more power to authorities, and fines of €250,000
New animal welfare legislation gives increased power to authorities, including the ability to issue fines of up to €250,000, according...
Sheep
Retail lamb sales in the UK fall
Total UK lamb retail sales fell sharply in the February to April period compared to last year. This is according to...
Dairy
VIDEO: Ben Roche on Collaborative farming
The long-serving collaborative farming expert Ben Roche has been commended for his tireless work over the years, by Minister for...
Agri-Business
Strathroy to target more Wexford farmers
Strathroy Dairies plans on expanding its milk pool in the south east of Ireland, its Managing Director Ruairi Cunningham has...
Beef
Beef kill dips below 30,000 for the first time this year
Last week saw the beef kill dip below 30,000 for the first time this year according to Department of Agriculture,...
Agri-Business
National Ploughing Championships to move north?
As part of its commitment to making the sums add up at its new home, the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society...
Other
Spotlight on Balmoral Show
Can’t get to the Balmoral Show today or tomorrow? Don’t worry, we’ve got our hands on some footage right here...
Agri-Business
ABP announces partnership with genetics company
ABP Food Group (ABP), one of the largest beef processors in Europe and Genus, a leading global animal genetics company,...
Other
Balmoral picture parade
As day two of the Balmoral Show gets underway, those in cattle classes have been busy all morning as our pictures...
Beef
British farmers slam short-term memories in the meat trade
The National Farmers Union in the Britain has warned that the opportunism and short-term thinking from some in the meat trade...
Agri-Business
Manufacturing issues and tight spring put pressure on fertiliser supplies
Manufacturing issues in plants across Europe and a tight spring for field operations have left supplies of some fertilisers very scarce...
Agri-Business
William Smith – going for four-in-a-row at Balmoral
Co. Meath Limousin breeder William Smith is hoping to achieve four successive Beef Inter Breed Championships in a row at Balmoral...
Sheep
French sheep meat imports down year on year - EBLEX
In the first quarter of the year French sheep meat import volumes have tracked below year earlier levels. This is...
Dairy
Fonterra NZ milk collections jump 30% in April
Last month saw a significant 30% jump in Fonterra’s milk collections compared with the same month last year. Fonterra figures...
Agri-Business
30 new on-farm anaerobic digestion plants planned for Northern Ireland
Assured Asset Energy Ltd (AAE) has launched a new £27 million fund to finance up to 30 new on-farm renewable...
Beef
Live trade to UK is open for business - Minister
Live trade of cattle to the UK is open for business, according to the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney, and...
