Environment
N.Ireland
FFA ‘fully supporting’ Oxford Farming Conference protests
Beef
Calls for fairer prices for NI beef 30 years after 1996 BSE crisis
N.Ireland
DAERA to host awareness events for new Farm Sustainability Payment
Schemes
Farm orgs respond to SFI scheme announcements
N.Ireland
Marks & Spencer sees significant bump in food sales for Christmas
Marks & Spencer saw a bump of almost 6% on food sales on a like-for-like basis in the final quarter…
Agri-Business
France joins Ireland in decision to vote against Mercosur trade deal
France has formally announced that it has decided to vote against the proposed EU Mercosur Trade Agreement at a meeting…
N.Ireland
NI sheep farmers advised not to store wool over winter
Sheep farmers in Northern Ireland have been advised that wool stored over the autumn/winter period will only decline in terms…
N.Ireland
UFU expresses solidarity with European farmers over Mercosur deal
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has reaffirmed its support for European farmers in light of the evolving EU-Mercosur trade agreement…
N.Ireland
Eradicating bovine TB ‘remains a top priority’ – DAERA
Speaking at the Oxford Farming Conference today (January 8), Minister Andrew Muir of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural…
Schemes
Defra announces SFI application windows at Oxford Farming Conference
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has unveiled the application windows for the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI)…
N.Ireland
AgriSearch makes new appointments to board of trustees
AgriSearch, the farmer-funded research and innovation body, has announced appointments to its board of trustees. Dr. Keith Agnew and Cormac…
Agri-Business
Knight Frank: 1ac of farmland now worth just under £8,700
The farmland market remains becalmed, but the government’s inheritance tax U-turn could boost confidence, according to a global property consultancy….
N.Ireland
Financial support for pre-movement testing in NI bluetongue control zone
It has been announced that some financial support will be provided for the pre-movement testing of high-risk animals out of…
N.Ireland
Use of EIDs in NI sheep industry ‘opened many new opportunities’ – flock owner
The mandatory use of electronic identification (EID) within Northern Ireland’s cattle sector could soon become a reality. This follows a…
Agri-Business
Watch: French farmers stage dawn protest over Mercosur deal and CAP
French farmers mobilised in Paris at dawn today (Thursday, January 8) to highlight a number of concerns they have for…
Agri-Business
Brazilian beef with banned growth hormone entered Irish market
128kg of Brazilian beef that contained a banned growth promoting hormone entered the Irish market, the Food Safety Authority of…
Machinery
The importance of checking the condition of the conditioner
With spring just around the corner, thoughts will be turning to the silage season. The first operation of the harvest…