Grass
GrassCheck: Contractors reel in bumper first cut as growth spurt continues
Northern Ireland’s grass growth has been almost off the chart this week, as a combination of sunshine and light rain...
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Sheep
Open day planned at NI's first RamCompare flock
Northern farm research body AgriSearch is set to host a farm walk explaining the results of pioneering commercial progeny study,...
Grass
GrassCheck: Testing samples 'essential' for a good first cut
The recent growth spurt has put grass growth almost back on par with the April average, the latest GrassCheck figures...
Grass
GrassCheck: A second boom week on the cards
Grass growth has rocketed this week across Northern Ireland dairy farms. The latest GrassCheck data recorded an average of 69.4kg...
Dairy
AFBI to present profit-based research findings at major dairy open day
The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) is set to hold a major dairy open day at its Hillsborough research site...
Grass
GrassCheck: Growth set to exceed 10-year average
After a disappointing start to the season, Northern Ireland’s grass growth is set to exceed the 10-year average, according to...
N.Ireland
Kazakhstan buyers tour NI to browse UK's agri-tech wares
Northern Irish agri-tech companies flaunted their wares to a team of investors from Kazakhstan interested in developing their country’s agricultural...
Grass
Back on track: NI grass growth rates expected to soar
Researchers expect grass growth to boom over the next seven days, bringing growth back on track with the 10-year average....
N.Ireland
Grass growth fortunes turning as temperatures start to rise
GrassCheck’s predictions for grass growth have been trebled as temperatures start to rise across the country. Researchers said temperatures had...
N.Ireland
Latest grass growth predictions well below 10-year average
GrassCheck researchers are advising farmers to review their forage budgets as the latest predictions for growth sit at just a...
N.Ireland
Dutch farmers visit Northern Ireland's green fields
Dutch farmers are known globally for their innovative approach to the industry, but could a group of leading dairy farmers...
N.Ireland
Grass: Learning from the lessons of 2017
After a challenging 2017 and a difficult start to 2018, the lessons to be learned from grass management studies are...
N.Ireland
NI food chief elected UK body's vice president
Northern Ireland food boss Michael Bell has been elected vice president of The Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST) in...
N.Ireland
GrassCheck: 'You can grow as much as you like, but you need to use it well too'
The next phase of a pioneering study into grass growth rates in Northern Ireland will look at ways farmers can...
N.Ireland
Kelly wins British Wool board election
A Co. Antrim sheep farmer with almost a thousand breeding ewes has been elected as the newest addition to the British...
Agri-Business
Queen’s University researchers exploring 'molecular sponge' solution for ammonia emissions
Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast have partnered with the region’s agri-food industry to develop a ‘green’ solution to the problem...
N.Ireland
Wool Board nominations set for election as Buchanan ends 12-year tenure
Two Northern Ireland sheep farmers have been nominated to replace outgoing British Wool Board chairman Ian Buchanan as the Northern...
N.Ireland
Farm research body returns industry investment 22 times over
Farmer-funded research and development organisation AgriSearch has helped to deliver research worth over £170 million to Northern Ireland’s ruminant livestock...
