N.Ireland
British potato seed produces strong yields in Kenyan trials
Four varieties of British potato seed sent to Africa have performed strongly at three Kenyan trial sites, with yields similar...
N.Ireland
Four varieties of British potato seed sent to Africa have performed strongly at three Kenyan trial sites, with yields similar...
N.Ireland
An agreement to progress lifting the British beef ban on exports to China is a vital first step in unlocking...
N.Ireland
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) recently published the first estimate for agricultural income in 2017. Provisional...
N.Ireland
More than four out of five UK growers believe recent developments in agri-robotics and automation could help them to reduce...
N.Ireland
With a push towards lower subsidies, no likely advances towards GM and foreign competition on the cards – growers in...
Arable
Tillage farmers – regardless of their size or location in the country – should focus on a five-point ‘bucket list’ to...
N.Ireland
Post-Brexit subsidy changes will have a much bigger effect on farm viability than any other factor, according to one of...
Dairy
A group of farmers in Scotland, who banded together to negotiate the first post Milk Marketing Board milk price contract,...
Machinery
Farmers at an Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) meeting in Cornwall (England) were warned of the dangers of buying new equipment...
Arable
UK herb growers will be able to protect their crops with a new weed control product approved in record time,...
N.Ireland
The amount of livestock manure applied in the UK each year would fill all the lanes of the M1, plus...
Arable
Low resistance risk fungicide programmes must be adopted universally to prolong the efficacy of cereal chemistry in the UK, delegates...
Arable
The science behind the home-pregnancy test is now being trialled to detect the presence of plant diseases, which can devastate...
N.Ireland
Two pork processors in Northern Ireland are among a select few in the UK given the green light to ship...
N.Ireland
A ‘super pest’ moth which is already resistant to a class of common plant protection is now also capable of...
N.Ireland
Lettuce growers have been urged to look out for Fusarium wilt and root rot after an outbreak of the aggressive...
N.Ireland
A major British agricultural body is to set up a new potato database, as potato prices in the country hit...
N.Ireland
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is looking for six new monitor farms to join its research network –...