Sheep
As few as 5% of rams working in Northern Ireland flocks are performance recorded, leaving the sector missing out on...
N.Ireland
Plans for paper calf registrations to be scrapped in a month’s time have been ditched by Northern Ireland’s Department of...
Pig/Poultry
A complaint made by vegan group Viva! regarding the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) ‘Pork Midweek Meals’ campaign has been...
Police in Co. Tyrone are appealing for any information relating to two separate incidents of livestock theft in recent weeks,...
Dairy
Around 200 farmers new to dairying joined the island’s second largest dairy co-operative over the last five years. The figure...
Comber-based farm, Mash Direct, has landed a new deal to supply one of the UK’s biggest supermarket chains with its...
The tough fodder conditions facing many Irish farmers are expected to lead to an increase in abortions in livestock this...
Profits at Lakeland Dairies – one of the island’s largest milk processors – have more than doubled in just a...
Around 90 jobs are to go across the milk and bakery divisions of Armagh-based food firm Linwoods. The company began...
Northern Ireland’s chief veterinary officer Robert Huey has urged the industry to respond to a UK-wide review on the live...
Arable farmers in Northern Ireland say they are running out of options to allow them to comply with the ‘three-crop...
A consultation has been launched on the effects of a potential ban on the live export of animals for slaughter...
A new draft corporate plan launched by Northern Ireland’s Health and Safety Executive (HSENI) has highlighted the grisly reality of...
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has raised over £21,000 for Air Ambulance NI at its annual dinner – a figure...
As fodder supplies become scarce across the country, playing ‘catch up’ once grass starts to grow will be more important...
Sales of locally produced food in Asda’s Northern Ireland stores grew by 8% in 2017, proving that customers are actively...
Red tape and poor prospects for the region’s farming future has pushed a Dungiven farmer and his family to start...
