N.Ireland
A surge of activity in the first two months of 2018 has put Northern Ireland’s agricultural land market back into...
The online Single Application service has opened for 2018, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced....
Machinery
Sawmills tend to be congested areas – with stacks of logs, sawn wood and piles of mulch taking up every...
A £23 million (€26 million) anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Ballymena has become one of the first of its kind...
With many acres of last year’s grass still lying rotting across Ulster, and wet weather conditions continuing, the College of...
Arable
Baling straw in February isn’t the norm. However, many tillage farmers were wrapping up the 2017 harvest at the weekend....
The number of pigs in Northern Ireland grew by almost a fifth year-on-year, as imports of fattened pigs coming here...
Worsening weather conditions mean a fodder crisis could still be on the cards Ulster Unionist Party leader, Robin Swann, has...
Agri-Business
New data protection rules could potentially cost farmers millions of pounds in fines if they do not comply, the Central...
UK subsidy changes could “free up £150 million for the environment and other public goods”, a consultation launched today has...
Milk processors and department officials are warning Northern Irish farmers to prepare for cold conditions forecast for the rest of...
New farmers in Scotland could be given a leg up into the industry, with more than 1,000ha of public land...
A Ballynure-based mixed practice vet with almost 40 years of industry experience has been elected as president of the British...
The number of sheep in Northern Ireland has hit its highest in 13 years as breeders focus on fattening stock...
Rural Life
You can’t take it with you, but you can make your beloved tractor – or other vehicle – part of...
Northern Ireland dairy farms produced a record milk volume output in December, the latest agricultural survey figures reveal. It follows...
Inspiration for Combines 4 Charity came to tillage farmer, Philip Brady, from ‘Down Under’. The 32-year-old farmer from Kildalkey, Co....
The second Farm Tractor and Machinery Trade Association (FTMTA) auction (of used tractors and machinery) took place today (Saturday, February...
