Machinery
Irish distributor Farmhand recently held an open-day showcasing its latest fertiliser spreader and sprayer technology on offer from the German...
SAMCO has signed a €1.5 million contract with a Chilean dairy co-op on the same day it broke ground on...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) today launched a public consultation on a range of proposals...
Genetic analysis could become a major selling point for commercial breeders too, farmers at the Northern Ireland sheep conference were...
Grass management measures as simple as closing the gate behind you could make your business more efficient, grassland advisor Gareth...
TB rates are continuing to spiral in Northern Ireland as the disease surpasses its worst rate in 12 years, according...
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, is mounting serious pressure on the UK government to deliver...
Agri Politics
Christmas has come early for farmers in Northern Ireland, as balance and full CAP payments will begin issuing in December....
A Newtownards dairy farmer will soon be swapping the lush pastures of east Co. Down for the Australian outback. Heather...
A father and his two sons from Co. Derry were given suspended prison sentences after more than 5,000t of waste...
A livestock auction organised by a Co. Armagh farmer has turned into a children’s heart charity’s biggest ever single fundraiser...
As uncertainty within the dairy sector – locally, nationally and internationally – is at its worst in living memory, this...
Trade tariffs, red tape and traceability concerns could make quality assurance programmes all the more important post-Brexit. But trade and...
Bigger litter sizes, better weaning rates and weights have helped the Northern Ireland pig industry ‘bounce back’. A combination of changes...
Farmers are urged to think now about how they will manage their animals’ welfare this winter as fears of a...
New dairy entrants John and David Hunter became the big winners in the inaugural LacPatrick Milk Quality awards. The Hunters...
A Dutch innovation is working a treat in solving an age-old problem on the new dairy unit at Myerscough College,...
