N.Ireland
More than 10,000 Northern Irish cattle have been reported stolen or lost in just three years – with cross-border smuggling...
Tomorrow’s ploughing match in Hillsborough has been cancelled as a mark of respect towards Northern Ireland Ploughing Association chairman Wilson Holden....
New BSE status controls will be included on the North’s departmental animal database ‘APHIS’ to identify Negligible Risk (NR) and...
Machinery
A sizeable, unreserved auction of tractors and farm machinery – organised by Bord na Mona – took place on Saturday,...
Northern Ireland’s largest poultry processor has achieved the highest scoring level for sustainability in the Business in the Community Northern...
A new practical farming competition is giving Northern teenagers the chance to win and rear five Angus calves. The skills-based...
Agriculture has become the biggest loser in the emergency budget for Northern Ireland proposed by Secretary of State James Brokenshire....
Better profitability in agriculture would allow older farmers to retire, making room for younger stockmen and growers, lobby group Farmers...
A series of response meetings will take place in the north-west to help farmers deal with the feared fodder shortage...
A new development programme launched by one of Northern Ireland’s biggest milk processors will help the region’s farmers maximise efficiency...
‘Fast’ tractors which travel more than 15 miles from their base will not be required to go through the Ministry of...
A pioneering six-hour TB test is expected to launch by the end of November. The test, called Actiphage, has been...
Tributes have been paid to former agricultural research and education advisory board chairman Dr. Alan Lennon, OBE. Dr. Lennon passed away...
Farm fires are burning holes in insurers’ pockets, with claims in Northern Ireland rising by more than a million pounds...
A major British agricultural body is to set up a new potato database, as potato prices in the country hit...
Food scares are among the biggest threats to Irish farming, agri-food expert Prof. Patrick Wall warned farmers and industry leaders...
Pottinger Ireland added a new dealership to its network last Thursday (November 9). Richard O’Shea, of O’Shea Agri, Castlecomer, will...
TB compensation is expected to cost Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture around £24 million (€27.17 million) this year – close...
