Dairy
Current butter prices are unlikely to last, the head of one of Ireland’s biggest milk processors has warned. “If someone...
N.Ireland
Antibiotic usage fell by more than a quarter in the UK over 2016, the latest figures show. Over the same...
Machinery
Not so long ago the Irish sugar beet industry was booming. People of my age will most likely remember the...
A Co. Tyrone farmer has been fined £1,000 (€1,138) today, after a slurry accident saw a teenage casual employee fall unconscious...
TB rates in the North have hit their worst in more than a decade, according to the latest DAERA figures,...
Having been on tour all over the UK, a latest-generation ‘demo’ Claas Jaguar 970 forage harvester popped up here in Ireland...
Rural Life
Machinery, worth hundreds of thousands of euros, has been destroyed in a major fire at a contractor’s yard in Co....
One of the last independent family-owned farm machinery distributors in the country, Farmhand is looking to expand its Damastown facility to...
Major “on-site” machinery dispersal sale (auction) events come up just a handful of times in any given year here in...
Poor weather across the island has left many farmers facing a very bleak winter, with significant numbers already concerned that...
Akpil tillage equipment is gaining momentum in the Irish tillage machinery market. Back in 2015 Des Walsh set off on...
Co. Down man Philip Bell has been selected as Northern Ireland’s most wildlife friendly farmer at the Farming Life and...
As many as 100 land mobility agreements could be made between farmers in Northern Ireland by 2019, those behind the...
Better land mobility could push productivity rates and allow the North’s agricultural sector to grow, it has been claimed. The...
A ‘land mobility’ programme aiming to pair up farmers into working partnerships and solve the problem of access to land...
Robots that pick fruit, weeds, and even go out into the field and feed the cows could become a common...
Micheal Doyle Auctions will host a clearance sale of farm machinery and equipment this Saturday (October 28). The auction –...
