N.Ireland
The north of Ireland is currently free from warble fly infestation. However, according to the Department of Agriculture in Northern Ireland,...
A UK referendum result in favour of a Brexit would have disastrous consequences for agriculture and rural development, Northern Ireland’s...
The volume of lamb imported from New Zealand and Australia through Belfast port in 2015 is deeply concerning, according to...
Pre-export testing for brucellosis in Northern Ireland will be abolished from February 1, 2016, the Department of Agriculture and Rural...
The 2016 Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) Scheme payment details for farmers in Northern Ireland have been announced by the Minister...
Beef sired calf registrations in Northern Ireland during 2015 totalled 338,378 head, an 8% increase on the 312,818 registered in the North...
Beef
Irish live cattle exports to Northern Ireland have improved sharply in 2015, according to the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney....
Last year was an extremely difficult year for the farming sector and while the long-term prospects for farming are good...
Arable
Things move very quickly on farms these days and this video is a perfect example of how no time was...
Rural Life
Irish men are getting bigger – expanding outwards rather than upwards – and farmers are no different but healthy eating...
Some 95% of payments to eligible applicants under the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) schemes were made to farmers in the...
Other
FBD is asking people to nominate their Champion for Change, as part of the FBD Champions for Change programme –...
A man has died in a farm accident in Northern Ireland after the tractor he was working with overturned. It...
Farmers in Northern Ireland have been warned to be on their guard against fraudsters targeting the agriculture sector, by the...
Compulsory testing for Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) virus in new-born calves, including stillbirths and abortions, could soon be legislated for in...
Dairy
Milk production in Northern Ireland in October 2015 was 1.2% higher than October 2014, figures from the Department of Agriculture...
There was over 80,000 beef sired calves registered in Northern Ireland from dairy dams during the first 10 months of...
