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Gardaí and PSNI tackle rural crime in cross-border operation

Rural Life

Gardaí and PSNI tackle rural crime in cross-border operation

An Garda Síochána and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) carried out a planned cross-border operation tackling rural crime...
Letter to the editor: It’s now time to ‘dissolve AHDB horticulture and punitive levy’

Opinion

Letter to the editor: It’s now time to ‘dissolve AHDB horticulture and punitive levy’

I’m writing to you as a carrot grower, an Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) levy payer and chair of...
New CEO appointed at milking equipment company DeLaval

Agri-Business

New CEO appointed at milking equipment company DeLaval

The Tetra Laval Group Board has appointed Paul Lofgren as president and chief executive officer (CEO) of DeLaval, effective April...
Marshall believes unionist background could prove beneficial in Seanad

N.Ireland

Marshall believes unionist background could prove beneficial in Seanad

Former Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) president Ian Marshall believes that his potential re-election to Seanad Éireann will help to improve...
Aid package for wool discussed in Northern Ireland

N.Ireland

Aid package for wool discussed in Northern Ireland

Representatives from the farmers’ cooperative Ulster Wool, the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) and the National Sheep Association (NSA) have met...
Almost €3m for research project on oats

Arable

Almost €3m for research project on oats

Researchers in Ireland and Wales have been awarded €2.7 million to explore the development of oat varieties that are climate-resistant...
Kverneland reveals new products – featuring spreaders, harrows and cultivators

Machinery

Kverneland reveals new products – featuring spreaders, harrows and cultivators

Kverneland has revealed a new set of products, including new disc spreaders, cultivators, harrows and an in-cabin processor to make...
Strong start to 2021 continues for GDT with 7th consecutive index rise

Dairy

Strong start to 2021 continues for GDT with 7th consecutive index rise

The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) index has posted an increase in the fourth auction of 2021 to mark seven increases...
Land Rover to unveil 6 electric SUV models in next 5 years

Machinery

Land Rover to unveil 6 electric SUV models in next 5 years

Jaguar Land Rover has announced a dramatic shakeup in the form of a new global strategy which will see the...
BNP limits finance to customers of beef or soybean from converted Amazon land

Arable

BNP limits finance to customers of beef or soybean from converted Amazon land

French lender BNP Paribas has said it will no longer provide financing services to customers who grow or buy Brazilian...
Could soybean become a mainstream tillage option?

Arable

Could soybean become a mainstream tillage option?

A recent report from Rothamsted Research indicates that climate change could make soybean production a viable crop option in places...
Accelerated milk replacer rates will boost calves’ life-long milking ability

Dairy

Accelerated milk replacer rates will boost calves’ life-long milking ability

According to College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) dairy advisor Gary Duffy, accelerated calf replacer feeding rates can...
Work begins to secure the inclusion of Northern Ireland in grass-fed PGI

Beef

Work begins to secure the inclusion of Northern Ireland in grass-fed PGI

The Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) is heading up a group of stakeholder bodies that have been charged with the...
Sheep management: Taking action quickly when it comes to thinner ewes

N.Ireland

Sheep management: Taking action quickly when it comes to thinner ewes

For March-lambing flocks, it is important farmers keep an eye on their ewes’ body condition over the coming weeks. If...
Sheep, sucklers and saving lives… all in a day’s work for one Fermanagh farmer

N.Ireland

Sheep, sucklers and saving lives… all in a day’s work for one Fermanagh farmer

By Rodney Magowan David Sheridan farms across several holdings around Letterbreen and Florencecourt in Co. Fermanagh with some further acreage...
Dairy advice: Steps you can take to avoid mastitis

Dairy

Dairy advice: Steps you can take to avoid mastitis

The easiest way to prevent clinical or sub-clinical mastitis cases is through good milking practices. Mastitis is the most economically challenging...
Winter milk: Reviewing late season feeding

Dairy

Winter milk: Reviewing late season feeding

A recent report by Michael Garvey, a dairy development adviser, with the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE),...
Soya feed alternative scoops Royal Dairy Innovation Award

Dairy

Soya feed alternative scoops Royal Dairy Innovation Award

A UK-grown sustainable feed that can replace soya in dairy cow rations has scooped this year’s Royal Dairy Innovation Award...
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