Beef
A transition cow can be identified as a cow three weeks’ pre-calving and three weeks’ post-calving. Dairy cows face many...
N.Ireland
They may not be the most common sight on sheep farms, but they are becoming more popular…and that is slatted...
The supply of fresh air within livestock housing is critical to ensure good health and maximum performance from housed livestock...
Dairy
Mastitis is the most economically challenging disease on a dairy farm, it causes the swelling of the cow’s udder tissue...
The National Sheep Association (NSA) in the UK has said it is “outraged” by the situation faced by sheep breeders...
Agri Politics
The president of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA), Tim Cullinan, and the president of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Minette...
Agri-Business
Former National Farmers’ Union (NFU) and World Farming Organisation (WFO) president Peter Kendall believes that agriculture’s direct response to the...
Northern Ireland’s farm minister Edwin Poots has confirmed that Irish cattle imported into the north can be slaughtered there and...
A joint Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) and Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) research...
Johne’s disease is a bacterial disease of cattle and other ruminants for which there is currently no cure. Johne’s is...
New housing measures are to be introduced as part of the avian influenza prevention zone in Northern Ireland from December...
As the total number of processed cattle for last week amounted to 35,702 head, some factories seem to be in...
Machinery
According to the independent DLG PowerMix test, John Deere was deemed to be the best choice of tractor for transport...
What has been dubbed the “world’s smartest, fully electric autonomous tractor” has been unveiled this month by Monarch Tractor. This...
The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) index has recorded a small increase in its latest event to make it three consecutive...
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) is very concerned about Northern Ireland (NI) farmers being able to access genetics which they...
Infrastructure Minister in Northern Ireland Nichola Mallon has today (Monday December 14) signed the confirmation order for the £6.5 million...
The Chief Executive of the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI), Robert Kidd, has launched the ‘Avoid Harm...
