Richard Halleron

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News Correspondent

Richard Halleron is an agricultural chemist by background. He is a past chairman of the Northern Ireland Institute of Agricultural Science and has also served as Chairman of the Guild of Agricultural Journalists in Northern Ireland.

Farmers run into BVD testing problems in Northern Ireland

Beef

Farmers run into BVD testing problems in Northern Ireland

Farmers must check that they have paid the required level of postage on calf tissue samples sent for BVD testing,...
Beef conformation on the decline in Northern Ireland

Beef

Beef conformation on the decline in Northern Ireland

The conformation scores achieved by prime cattle kill during the final quarter of 2016 generally declined from the corresponding period...
No SMP sold at third tender event – offers below minimum price set

Dairy

No SMP sold at third tender event – offers below minimum price set

Prices offered at the third skimmed milk powder (SMP) public intervention tender last week ranged from €155/100kg to €190/100kg. These were...
Underground North-South Interconnector ‘may be the cheapest option’

Rural Life

Underground North-South Interconnector ‘may be the cheapest option’

Members of the North East Pylon Group (NEPP) are claiming that it will be cheaper to put the North-South Interconnector...
Quintuplets born to Charollais ewe on Tyrone farm

Sheep

Quintuplets born to Charollais ewe on Tyrone farm

This week saw a pedigree Charollais ewe give birth to quintuplets on the north Tyrone farm of the Foster family....
‘Election in the North will result in the drying up of funding streams for farming’

N.Ireland

‘Election in the North will result in the drying up of funding streams for farming’

SDLP MLA Patsy McGlone believes the imminent collapse of the Stormont Executive and a subsequent election will result in the...
Cross compliance and farm safety should be formally linked

Opinion

Cross compliance and farm safety should be formally linked

Both ICSA and ICMSA have taken a wholly unacceptable position, where farm safety is concerned. The past week has seen...
Why farmers should keep to a maximum speed of 10km/hr when spraying crops

Arable

Why farmers should keep to a maximum speed of 10km/hr when spraying crops

Keeping to a maximum speed of 10km/hr and maintaining a boom height of 50cm to 75cm when spraying crops was...
Brome grass becoming a ‘major grassland weed problem’ on tillage farms

Arable

Brome grass becoming a ‘major grassland weed problem’ on tillage farms

Brome grass, in all its manifestations, is becoming a major grassland weed problem on tillage farms throughout the island of...
Election uncertainty confronts agriculture in Northern Ireland

N.Ireland

Election uncertainty confronts agriculture in Northern Ireland

Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) sources have confirmed that Northern Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Michelle McIlveen, will continue in office until...
‘CAP support changes post-Brexit will have major impact on North’s farming sectors’

Agri-Business

‘CAP support changes post-Brexit will have major impact on North’s farming sectors’

Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) support changes post-Brexit will have a major impact on all the farming sectors in Northern Ireland,...
‘Selective dry cow therapy is the future for dairy’

Dairy

‘Selective dry cow therapy is the future for dairy’

Selective dry cow therapy will be used as a key driver in bringing down the quantities of antibiotics used within...
Dairy cow numbers falling in Germany

Dairy

Dairy cow numbers falling in Germany

Dairy cattle numbers in Germany are dropping, the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) in the UK has reported. The...
If my livestock cause a road traffic accident: am I covered?

Agri-Business

If my livestock cause a road traffic accident: am I covered?

Last Friday saw cattle breaking out onto the M3 close to Dunshaughlin in Co. Meath. A major road traffic accident...
‘No sale’ on latest skimmed milk powder (SMP) tender

Dairy

‘No sale’ on latest skimmed milk powder (SMP) tender

EU Member States have agreed on not selling skimmed milk powder (SMP) out of public intervention this week. This decision...
GDT result does not undermine strength of world dairy markets

Dairy

GDT result does not undermine strength of world dairy markets

AHDB analyst Luke Crossman has characterised the 3.9% fall in the average prices paid at this week’s Global Dairy Trade...
Details for the new 4-day Balmoral Show revealed

N.Ireland

Details for the new 4-day Balmoral Show revealed

Saturday will become the new Friday at Balmoral Show, according to RUAS Chief Executive Colin McDonald. All of the championship...
New technology to revolutionise energy from poultry manure market

Pig/Poultry

New technology to revolutionise energy from poultry manure market

Limerick-based agri-technology business BHSL has agreed €13m in sales of its manure-to-energy technology which is aimed at transforming the environmental...
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