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.

Vets welcome Northern Ireland’s ‘negligible risk’ status

N.Ireland

Vets welcome Northern Ireland’s ‘negligible risk’ status

British Veterinary Association (Northern Ireland Branch) President Jean Wales has welcomed the attainment of BSE Negligible Risk Status for Northern Ireland....
BSE Negligible Risk Status for Northern Ireland should boost returns – LMC

N.Ireland

BSE Negligible Risk Status for Northern Ireland should boost returns – LMC

Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) Chief Executive Ian Stevenson has welcomed the attainment of BSE Negligible Risk Status for Northern...
UK agriculture is facing a 10-year transition to a new, post-Brexit support system

N.Ireland

UK agriculture is facing a 10-year transition to a new, post-Brexit support system

The UK will seek to introduce fundamental agricultural policy reforms, post-Brexit, according to Conservative Party Peer Lord Daniel Finkelstein. “But...
UK agriculture is facing a 10-year transition to a new, post-Brexit support system

N.Ireland

UK agriculture is facing a 10-year transition to a new, post-Brexit support system

The UK will seek to introduce fundamental agricultural policy reforms, post-Brexit, according to Conservative Party Peer Lord Daniel Finkelstein. “But...
Major challenge posed by Black Grass and Brome Grass

N.Ireland

Major challenge posed by Black Grass and Brome Grass

Agri-Food and Biosciences’ Institute (AFBI) plant scientists are becoming increasingly concerned about the growing threat posed by Black Grass and...
Fury grows at volume threshold set for EU dairy support scheme

Dairy

Fury grows at volume threshold set for EU dairy support scheme

A Down-based milk producer has expressed huge annoyance at being excluded from an EU dairy support scheme because his annual...
Fury grows at volume threshold set for EU dairy support scheme

N.Ireland

Fury grows at volume threshold set for EU dairy support scheme

A Down-based milk producer has expressed huge annoyance at being excluded from an EU dairy support scheme because his annual...
Breeders split on merits of four-day Balmoral Show

N.Ireland

Breeders split on merits of four-day Balmoral Show

The four-day Balmoral Show format has worked for Co. Down Blonde breeder William McElroy. But there is an almost equal...
Fleming family notches up 8th Dairy Championship success at Balmoral Show

N.Ireland

Fleming family notches up 8th Dairy Championship success at Balmoral Show

Balmoral Show 2017 saw the Fleming family, from Seaforde in Co. Down, winning their fourth successive Balmoral Interbreed Dairy Championship –...
Countryfile’s Adam Henson visits Balmoral Show

N.Ireland

Countryfile’s Adam Henson visits Balmoral Show

Countryfile’s Adam Henson paid a visit to this year’s Balmoral Show. He hosted a prize-giving ceremony on the ABP Food...
‘Brexit is top priority for DAERA’

N.Ireland

‘Brexit is top priority for DAERA’

Northern Ireland’s agri-food sectors are making real progress in developing policies that will put these industries on a sustainable footing...
NIFDA Chairman calls for ‘workable’ trade deal post-Brexit

N.Ireland

NIFDA Chairman calls for ‘workable’ trade deal post-Brexit

Northern Ireland food companies must capitalise on new opportunities for business growth once Brexit becomes a reality, says Northern Ireland...
UFU warns of mounting pressure on NI farmers over Brexit

N.Ireland

UFU warns of mounting pressure on NI farmers over Brexit

The countdown to Brexit means pressure is mounting on Northern Ireland’s farming and food industries, according to Ulster Farmers’ Union...
Breed championship double for Co. Down breeder on day one of Balmoral Show

Beef

Breed championship double for Co. Down breeder on day one of Balmoral Show

Day one of Balmoral Show saw Co. Down pedigree cattle breeder James Porter lifting both the Aberdeen Angus and Beef...
Breed championship double for Co. Down breeder on day one of Balmoral Show

N.Ireland

Breed championship double for Co. Down breeder on day one of Balmoral Show

Day one of Balmoral Show saw Co. Down pedigree cattle breeder James Porter lifting both the Aberdeen Angus and Beef...
Efforts continue to secure Chinese access for pork produced in Northern Ireland

N.Ireland

Efforts continue to secure Chinese access for pork produced in Northern Ireland

Cranswick CEO Adam Couch believes that every effort must be made to secure access to the Chinese market for pork...
Efforts continue to secure Chinese access for pork produced in Northern Ireland

N.Ireland

Efforts continue to secure Chinese access for pork produced in Northern Ireland

Cranswick CEO Adam Couch believes that every effort must be made to secure access to the Chinese market for pork...
Pedigree Cattle Trust launched at Balmoral Show

N.Ireland

Pedigree Cattle Trust launched at Balmoral Show

Day one of this year’s Balmoral Show was marked by the launch of the Pedigree Cattle Trust, a new body...
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