Rural Life
RAU signs agreement with 15,000ac Bathurst Estate
The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) has struck an innovative new partnership with Gloucestershire’s Bathurst Estate. The deal will provide students and...
Agri-Business
Agri-Business
Dale Farm records £12.2 million profits for 2019-2020
Northern Ireland dairy cooperative chief executive Nick Whelan has commended a “solid” year’s performance as Dale Farm records profits of £12.2...
Agri-Business
Dale Farm records £12.2 million profits for 2019-2020
Northern Ireland dairy cooperative chief executive Nick Whelan has commended a “solid” year’s performance as Dale Farm records profits of £12.2...
Agri-Business
Agricultural shed contractor receives support for smart tech investment
A fifth-generation manufacturer and contractor of steel framed agricultural buildings has secured funding to digitise its operations, becoming one of...
Agri-Business
Belfast study shows even minimal mycotoxin levels impact broiler performance
Breakthrough nutritional research carried out in Belfast has unveiled a direct link between even minimal levels of mycotoxins and poultry...
Agri-Business
Belfast study shows even minimal mycotoxin levels impact broiler performance
Breakthrough nutritional research carried out in Belfast has unveiled a direct link between even minimal levels of mycotoxins and poultry...
Agri-Business
EFS Wider Level to open on Monday for applications
Applications for tranche four of the Environmental Farming Scheme Wider Level (EFS) will open on Monday (August 17), DAERA Minister...
Agri-Business
Winds topple US corn crops
100mph winds have devastated some corn crops and farmland in the US. Corn crops were flattened and grain bins destroyed...
Agri-Business
Environmental legislation to be biggest limiting factor for NI dairying in 2030
One of Northern Ireland’s leading dairy researchers has warned he expects environmental legislation to be one of the biggest limiting...
Pig/Poultry
AHDB midweek meals campaign leads to £12.4 million pork sales boost
Nine out of 10 of people who saw the latest AHDB promotional campaign said it showed pork as a healthy...
Rural Life
Broadband funding welcomed, but it must reach UK's most rural communities
The Farmers’ Union of Wales has welcomed plans to bring full-fibre broadband to an additional three million homes and businesses...
Rural Life
Record number of vets admitted to the RCVS Fellowship this year
A record number of veterinary surgeons have been admitted to the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) Fellowship this year,...
Arable
New smart tool to help growers minimise residue leaching
A new ‘smart tool’ aims to help growers mitigate the potential for key active ingredients and their residues to leach....
Agri-Business
Lockdown leads to resurgence in potato consumption across NI
The latest Kantar figures confirm that Northern Ireland’s potato packing sector sales have grown by 3.9% over the past year....
Agri-Business
Lockdown leads to resurgence in potato consumption across NI
The latest Kantar figures confirm that Northern Ireland’s potato packing sector sales have grown by 3.9% over the past year....
Arable
New online tool aids more accurate slug pellet application
A new online tool hopes to help operators set up slug pellet applicators to apply pellets with precision, minimising cost...
Agri-Business
Calls for Northern Ireland environmental planning quango to be disbanded
Ulster Farmers’ Union president Victor Chesnutt has called for an environmental planning quango, which effectively stalled agricultural planning applications in...
Agri-Business
Project to investigate Scottish 'carbon farming' opportunities
A new project will investigate ways Scottish farmers could draw down more carbon into their soils. The initiative will be...
