N.Ireland
Rollout of new Farm Sustainability Payment proceeds in NI
Rollout of a key element of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) flagship Sustainable Agriculture Programme will...
N.Ireland
N.Ireland
Gallery: Tractors out in force to keep rural NI school open
Around 130 tractors and other vehicles took part in a community tractor run in Co. Down as part of a...
N.Ireland
New vet lead appointed to Ai Services and Eurogene
Ai Services and Eurogene have appointed a new group veterinary officer to advance artificial insemination (AI) and bull genetics. Dr....
N.Ireland
Meeting recaps ‘North-South’ gas pipeline safety priorities for landowners
Approximately 900 farmers in counties Down and Antrim have the ‘North-South’ gas pipeline tracking underneath their land. This significant piece...
Rural Life
Tributes to ‘hard-working young country people’ in Louth crash
TD for Cavan-Monaghan Matt Carthy has paid tribute to five young people who died in a collision in Co. Louth...
N.Ireland
Are the days of fast fashion over, meaning a boost to wool markets?
Ulster Wool chair, Brendan Kelly, is asserting that the days of fast fashion are over, a trend that is helping...
N.Ireland
Little Whisker flock dispersal sale this weekend
After more than a decade of breeding top-class pedigree sheep, Co. Tyrone breeders Janet and Andy Carson have made the...
N.Ireland
NI feed tech wins UK Dairy Carbon Network challenge
Fermentrics (UK) Ltd., based in Northern Ireland, has won the UK Dairy Carbon Network 2025 measurement technology competition. The award...
N.Ireland
DAERA: Small Woodland Grant Scheme opens for applications
Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Andrew Muir has announced the 2025 Small Woodland Grant Scheme is now open...
N.Ireland
Derg Dutch Spotted flock set for disperal sale at Ballymena
Since Allen Shortt and Samantha Allen set up the Derg Dutch Spotted flock it has become a household name across...
N.Ireland
Dairy farmers ‘under severe pressure’ this winter as milk prices decline – UFU
With farm gate prices for milk in Northern Ireland being announced, the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has warned that many...
N.Ireland
Stormont to gather stakeholder views on Nutrients Action Programme
Members of Stormont’s Agriculture Committee will meet later today (Thursday, November 13) with stakeholders from across agriculture to discuss a...
N.Ireland
Reduced threshold for BVD herd restrictions to take effect from December in NI
Herd keepers in Northern Ireland are being advised that from December 1, the threshold for applying bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD)...
N.Ireland
AgriSearch seeks farmers for next phase of grasscheck programme
AgriSearch is planning to recruit a new group of farmers for its refreshed GrassCheck Farm Network. The initiative will provide...
N.Ireland
Good Food Ireland awards shine a spotlight on the ‘very best’
A five star castle, a seafood restaurant in Belfast and the family behind the delights of artisan ice-cream made from...
N.Ireland
450 pigs dead following fire on a farm in Co. Tyrone
Approximately 450 pigs have died as result of a fire that broke out on a farm in Co. Tyrone last...
N.Ireland
CAFRE launches new sustainable packaging course
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) has announced the launch of a new course in sustainable packaging....
N.Ireland
Opportunities to drive forward the consumption of beef and lamb
The Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) is confirming the new opportunities that exist to drive forward the consumption of beef...
