Agri-Business
MSD Animal Health expands pig team
MSD Animal Health has welcomed a former farm manager to its pig team. County Offally native Aiden Byrne, who was...
N.Ireland
N.Ireland
Newry Show set to return after four-year absence
A new venue has been secured for the Newry Agricultural Show in 2023 after an outbreak of bovine tuberculosis (bTB)...
N.Ireland
Interview: McGivern reflects on his tenure as LMC chair
The coming weeks will see outgoing Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) chair Gerard McGivern move on to the next stage...
Agri-Business
Manage dairy farm cashflow and avoid the ‘cost of farming squeeze’
Dairy farmers must review their on-farm cashflow and plan ahead to reduce the impact of the “cost of farming squeeze”,...
Agri-Business
Is confidence waning within European machinery industry?
Every month CEMA, the European umbrella organisation for machinery trade associations, publishes a report on the state of confidence within...
N.Ireland
Greenhouse gas emissions on the wane in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland’s (NI) total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions decreased by almost a quarter (24%) between 1990 and 2020. Figures published...
N.Ireland
Renewable companies in NI awarded £600,000
A total of £600,000 has been awarded to six Northern Ireland (NI) companies to develop practical and environmentally friendly solutions...
N.Ireland
Farmers must be given clarity on ammonia protocol – MLA
MLA Claire Sugden has said local farmers must be given clarity on ammonia emissions protocol. The independent MLA said that...
N.Ireland
£60m for new research on sustainable ag at Rothamsted
Rothamsted Research in the UK is to avail of a £60 million funding stimulus, payable to the institute over the...
N.Ireland
Ammonia emissions still on the rise in NI
The latest environmental statistics for Northern Ireland (NI) confirm that ammonia emissions from agriculture are still on the rise. The...
N.Ireland
Land in Armagh suspected of being bought with fraud money
The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) is investigating land in Co. Armagh suspected to have been purchased with fraud money....
N.Ireland
Video: Combi round baler making no-net silage in Cavan
Main-season first-cut silage has kicked off over the past week on farms across Ireland with the arrival of more settled...
N.Ireland
CAFRE students receive £91,000 of industry awards
The final total of industry bursary and scholarship awards presented to higher education students at the College of Agriculture, Food...
N.Ireland
Potentially ‘groundbreaking’ seed treatments set for Ireland
Potentially ‘ground-breaking’ seed treatments, which convert atmospheric nitrogen for plant use, will be available in Ireland according to a Swiss...
N.Ireland
Windsor Framework: Call for at-risk vet medicines in NI to be named
MP for North Antrim Ian Paisley Jr. has called on the UK government to publish the list of veterinary medicines...
N.Ireland
CAFRE: Wet spring weather causes crop protection challenge
College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) advisors are confirming that the wet weather during much of March and...
Agri-Business
Yara to build new global production plant in UK
Yara International has chosen a site in the UK as the home of its new global production plant for specialty...
N.Ireland
Soil Nutrient Health Scheme: 140,000 samples taken in NI
The roll out of Northern Ireland’s Soil Nutrient Health Scheme (SNHS) remains on schedule, according to the project’s management team....
