N.Ireland
Finished cattle prices continue to strengthen in Northern Ireland
Co. Down suckler beef farmer Sam Chesney is confirming that more than £5/kg is now available for finished cattle in...
N.Ireland
N.Ireland
EFS payments of almost £9 million issue to NI farmers
Payments totalling £8.96 million have commenced issuing to Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS) agreement holders in Northern Ireland. The Department of...
N.Ireland
Where to now for tillage in the UK?
The latest edition of Teagasc’s Tillage Edge podcast looks at the possible development options for tillage in the UK. The...
Agri-Business
Agri-business masters circular economy approach using biogas
A circular economy approach in which vegetable residues are turned into biogas covers up to 40% of the energy used...
Agri-Business
Machinery Focus: Watch -McGinty Tractors Thrives with Valtra
Four years had elapsed since McGinty Tractors’ last open day, an event which was held every first Thursday of April...
N.Ireland
Two farmers convicted at Co. Tyrone magistrates court
Two Co. Tyrone farmers have been convicted at Dungannon Magistrates Court on separate charges following cattle identification inspections carried out...
N.Ireland
Poultry farmers told risk of bird flu has ‘reduced’
Poultry farmers have been reassured that the risk level for bird flu has “reduced significantly” as as the requirement to...
Environment
Plant-based diets can free up land for rewilding – research
Edinburgh and Stockholm could rewild 408,000ha of land if its residents adopted plant-based diets, the director of the Oxford Martin...
Agri-Business
Another engineer appointed as Claas CEO
The first Claas CEO was appointed in 2019 when the company created the role to speed up the rate of...
Agri-Business
US and EU tractor sales slide but UK remains healthy
Agricultural tractor sales across the pond are still sluggish, while in the UK they are on the up so far...
N.Ireland
Bird flu housing measures to be lifted in NI
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced that the avian influenza (bird flu) housing measures...
Agri-Business
Lakeland announces further reduction in milk price for March
The board of Lakeland Dairies has decided to reduce the cooperative’s milk price for March, as global dairy market conditions...
Agri-Business
‘Inevitable’ that milk price will fall back further – Lakeland CEO
Milk price in the short-term is likely to contract even further in the months ahead as markets continue to determine...
N.Ireland
Explosion and fire on Texas farm kills 18,000 cattle
Initial investigations into an explosion and massive fire at a Texas dairy farm, which killed an estimated 18,000 cows, suggest...
Agri-Business
Operating profit at Lakeland Dairies up 15%
Operating profit at Lakeland Dairies reached £28.7 million in 2022, an increase of £5.1 million (15%). The cross-border dairy processor...
N.Ireland
Graphic: Animal carcasses dumped at two locations in NI
Carcasses of calves and other animals have been found dumped at two separate sites in Northern Ireland in recent days....
Arable
Most UK soils deficient in key nutrients – NRM
A major survey has revealed that two thirds of all UK soils are deficient in the key nutrients of magnesium,...
N.Ireland
Tillage: Clubroot thrives in low-pH environment
Tillage specialists have confirmed that clubroot thrives in a low pH environment. This year has seen the disease flare up...
