N.Ireland
New scholarship for Ballymena adults to study at CAFRE for free
Adults in the Ballymena area of Co. Antrim have a new opportunity to study agriculture-related courses at the College of...
N.Ireland
Agri-Business
Farming orgs welcome Windsor Framework but raise concerns
Farming organisations have largely welcomed the Windsor Framework, the replacement of the Northern Ireland Protocol, which was announced yesterday (Monday,...
N.Ireland
NI poultry numbers down 16% in 2022 – ag census
Total poultry numbers on Northern Ireland farms have decreased 16% year-on-year according to the Agricultural Census 2022. The results from...
N.Ireland
AHWNI concerned about sheep scab levels in Northern Ireland
Animal Health and Welfare Northern Ireland (AHWNI) has said it is concerned about the levels of sheep scab being diagnosed...
N.Ireland
Probing for weaknesses in wheat septoria genomes
A new study has compared genomes across 18 strains of the septoria leaf blotch fungus zymoseptoria tritici. The work has...
N.Ireland
New Irish records set at Greenlawn sale
The Greenlawn herd held its annual sale on Saturday (February 25), with a number of new Irish sale records achieved...
N.Ireland
Doosan backs hydrogen combustion as future fuel
Hyundai Doosan Infracore (HDI) has thrown itself firmly behind hydrogen as an energy storage system with the rolling out of...
N.Ireland
What is the Windsor Framework?
The UK and EU have today (Monday, February 27) reached an agreement in principal on the new Windsor Framework, which...
Agri-Business
UK and EU reportedly reach deal on Northern Ireland Protocol
The UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen have reportedly reached an...
N.Ireland
Countdown is on to the 154th Balmoral Show this May
The 154th Balmoral Show celebrating the best in food, farming and rural life at Balmoral Park, Lisburn from May 10-13,...
N.Ireland
NI smallholder launches Ethical Schoolwear venture
A man who moved back to Co. Down from Manchester after becoming a father to two adopted children has launched...
N.Ireland
CAFRE to host grower workshops on fungicides
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) is set to host workshops across Northern Ireland next week to update...
N.Ireland
10 NI farms complete international ‘Dairy 4 Future’ project
Ten farms in Northern Ireland have completed their participation in the international project Dairy 4 Future. The aim of the...
Agri-Business
EU agri committee urged to visit border region
MEP Chris MacManus has requested the EU Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development to visit border counties in Ireland to...
N.Ireland
BVA NI and NIVA elect equine vet as new president
Equine vet Dr. Esther Skelly-Smith has been jointly elected as the new president of the Northern Ireland branch of the...
Agri-Business
Fonterra to ‘compensate’ cyclone-hit farmers
The New Zealand dairy co-operative Fonterra has said it will make “appropriate compensation” to farmers who have been forced to...
Beef
NI-bred Simmental tops Stirling sale at 28,000gns
Simmental breeders Joe and Alan Wilson won the intermediate and supreme overall championships at this week’s breed society sale in...
N.Ireland
BVD numbers in NI at lowest levels since eradication programme
New figures from Animal Health and Welfare NI (AHWNI) have shown that the number of Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Positive (BVDP)...
