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)...
N.Ireland
Agri-Business
Classics and contemporaries in latest Euroauctions sale
This week will see another busy auction at Dromore as Euroauctions holds its February machinery sale on February 24 and...
N.Ireland
Study: Converting agricultural food waste to protein could solve food crisis
Researchers from King’s College London have found that converting agricultural food waste could serve as a solution for the global...
N.Ireland
The value of spring potash applications
The Potash Development Association (PDA) is confirming that many farmers did not get fertiliser spread last autumn, due to the...
N.Ireland
DAERA: Avoid ‘showering’ sheep during sheep scab treatment
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) in Northern Ireland has issued a reminder to farmers about the...
N.Ireland
UK farmers to breed ‘ultra-low-emission’ sheep
A new Agri-EPI Centre project to breed ultra-low-emission sheep is about the start on Romney rams in Hertfordshire in the...
N.Ireland
Newry Show Society to host 'Big Breakfast'
Newry Show Society will host a ‘Big Breakfast’ on Saturday, March 4 at Jerrettspass Village Hall with donations on the...
N.Ireland
DAERA announces opening date for £300m Single Applications
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced the opening date for the £300 million Single Applications...
N.Ireland
Tillage: One cereal grower opts for P and K holiday in 2023
Co. Down cereal grower Allan Chambers will not be applying bagged phosphate (P) and potash (K) to his winter cereal...
Agri-Business
2 people jailed for $650m cattle-trading Ponzi scheme
Two people have been jailed for six years for their roles in a multimillion-dollar cattle-trading Ponzi scheme in the US....
N.Ireland
Highest on record: UK red meat exports worth £1.7bn in 2022
The value of the UK’s red meat exports has reached its highest ever levels since records began, the Agriculture and...
N.Ireland
Greenlawn herd to offer first Parfect-sired heifer at auction in Ireland
A heifer calf from the Greenlawn herd that was sired by Siemers Rengd Parfect-ET is among the animals on offer...
N.Ireland
In pictures: Taaffe Auctions’ 139th Carnaross dairy sale
Taaffe Auctions conducted its 139th Carnaross dairy sale on Wednesday (February 16) at Carnaross Mart, with 90 freshly calved heifers...
Agri-Business
Massey Ferguson – tales of its legacy and its future
Naturally, for a company with strong Irish roots, Massey Ferguson has an enthusiastic following in Ireland, so any event that...
N.Ireland
DAERA and CAFRE offer biodiversity trip to Cotswolds farming cluster
Farmers in Northern Ireland are being offered an opportunity to travel to the Northeast Cotswolds Farmer Cluster in England to...
N.Ireland
‘Positive outcome’: NI farm households to receive energy support
Farm households that were originally ineligible for the Energy Bills Support Scheme Payment will now receive support through Energy Bills...
N.Ireland
Enniskillen egg producers fined for water pollution offences
A business in Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh has been fined for water pollution offences totalling £17,500 plus a £15 Offenders Levy....
Agri-Business
3 defendants fined after student killed while repairing tractor
Fines totalling £50,000 have been handed down to three defendants following the death of a student while he was repairing...
