Agri-Business
Machinery Focus: Tumosan Tractors brings budget relief
Tumosan Tractors from Turkey is one company that is carrying on the grand old tradition of producing Fiat lookalikes, a...
N.Ireland
Dairy
Time to BCS your spring-calving cows
Ahead of drying off, it is important to determine the body condition score (BCS) of spring-calving cows. To ensure that...
N.Ireland
Edwin Poots attends National Ploughing Championships
Northern Ireland Minister for Agriculture, Edwin Poots, has attended the National Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska, Co Laois, Ireland, for the...
N.Ireland
Farm Quality Assurance Standards 2022 officially launched
Revised standards for the Northern Ireland Beef and Lamb Farm Quality Assurance Scheme (NIBL FQAS) will take effect from November...
Agri-Business
Lakeland Dairies announces new CEO
The Board of Lakeland Dairies has announced Colin Kelly as group chief executive officer (CEO) designate. Kelly will take up...
National Ploughing Championships
Edwin Poots attends National Ploughing Championships
Northern Ireland Minister for Agriculture, Edwin Poots, has attended the National Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska, Co Laois, Ireland, for the...
N.Ireland
Study: Plant-based alternatives not nutritional replacement for dairy
Research is now confirming that plant-based alternatives cannot be considered nutritional replacements for dairy foods. This was one of the key...
Agri-Business
Downturn to curtail increased machinery margins
While the machinery trade at ground level is engrossed in serving its customers and bringing new products to the market,...
N.Ireland
Impact of Brexit on NI ag sector highlighted with EU Commission
Sinn Féin MLA Declan McAleer has emphasised the ongoing need for direct dialogue between the EU institutions and local representatives. ...
N.Ireland
English sheep flock on the rise
Recent data shows that the English sheep flock has increased for the first time in five years. According to the...
N.Ireland
Sexed semen proving to be a success on NI suckler farm
The use of sexed semen, or semen sorted according to gender, is becoming more readily available to suckler farmers in...
Agri-Business
Machinery Focus: Buying a Bomford hedge-cutter
The demand for hedge-cutters is increasing annually as farmers get to appreciate tidy hedgerows and councils become ever more fussy...
N.Ireland
Is converting grassland to tillage unsustainable?
Converting farms from grassland to tillage would lead to regular crop failures, according to recent research. This research involved an...
N.Ireland
NI badger cull unlikely to take place this year
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has said that the proposed badger cull in Northern Ireland is...
N.Ireland
Research: Saliva sampling may help pig farmers target treatments
Researchers around the EU have been studying how sampling saliva from piglets and sows could help farmers to target treatments...
N.Ireland
Australia introduces new animal welfare standards for poultry
The Independent Poultry Welfare Panel commissioned by all Australian agriculture ministers in 2019 has completed its work on developing new...
N.Ireland
UFU claims lack of Stormont Executive ‘limiting’ costs taskforce
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has responded very forcefully to a ‘Rising Costs Industry Taskforce’ update, published by the Department...
N.Ireland
CAFRE: Use stale seed beds to get on top of grass weeds
College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) agronomist Leigh McLean is advising the use of stale seed beds to...
