N.Ireland
Report: Temperatures in Europe climbing at twice global average
The Copernicus Climate Change Service has today (Thursday, April 20) released its annual European State of the Climate (ESOTC) report,...
N.Ireland
Agri-Business
Machinery: A rare MF Quattrino ends up in Co. Clare
The Massey Ferguson Quattrino 4120 is not a model that even many fans of the marque are familiar with, which...
N.Ireland
Export programmes deliver £55.6m in sales for NI dairy industry
The Dairy Council for Northern Ireland (DCNI) has announced £55.6 million in new sales of dairy products to markets in...
N.Ireland
CAFRE: Cereal crop management – nitrogen
College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) crops advisor, Leigh McClean, is recommending that farmers should apply second nitrogen...
Agri-Business
First sale under new ownership at Fivemiletown Mart
Beatties’ Livestock Sales has acquired Fivemiletown Mart in Co. Tyrone. The business was previously owned by Patterson Stewart. The inaugural...
Agri-Business
‘Green Finance Strategy’ identifies opportunities for growth in UK
The newly published Green Finance Strategy document identifies significant opportunities for growth within the UK economy over the coming years....
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
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...
