N.Ireland
UFU hosts on-farm training of PSNI officers
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) hosted on-farm training for Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) officers as approximately 230 neighbourhood,...
N.Ireland
Agri-Business
Global Dairy Trade index up slightly
The latest Global Dairy Trade (GDT) event has concluded with the GDT price index up 0.6%. The average price was...
N.Ireland
Tesco wants ‘deforestation-free' soya in place by 2025
Tesco is committed to fully implementing a ‘deforestation-free’ soya protein policy by the beginning of 2025, according to its poultry...
N.Ireland
Queen's University and AFBI join €13.5m net zero coalition
Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) and the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) have secured international funding for projects aimed...
N.Ireland
NIGTA: Feed compounders focused on reducing GHG emissions
The Northern Ireland Grain Trade Association (NIGTA) is highlighting the role now being played by feed compounders in helping to...
Agri-Business
H2Trac suffers a second bankruptcy
Bold initiatives to produce complex tractors from the ground up, straight from the drawing board are risky enterprises, and it...
Agri-Business
Arrests in Spain after €1.5m generated in illegal horsemeat sale
Over half a tonne of horsemeat has been seized during raids in Spain with 41 people arrested for selling potentially...
N.Ireland
Farmer fined after pollution incident kills 146 fish
A Co. Derry farmer has pleaded guilty at Coleraine Magistrates’ Court for a water pollution offence that killed 146 fish....
Agri-Business
Claas awards Dealer of the Year to Kellys
The long-established Irish family dealership Kellys has been awarded the Claas UK ‘Dealer of the Year’ award for 2022. The...
Agri-Business
The twentysomethings changing the future of agriculture
Electric-powered trailers, modular vertical farming units, mushroom-picking robots, probiotics for plants and more-efficient fertilisers. These are just some of the...
N.Ireland
FAO to lead programme to transform agri-food systems
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has developed a programme to transform global agri-food systems. Along...
N.Ireland
Infrastructure Focus: Modern handling facility on Armagh calf-to-beef farm
Farming on Derryscollop Road in Co. Armagh, alongside his son-in-law Glen Crooks, is Robert Martin. Many might know Glen from...
Agri-Business
A good year for John Deere despite strikes and shortages
John Deere has had a good final quarter for 2022, boasting an increase in net sales of 40% over the...
N.Ireland
Carbon footprint challenges for livestock producers
Managing carbon efficiently is now an absolute priority for beef and sheep farmers throughout Northern Ireland according to one leading...
N.Ireland
Online DAERA event to discuss bird flu and biosecurity
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is set host an online event discussing avian influenza (bird flu),...
N.Ireland
Seed potato crisis in NI highlighted to minister
The seed potato crisis now impacting in Northern Ireland (NI) has been confirmed by one of the largest companies operating...
N.Ireland
Pedigree Aberdeen Angus heifer star prize in memorial raffle
A pedigree Aberdeen Angus heifer from an award-winning cow family is the star prize in a memorial raffle in aid...
Agri-Business
Report: Pig production costs in 17 countries, including Ireland
An annual report that examines the cost of pig meat production in 17 countries, including Ireland, has been published this...
