Environment
NIEA opens consultation on wildfire management in NI
The Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) has today (Tuesday, March 28) opened a consultation on the future management of wildfires...
N.Ireland
Agri-Business
Trouw Nutrition Ireland invests in new Belfast lab
Trouw Nutrition Ireland has developed a new quality suite, including a state of the art quality control laboratory, in Belfast...
N.Ireland
Focus: How does tillage equipment interact with soils?
Lemken and the farming consultancy, Agrii, have jointly developed trials to assess how tillage equipment interacts with soils. Agrii agronomist,...
N.Ireland
Community Growers highlight challenge of finding land
An increasing number of people want to grow their own food locally, but finding suitable land to establish community gardens...
N.Ireland
Prehistoric farmers to thank for modern agri lifestyles
The genes of prehistoric farmers may have diversified and mutated to facilitate farming lifestyles, according to researchers from the Francis...
Agri-Business
US-Ireland agri research partnership 2023 launched
The 2023 US-Ireland Research and Development Partnership in Agriculture has been launched by the Minister of State with special responsibility...
Agri-Business
UK and EU to formally sign off on Windsor Framework
UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and vice-president of the European Commission Maros Sefcovic are set to formally sign off the...
Agri-Business
JD celebrates its two millionth tractor from Mannheim
John Deere has just celebrated the building of its two millionth tractor at Mannheim, the company’s largest production facility outside...
Agri-Business
Landini woos the tillage sector with new Landpower models
Landini has been busy filling in a gap at the upper end of its mid-range tractors with the introduction of...
N.Ireland
New strategy puts Northern Ireland sheep sector on front foot
The Northern Ireland sheep sector is not specifically mentioned in the ‘Future Agricultural Policy Proposals’ discussion paper. The aforementioned measure...
Agri-Business
Innocent discontinues range of dairy-free drinks
Innocent Drinks has announced that it is discontinuing its range of dairy-free drinks, saying that the range is “off to...
Agri-Business
NI grass growth in March below long-term average
Northern Ireland’s grass growth in March will be below the long-term average, at 7.2kg of dry matter (DM)/ha/day, according to...
N.Ireland
EU Council ‘greenlights’ Windsor Framework elements
The European Union has given the green light to “targeted amendments” to the Northern Ireland Protocol set out in the...
Agri-Business
Ripon Farm Services to hold massive sale of JD tractors
Cheffins of Cambridgeshire will host a major machinery auction on behalf of Ripon Farm Services, a prominent John Deere dealer...
Agri-Business
Healthy animals create less GHG emissions – scientific adviser
The health and welfare of animals is "imperative" for tackling climate change and meeting sustainable development goals, the chief scientific...
Agri-Business
Morris Leslie Plant Hire places €100m order with JCB
If given €100 million to spend on machinery it is unlikely that the first item on the list for many...
N.Ireland
Derry man found guilty of waste offences
A man from Co. Derry, Northern Ireland has been found guilty on three counts of waste offending. 62-year-old Thomas McGlinchey,...
N.Ireland
Prices reach 3,800gns at Taaffe Auctions’ monthly sale
Taaffe Auctions conducted its 140th Carnaross dairy sale at Carnaross Mart with 170 head on offer at Co. Meath-based mart...