Agri-Business
Checking the spreader to save on fertiliser costs
This year's biggest challenge is turning out to be, not the weather, but the price of oil and gas. The...
N.Ireland
Agri-Business
Claim that Lakeland peak milk scheme will penalise farmers
The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) has hit out at a milk supply scheme recently unveiled by Lakeland Dairies claiming that...
Agri-Business
Lakeland confirms milk price for March supplies
The board of Lakeland Dairies has today (Wednesday, April 13) confirmed the price that it will pay to farmers for...
Agri-Business
Lakeland CEO ‘reasonably confident’ dairy markets will cover farm costs
Lakeland Dairies is "reasonably confident" that the dairy markets will help cover the significant rise in input costs for its...
Agri-Business
Lakeland increases revenue by 20% to £1.09bn
Lakeland Dairies increased its revenues by 20% to £1.09 billion, according to the company's annual results for 2021 published today...
N.Ireland
GB milk production could fall by 605 million litres - AHDB
Great Britain's milk production could fall by up to 605 million litres (5.3%) over the 2022/2023 season, according to new...
N.Ireland
Calls for animal-welfare commitments ahead of NI elections
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) is calling on political parties to sign up to key pledges to enhance animal health...
N.Ireland
NI: Farmers For Action issues farmgate-supply warning for food processors
Farmers For Action (FFA) has issued a farmgate-supply warning for corporate and co-op food processors in Northern Ireland (NI) amid...
Agri-Business
Trouw Nutrition Ireland makes business appointments
Trouw Nutrition Ireland has made two new appointments to its commercial team. The company has announced that Laurence Kirwan has...
N.Ireland
Unprecedented challenges facing farming and food in NI – NIGTA
Farming and food in Northern Ireland are facing a number of unprecedented challenges at the present time. That was the...
N.Ireland
Winter barley – it’s time to get moving on plant nutrition
April is the month when winter barley crops develop the fastest and the demand for plant nutrition is at its...
N.Ireland
Opinion: It’s not all bad news, where agriculture is concerned
Let's be honest, despite all the headlines, it's not all bad news where agriculture is concerned at the present time....
Agri-Business
Food inflation levels to start climbing – Ulster Bank
Ulster Bank chief economist, Richard Ramsey, believes that food inflation will become a major factor within Northern Ireland’s economy during...
Agri-Business
Brexit still a big concern for UK farmers and agri-industry
A UK-conducted study has found that Brexit remains a big concern for farmers and the agri-industry. The agri-business survey, carried...
Agri-Business
Lameness-detection capability secures innovation award for NI company
Cattle Eye, a livestock-monitoring platform that can help detect lameness in cows, was crowned the winner of the Royal Dairy...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland hogget prices continue upward trajectory
Liveweight and deadweight hogget prices in Northern Ireland (NI) are continuing in an upward trajectory, with spring lamb quotes now...
Agri-Business
Machinery Focus: Prepping a Kverneland mower for spring
April is here and in just a few short weeks the farm mower will once again be busy on the...
N.Ireland
NI pig sector faces an ‘unsustainable future’
Embattled pig farmers are facing a crisis in the sector as rising costs and supply chain disruptions are causing huge...
