N.Ireland
Queen’s in £5m UK project to help agrifood reach net zero
Queen’s University Belfast (Queen’s) was today (Thursday, July 7) named part of a government-backed, £5 million research network designed to...
N.Ireland
Agri-Business
Machinery: Thinking through forage production with SIP
SIP produces the world’s largest mower outfit – it has a cutting width of 15m, is in regular production and...
N.Ireland
Negotiations on NI protocol becoming ‘impossible’ – Markey
Negotiations with the UK on its bill on the Northern Ireland (NI) Protocol are becoming increasingly difficult in the European...
N.Ireland
Exports of Northern Ireland lambs south continues to increase
Exports of lambs from Northern Ireland (NI) to the Republic of Ireland (ROI) continue to increase. Figures from the Livestock...
N.Ireland
MEP says NI Protocol Bill 'marks a new low in relations'
An Irish MEP Sean Kelly has said that UK’s Northern Ireland protocol bill, which was debated in the European Parliament...
N.Ireland
£34.50 increase on 21kg lamb carcass compared to 2020
Lamb prices are up £34.50 on a 21kg carcass compared to the same period in 2020, according to the Livestock...
Agri-Business
Latest Massey Ferguson Balers now TIM-enabled
The round baler is fast becoming the primary home for tractor implement management systems (TIM) with Massey Ferguson becoming the...
N.Ireland
New BVD requirements for cattle exported from NI to ROI
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) wishes to remind exporters moving cattle to the Republic of Ireland...
N.Ireland
‘We must act now’ to tackle threats to food security – Poots
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has told the UK Agriculture Partnership (UKAP) that “we must act now and we...
N.Ireland
CAFRE graduates celebrate at Greenmount
The Greenmount campus of the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) was bustling with excitement on Thursday, June...
Agri-Business
$17m project to help Ukrainian farmers save harvest
To address the impacts of the war in Ukraine on the global agricultural sector, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of...
N.Ireland
Mechanically extracting phosphorous from animal slurries
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) research is looking at the feasibility of physically extracting phosphorous (P) from animal slurries. The...
Beef
Calls for DAERA to introduce further measures to eradicate BVD
Animal Health and Welfare NI (AHWNI) has called on the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) to introduce...
N.Ireland
Deadline extended for the Soil Nutrient Health Scheme
Northern Ireland Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Edwin Poots has extended the deadline for farmers in Zone 1...
N.Ireland
Summer Sizzler breaks Northern Ireland record
Last Saturday (July 2), the Summer Sizzler dairy sale took place on the Maineview Farm of Andrew and Caroline Kennedy...
Agri-Business
Shallow subsoiling with Spaldings’ latest Flatlift design
It has generally been the case that tractor power has increased at a rate faster than implement manufacturers have developed...
N.Ireland
Northern sheep trade: Lamb prices come under pressure
The sheep trade in Northern Ireland (NI) is witnessing a similar situation to the one in the south, with lamb...
N.Ireland
Pics: NIFRS rescues calf from slurry pit in Antrim
A calf in Co. Antrim has been reunited with its mother following a rescue mission by Northern Ireland Fire and...
