N.Ireland
Could you identify perennial ryegrass within a sward?
A leading grassland expert has suggested that significant numbers of sheep and other livestock farmers cannot identify perennial ryegrass and...
N.Ireland
N.Ireland
Calls for a review of Northern Ireland’s Forest Service
A leading forester has called for Northern Ireland's Forest Service to be reviewed, as a matter of priority. Premier Woodlands...
N.Ireland
Derry farmers raise over £52,000 for Air Ambulance NI
The City of Derry Young Farmers' Club has completed its 60th anniversary activity, fundraising for Air Ambulance Northern Ireland (NI)...
Agri-Business
Higher beef volume: ‘Romance seems to mean steak’ – AHDB
In the month of February, people are 14 times more likely to eat steak than at any other time of...
N.Ireland
NI: £2m scheme to improve health of bees and pollinators
Northern Ireland Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Edwin Poots MLA has launched a scheme specifically for schools to...
N.Ireland
Machinery Focus: Video – Kuhn’s answer to complete diet feeding
With the onset of the spring calving season dairy farms are busy places with not only the rush of young...
Agri-Business
Northern Ireland Protocol import inspections to remain in place
Import inspections, linked to the application of the Northern Ireland Protocol, are to remain unchanged for at least the next...
N.Ireland
Suspected bird flu case in Fermanagh
Control measures have been introduced in Northern Ireland following the suspicion of avian influenza (bird flu) at a premises in...
Machinery
CNH and AGCO brands gain on John Deere in UK
Last month the Agricultural Engineers Association (AEA) released the latest sales statistics for the UK, including the breakdown by brand...
N.Ireland
DAERA seizes illegal veterinary medicines imported from Singapore
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced that they have seized a quantity of illegal veterinary...
N.Ireland
Balmoral Show prepares to return to traditional dates
Representatives from Ulster Bank and the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society (RUAS) have come together to kickstart the countdown to this...
Agri-Business
Dawn Meats and Dunbia sign agreement to minimise carcase waste
Agri-food tech company Elemental has signed its first licensing agreement with food processors Dawn Meats and Dunbia for its protein...
Agri-Business
Confusion and uncertainty prevail as checks continue despite Poots’ order
Despite ordering his officials to stop agri-food checks on goods coming into Northern Ireland (NI) from Great Britain, Stormont's agriculture...
N.Ireland
NI: Decision to halt border checks ‘unhelpful’ says EU
A spokesperson for the European (EU) Commission has called the decision by Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots to halt...
N.Ireland
NI BPS Entitlement Registers available to view
The Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) Entitlement Registers for 2022 are now available to view, Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has confirmed....
N.Ireland
Poots orders a halt to all NI Protocol border checks
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has issued an order to his department to stop the border checks of any...
N.Ireland
‘A vet school for Coleraine would be a win-win’ – Sugden
East Derry MLA Claire Sugden has said the overdue report into the need for a vet school in Northern Ireland...
N.Ireland
£2m awarded to search and rescue teams across NI
A new £2 million Covid-19 scheme to help support vital search and rescue teams across Northern Ireland has been announced...
