Dairy
Controlling digital dermatitis during the housed period
Digital dermatitis - also known as Mortellaro's disease - often rears its head on farms during the housed period, when...
N.Ireland
N.Ireland
Chair and board members sought for LMC
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is looking to appoint a chair and four board members to...
Agri-Business
Devenish opens corporate headquarters in Mexico
Belfast-based animal nutrition company, Devenish, has announced today (January 12) that it has opened a new production facility in Mexico....
Environment
Non-native conifer plantations may negatively impact red squirrels – study
Conservation strategies in the UK and Ireland that favour non-native conifer plantations are likely to negatively impact red squirrels, according...
N.Ireland
Food Futures project launches new online platform
Food Futures, a project funded by the Agri-Food Quest Competence Centre is a whole supply chain partnership between farmers, processors,...
N.Ireland
Poots urges public response to consultation on single-use plastics
Northern Ireland Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Edwin Poots, is calling on the public to respond to the single-use plastic (SUP) drinks...
N.Ireland
£12m FBIS-C investment scheme for farmers and growers now open
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has announced that Tier 2 of the Farm Business Improvement Scheme - Capital (FBIS-C)...
N.Ireland
UK supermarket to remove ‘Use By’ dates from milk
Morrisons supermarkets will remove the 'Use By' dates on 90% of its own-brand milk from January 31, to encourage customers...
N.Ireland
Export markets a key priority for beef and lamb in NI
Access to export markets remains a key priority for beef and lamb in Northern Ireland (NI), according to the Livestock...
Agri-Business
Machinery Focus: New chapter for gantry farming from Nexat
The only gold medal awarded in the 2021 DLG Innovation Awards went to a relatively obscure German company by the...
Agri-Business
Extra muscle for the Unimog
At the end of the 75th anniversary year of the Unimog, Mercedes-Benz Trucks blessed its range of off-road 4X4 vehicles...
N.Ireland
NI sees largest pig population in 10 years
The Northern Ireland pig population, at 716,800 head, is the largest on records covering the last decade, according to the...
N.Ireland
DAERA introduces cybersecurity course for farm families
A new Farm Family Key Skills cybersecurity course, 'Working Safe Online' which aims to help farm families work safer online...
Agri-Business
Over 80 bird flu cases in UK and Ireland since start of outbreak
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has said that over 80 cases of bird flu have been...
Agri-Business
Turbulent times predicted for milk supply in Great Britain
An environmental re-set - reducing milk production when demand is growing - added to the well-documented increasing inflationary pressure on...
Agri-Business
Land mobility: Generational renewal is now a priority for policy makers
Generational renewal is now a priority for farm-policy makers in Northern Ireland (NI), according to according to Land Mobility Programme...
Agri-Business
International Harvester’s Neuss factory – an untold tale
The bright red and cream colours of Neuss built International Harvester tractors were once a common sight on fields across...
N.Ireland
‘Our livestock sector is not up for sale’ – Chestnutt
Ulster Farmers Union (UFU) president Victor Chestnutt has said that farmers are part of the climate change solution and it’s...
