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
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...
N.Ireland
Great Britain lamb prices are strengthening
Liveweight lamb prices are strengtherning in Great Britain (GB), at a time when demand is on the rise due to...
Agri-Business
CNH parts to be available to order online
Driving down to the local dealer to lean over the counter, peering at a screen to identify machine parts has...
N.Ireland
Rural dwellers more likely to report high happiness levels – DAERA report
If you live in rural Northern Ireland (NI), you are more likely to be happy, be satisfied with life, and...
Agri-Business
European Wool Day to take place tomorrow
The second European Wool Day will be celebrated at the Museo del Traje in Madrid, Spain this weekend (Saturday, April...
Agri-Business
DAERA hosts industry taskforce to tackle rising agri-costs
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has established a dedicated taskforce with industry representatives in response to...
N.Ireland
Rural Support 20 years on: ‘Its need has never been greater’
Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) chief executive, Ian Stevenson, attended the recent 20th anniversary celebrations for farming-related charity, Rural Support....
Agri-Business
Is a 15m dribble bar to spread slurry destined to become the norm?
The fading of the splash plate in favour of ground level application of slurry has led to the adoption of...
N.Ireland
UK national sheep flock sees an increase in 2021
The UK national sheep flock witnessed an increase in 2021, by 3%, figures up to December 1, reveal. The Agriculture...
N.Ireland
Concern that NI farmers are not buying enough fertiliser
There is a growing concern that farmers in Northern Ireland (NI) are not buying enough fertiliser to meet their full...
N.Ireland
AHV ‘tractor-pull’ to raise £25,000 for Northern Ireland Air Ambulance
Animal Health Vision (AHV) will host a charity ‘tractor-pull’ in aid of Northern Ireland Air Ambulance on Saturday, April 9....
Agri-Business
LMC welcomes academic questioning of Global Burden of Disease report
A group of leading academics - three of whom are Irish - have queried the veracity of the 2019 Global...
Agri-Business
IPES: Sustainable solutions readily available for food systems
The International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food) has called for fundamental reform of food systems to avoid catastrophic...
N.Ireland
Land Mobility acting to ‘fast forward’ generational renewal circle
Land Mobility Programme manager, John McCallister, has said that more can be done to open up agriculture for young people...
N.Ireland
NIFDA calls red diesel restrictions a ‘tax on food’
The Northern Ireland Food and Drink Association (NIFDA) has said that the incoming restrictions on rebated (red) diesel will essentially...
