N.Ireland
British Wool reaffirms stakeholder commitment to auction
British Wool CEO Andrew Hogley believes that the organisation’s wool auction system remains fit for purpose in a post-pandemic world....
N.Ireland
N.Ireland
Ministers must ‘work together’ to protect rural communities
East Derry MLA Claire Sugden has urged all Executive ministers to work together to ensure rural communities are protected by...
N.Ireland
Wool prices on the rebound with further potential growth – Ulster Wool
Wool prices have strengthened considerably since the easing of the Covid-19 pandemic measures in countries around the world. However, British...
N.Ireland
Tributes paid to farming contractor’s son who died following crash
Tributes are being paid to a Co. Derry, Northern Ireland teenager, named locally as Max Boggs, who died following a...
N.Ireland
DAERA funds new equipment for Mourne Mountain Rescue
Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs Minister, Edwin Poots MLA has visited Castlewellan Forest Park where he saw at first-hand some...
Agri-Business
No apologies for the late arrival of four-wheel drive
Strange as it may now seem, four-wheel drive in the Ireland and the UK was often considered an unnecessary gimmick...
N.Ireland
Sheep throughput and prices fall in Great Britain
Sheep prices and throughput fell in Great Britain (GB) for the week ending May 21, the latest Agriculture and Horticulture...
Agri-Business
Aramune Technologies raises £800k to scale and trial its first product
Aramune Technologies has raised £800,000 of new equity funding to develop an industrial-scale process for manufacturing its first product. The...
N.Ireland
Soil Nutrient Health Scheme ‘a major milestone’ for industry
Northern Ireland’s (NI’s) Soil Nutrient Health Scheme is now open for applications, according to the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU). The...
N.Ireland
FAO: Wheat and poultry price indexes rose in May
The price of wheat and poultry rose in May this year (2022), despite a modest decline in world food commodity...
N.Ireland
Assessment of Mournes wildfire damage underway
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA), Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) and the Police Service...
Agri-Business
Video: Pottinger 4-rotor rake in Co. Cork keeps the harvester happy
Should you happen to have 1,000hp or so burbling away in your forage harvester, then you would naturally wish for...
N.Ireland
DAERA co-funds agri-food and bioeconomy research projects
Almost €11 million has been allocated to 12 research projects across the island of Ireland focusing on agri-food and the...
N.Ireland
WPC: The spectre of famine now haunts the world
Delegates attending the 11th World Potato Congress (WPC) in Dublin, Ireland have been told that the spectre of famine now...
N.Ireland
Min-till can lead to ‘skewed’ soil testing results
The Potash Development Association (PDA) is highlighting the growing prevalence of ‘skewed’ soil testing results which it said is a...
N.Ireland
NIFDA appoints George Mullan as new chairman
The Northern Ireland Food and Drink Association (NIFDA) has appointed George Mullan as the organisation’s new chairman. Mullan is managing...
Agri-Business
Ireland aims to have world’s most sustainable whiskey distilleries
A new all-island roadmap published today (Monday, May 30) by the Irish Whiskey Association is aiming to make Irish distilleries...
N.Ireland
Performance recording is the ‘true basis’ of sheep selection
Members of the UK Sheep Veterinary Society (SVS) have been told that the selection of breeding sheep on the basis...
