Grass
Ballyvoy and Dundrod – two new perennial ryegrass varieties from AFBI
Two new, Agri-Food and Biosciences’ Institute (AFBI) grass varieties - Ballyvoy and Dundrod – are about to be released on to the...
N.Ireland
N.Ireland
CAFRE to host free Dry Stone Walling courses
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) will host free Dry Stone Walling training events at its Glenwherry...
N.Ireland
Northern sheep trade: Lamb prices hold firm
The sheep trade in Northern Ireland (NI) this week was reported to be firm, with lamb prices holding relative to...
N.Ireland
Women are under-represented at farm management level
The Northern Ireland Assembly is to undertake a review which will identify how much women are under-represented at farm management level....
Agri-Business
Machinery Focus: Fordson -‘forth it went into the fields’
As a rule, tractors inspire very little poetry but one model that did attract the pen of impressionable scribes and...
N.Ireland
Dairy markets remain strong but farmer margins impacted
Dale Farm chief executive Nick Whelan has confirmed that, despite dairy markets being relatively strong, milk volumes coming into processers...
Beef
International market for grass-fed beef to increase in value – LMC
According to Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) chief executive, Ian Stevenson, the international market for grass-fed beef is to increase...
N.Ireland
Gerry Boyle joins board of AgriSearch
AgriSearch, the farmer-funded research and innovation body, has announced the appointment of Prof. Gerry Boyle, Norman McMordie and Ian McCluggage...
N.Ireland
Bird flu: Suspected notifiable case in Tyrone
Disease control measures have been put in place in Northern Ireland (NI) following suspicion of notifiable avian influenza (AI) -...
Dairy
Call for end to retrospective milk pricing in NI
The Ulster Farmers' Union (UFU) has urged dairy processors to end the practice of retrospective milk pricing for producers. This...
N.Ireland
DAERA sheep and goat inventories for 2021 to be completed online
The annual sheep and goat inventories will be completed entirely online again this year, with telephone support for those who...
N.Ireland
Major prices paid at Royal Ulster Beef and Lamb Championships
A bumper entry of livestock attracted tremendous crowds for the 2021 Royal Ulster Agricultural Society (RUAS) Beef and Lamb Championships....
Pig/Poultry
Temporary Control Zone for NI after third bird flu detection in Monaghan
A Temporary Control Zone (TCZ-B) has been declared in Northern Ireland effective immediately, following the confirmation of Avian Influenza H5N1...
N.Ireland
Agriculture needs long-term support – UFU
Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) president, Victor Chestnutt, believes that society as a whole buys into the principle of supporting agriculture...
N.Ireland
Royal Ulster Winter Fair to go ahead despite Covid-19 challenges
Royal Ulster Agricultural Society (RUAS) president Billy Martin has confirmed that the organisation’s Winter Fair will go head as planned...
Beef
Merits of meat in a diet outlined in lecture to livestock sector
The critical role of meat in the diet was the subject of a recent public lecture for representatives from the...
Environment
AgriSearch to present research on low carbon farming at RUAS Winter Fair
Research results of relevance to producers will be displayed and discussed at the AgriSearch stand at the Royal Ulster Winter...
Beef
Inaugural Genetic Gems sale sees top price of €9,000
The inaugural 'Genetic Gems' sale of select Hereford females took place at GVM Tullamore, on Saturday, November 20. According to...
