N.Ireland
Access to water critical on dairy farms amid high temperatures
During the current warm weather being experienced on dairy farms, ensuring cows have access to water at all times is...
N.Ireland
Agri-Business
FAO report: Price drop in cereals but price rise in meat and dairy
The barometer for world food commodity prices declined slightly in June for the third consecutive month, the Food and Agriculture...
N.Ireland
Jeremy Clarkson opens Diddly Squat Restaurant
Jeremy Clarkson has announced the opening of his new on-farm ‘Diddly Squat Restaurant’. Taking to Twitter, the TV personality-turned farmer...
N.Ireland
‘There is money to be made out of hunger’: A look at global food security
The ongoing food crisis has been described as a “very complex emergency” by academic and IPES-Food expert, Raj Patel who...
Agri-Business
Machinery Focus: Multitasking with Merlo in Kerry
Merlo, having noticed that many tractors are fitted with a loader to become a quasi materials handler, has turned the...
N.Ireland
Northern sheep trade: Lamb prices edge upwards
The sheep trade in Northern Ireland (NI) witnessed an improvement as the week went on as demand strengthened. Base prices...
N.Ireland
Beef Focus: Measuring methane on 380ac research farm
Bromstead Farm is a mixed grassland and arable farm located in Shropshire and is a beef research farm for ABP...
N.Ireland
DAERA confirms bird flu in wild birds on Rathlin Island
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) in Northern Ireland has confirmed positive test results for avian influenza...
N.Ireland
What constitutes the effective management of straw?
With harvest approaching, College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) tillage specialists have highlighted the options available to cereal...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland winter barley harvest to get underway next week
Weather permitting, the first of this year’s winter barley harvest in Northern Ireland will be cut next week. The combines...
Arable
Using cattle slurry as fertiliser on growing cereal crops
Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) cereals and oilseeds monitor farmer, Alistair Craig, uses 5,000g/ha of cattle slurry as a...
Beef
See inside ‘the world’s first’ carbon-neutral beef factory
With 16 UK locations and over 12,000 farmer-suppliers based in the UK, ABP Food Group is a major beef processor...
N.Ireland
DAERA issues advice amid concern about potential bird flu
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) in Northern Ireland is encouraging the public not to pick up...
N.Ireland
Queen’s in £5m UK project to help agrifood reach net zero
Queen’s University Belfast (Queen’s) was today (Thursday, July 7) named part of a government-backed, £5 million research network designed to...
Agri-Business
Machinery: Thinking through forage production with SIP
SIP produces the world’s largest mower outfit – it has a cutting width of 15m, is in regular production and...
N.Ireland
Negotiations on NI protocol becoming ‘impossible’ – Markey
Negotiations with the UK on its bill on the Northern Ireland (NI) Protocol are becoming increasingly difficult in the European...
N.Ireland
Exports of Northern Ireland lambs south continues to increase
Exports of lambs from Northern Ireland (NI) to the Republic of Ireland (ROI) continue to increase. Figures from the Livestock...
N.Ireland
MEP says NI Protocol Bill 'marks a new low in relations'
An Irish MEP Sean Kelly has said that UK’s Northern Ireland protocol bill, which was debated in the European Parliament...