N.Ireland
£34.50 increase on 21kg lamb carcass compared to 2020
Lamb prices are up £34.50 on a 21kg carcass compared to the same period in 2020, according to the Livestock...
N.Ireland
Agri-Business
Latest Massey Ferguson Balers now TIM-enabled
The round baler is fast becoming the primary home for tractor implement management systems (TIM) with Massey Ferguson becoming the...
N.Ireland
New BVD requirements for cattle exported from NI to ROI
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) wishes to remind exporters moving cattle to the Republic of Ireland...
N.Ireland
‘We must act now’ to tackle threats to food security – Poots
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has told the UK Agriculture Partnership (UKAP) that “we must act now and we...
N.Ireland
CAFRE graduates celebrate at Greenmount
The Greenmount campus of the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) was bustling with excitement on Thursday, June...
Agri-Business
$17m project to help Ukrainian farmers save harvest
To address the impacts of the war in Ukraine on the global agricultural sector, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of...
N.Ireland
Mechanically extracting phosphorous from animal slurries
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) research is looking at the feasibility of physically extracting phosphorous (P) from animal slurries. The...
Beef
Calls for DAERA to introduce further measures to eradicate BVD
Animal Health and Welfare NI (AHWNI) has called on the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) to introduce...
N.Ireland
Deadline extended for the Soil Nutrient Health Scheme
Northern Ireland Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Edwin Poots has extended the deadline for farmers in Zone 1...
N.Ireland
Summer Sizzler breaks Northern Ireland record
Last Saturday (July 2), the Summer Sizzler dairy sale took place on the Maineview Farm of Andrew and Caroline Kennedy...
Agri-Business
Shallow subsoiling with Spaldings’ latest Flatlift design
It has generally been the case that tractor power has increased at a rate faster than implement manufacturers have developed...
N.Ireland
Northern sheep trade: Lamb prices come under pressure
The sheep trade in Northern Ireland (NI) is witnessing a similar situation to the one in the south, with lamb...
N.Ireland
Pics: NIFRS rescues calf from slurry pit in Antrim
A calf in Co. Antrim has been reunited with its mother following a rescue mission by Northern Ireland Fire and...
Agri-Business
‘Agflation’ now stands at 25.3%
The latest assessments from the Andersons Centre show that ‘Agflation’ now stands at 25.3%, with no weakening of this figure...
Agri-Business
World Potato Congress delegates visit Wilson’s Country
The 11th World Potato Congress (WPC) culminated with 30 delegates from countries around the world visiting Wilson’s Country in Co....
Agri-Business
ABP flies 26 students to Belgium for study tour
26 pupils and their teachers from six Northern Irish schools were in Belgium this week for a farm to fork...
Agri-Business
Sulky adds multipurpose seed drill to spreader range
Advances in spreading accuracy had, up until this spring, been largely ignored, despite companies like Sulky putting tremendous efforts into...
N.Ireland
Poots announces £4m in funding for 47 environmental projects
Northern Ireland Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Edwin Poots, has announced that 28 organisations are set to benefit from...