Arable
Existing chemistries still important in controlling herbicide-resistant weeds
According to Life Scientific UK and Ireland country manager, Ruth Stanley, existing chemistries can still play a role in controlling...
N.Ireland
Environment
Ballymena farm business fined £2,500 for reseeding uncultivated land
A Dungiven farm business has been fined £2,500 in court for ploughing and reseeding uncultivated and without permission. McCloskey Livestock...
N.Ireland
Fancy becoming one of NI’s new Sheep Technology Demonstration Farms?
Farmers who would like to see their flock become one of Northern Ireland's two new Sheep Technology Demonstration Farms have...
Environment
UFU offers training for slurry contractors amid concern licensing could be introduced
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has announced plans to hold two online training sessions to inform slurry contractors about several...
Dairy
Reducing calving age linked to 13% increase in lifetime dairy cow performance
Northern Ireland farmers are costing themselves thousands in additional heifer rearing costs by calving on average four and a half...
Agri-Business
Loaders, jets and trucks at JCB auction
JCB has something for just about every yard and farm workshop out there in its latest auction to be held...
N.Ireland
British Irish Chamber of Commerce: Imports extension ‘necessary’
The British Irish Chamber of Commerce is encouraging agri-businesses to make use of what it calls a 'necessary' extended grace...
N.Ireland
UK sheepmeat production down 16% in August
UK sheepmeat production declined 16% on the year for the month of August, the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB)...
N.Ireland
Farmworkers celebrate Tyrone victory… from the desert!
Two Irish farmworkers based on a dairy farm in the middle of the United Arab Emirates desert celebrated Tyrone's All-Ireland...
Agri-Business
CattleEye secures $2.5 million seed investment to launch autonomous stock monitoring system
Belfast-based livestock monitoring technology company CattleEye has closed a $2.5 million (€2.1 million) seed investment round. The money has come...
Agri-Business
MII welcomes announcement by UK to defer import controls
Meat Industry Ireland (MII) has welcomed a decision by the UK government to defer safety and security checks on EU...
Agri-Business
Calls for NI Executive to intervene agri-food staff shortages – Sugden
Independent MLA Claire Sugden has called on Northern Ireland's Executive to act to ensure services, food and goods supply lines...
Agri-Business
UK to delay border checks until July 2022
The UK government has announced that safety and security checks on EU produce at UK borders will not be required...
Beef
Cattle ‘toilet trained’ by researchers in bid to cut emissions
A team of researchers from New Zealand and Germany say they have successfully "toilet trained" cattle, which they argue will...
Agri-Business
Doosan scoops awards with ‘see through’ bucket
Doosan claims to have overcome the major problem that all loader drivers face, i.e. the large and highly critical blind...
Environment
‘If Stormont collapses, so will NI’s Climate Bill’, protesters warn
Protesters at Stormont have warned if Northern Ireland's political institutions fail, so will a controversial bill setting a net-zero target...
N.Ireland
LMC welcomes new farm policy framework for Northern Ireland
Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland (LMC) chief executive, Ian Stevenson, has welcomed the principles espoused within the ‘Future...
N.Ireland
Queen’s study explains how flavonoid-rich foods help lower blood pressure
New research carried out at Queen's University has found part of the reason why consuming flavonoid-rich foods like red wine,...
