Agri-Business
Unite: Solution to farm labour shortage is simple
One of Northern Ireland's biggest unions has warned agricultural employers they must pay their workers more if they want to...
N.Ireland
N.Ireland
Machines set to motor as Bessbrook tractor run draws near
Machines are preparing to motor at a charity tractor run which will take place next weekend in the village of...
N.Ireland
NI’s draft TB strategy goes before Agriculture Committee in closed session
MLAs heard the first details of Northern Ireland's new strategy to tackle bovine TB on Thursday (July 8) - but...
Agri-Business
The death of the diesel engine is greatly exaggerated
The diesel engine has proved itself a very successful variant of the internal combustion engine (ICE), an invention that has...
N.Ireland
Farm Safety Week: The onus is on us to make sure kids are safe
Farmers and contractors have been warned that the onus is on them to ensure children are kept safe on farms....
Agri-Business
Linden Foods profits up 17% over 2020
Linden Foods group profits are up 17% compared to the year before, its latest financial ccounts have shown. Accounts for...
Beef
NI BVD maps: Where is your nearest PI animal?
Maps showing the extent of Northern Ireland's battle with Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) have been published in a bid to...
N.Ireland
Farm families health check van hits the road again
The Farm Families health check van has hit the road again as Covid restrictions ease. West Tyrone MLA Declan McAleer,...
Agri-Business
Dairy Council NI launches new 3-year Sustainable Dairy Programme
The Dairy Council for Northern Ireland is it to take part in a new three-year sustainable dairy programme. The programme,...
N.Ireland
Consultation opens for NI’s first-ever Rural Policy Framework
A public consultation has opened on Northern Ireland’s first-ever Rural Policy Framework. The framework aims to create a sustainable rural...
Environment
UFU tells Ag Committee Climate Change Bill 1 would be ‘more detrimental than any trade deal’
Ulster Farmers' Union (UFU) president Victor Chestnutt has slammed targets set in the private member's Climate Change Bill as "complete...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland witnesses a decline in sheepmeat production
Processing figures gathered recently show a year-on-year decrease in sheepmeat production in Northern Ireland (NI), the Livestock and Meat Commission...
Agri-Business
Industry reveals radical plans for NI’s new suckler and sheep support
Radical proposals for future farm support for suckler and sheep farmers have been put forward by Northern Ireland's farming industry....
N.Ireland
Leatherjacket survey launched to drive mitigation efforts
An industry survey hopes to identify the extent of the leatherjacket challenge for Northern Ireland grassland farmers. The survey is...
Environment
What does Climate Change Bill (No. 2) have in store for NI?
The first details have emerged of Northern Ireland's Department of Agriculture's Climate Change Bill. Referred to in Stormont documents as...
Beef
Man convicted and fined over removal of animal’s ear tag
An Armagh man has been convicted at Craigavon Magistrates' Court of two charges of removing, or causing or permitting the...
N.Ireland
Exports of sheep for direct slaughter from NI to the ROI continues to fall
Exports of sheep from Northern Ireland (NI) to the Republic of Ireland (ROI) for direct slaughter this year continues to...
Agri-Business
UK urged to act over EU plans to relax animal protein feed ban
A Northern Ireland peer has demanded the UK intervene over changes to EU law that would allow processed animal protein...
