
Agri-Business
Greenhouse gas emissions from NI agriculture up 1%
Greenhouse gas emissions from Northern Irish agriculture have increased by 1% over the last recorded year, according to the latest...
Agri-Business
Greenhouse gas emissions from Northern Irish agriculture have increased by 1% over the last recorded year, according to the latest...
Beef
It's not clear whether safeguards to protect local farming from lower-cost imported produce go far enough as the UK announces...
Agri-Business
13 teenagers representing four Northern Ireland schools have been presented with a mini-herd of Angus-cross calves to rear. It's part...
N.Ireland
The department is unlikely to take direct action, such as introducing culls or flocks restrictions, over a recent spate of...
Beef
Virtual fencing systems can provide the same level of stock management and grazed grass utilisation as conventional paddocks and electric...
Agri-Business
A new £40 million centre at Pirbright to develop vaccines for zoonotic diseases that spread from animals to humans is...
N.Ireland
A trailer and a small excavator were recovered by members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) recently through...
Agri-Business
Rademon Estate Distillery has secured a contract with Asda to supply two new gin products to the retailer’s stores across...
Agri-Business
Three associations representing the all-island Irish dairy and whiskey sectors in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland are...
N.Ireland
UK sheep production saw a decline of 7% on the year, to 19,100t for the month of May, the Agriculture...
Dairy
While spring-calving herds are mid-way through their milk production season, most autumn-calving herds are approaching the end of theirs. Cows...
N.Ireland
Further downward pressure continues to be exerted on lamb prices in the North, with prices easing back 10p/kg since the...
Agri-Business
While hidden behind the Iron Curtain, eastern European manufacturers had little success in selling their tractors to the west, except...
N.Ireland
Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) deputy president, William Irvine, alongside industry representatives from Fane Valley, Agrii and DBS Farm Supplies, are...
Agri-Business
Fertiliser deliveries have increased again at the start of 2021 in Northern Ireland, according to the latest official fertiliser statistics....
Environment
Northern Ireland could have its first-ever forestry project dedicated to the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy (QCC) initiative at the Glenarm Estate,...
Environment
Off-farm activities before and after food production are making up a "growing share" of food system greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions...
Environment
Future land management schemes could pay landowners to maintain peatland through low-impact farming methods. The Northern Ireland Peatland Strategy 2021-2040...