Arable
Webinar to explore practicalities of protein crops for NI dairy sector
The practicalities of growing protein crops are set to come under debate as part of an event informing farmers about...
N.Ireland
Dairy
Accelerated milk replacer rates will boost calves’ life-long milking ability
According to College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) dairy advisor Gary Duffy, accelerated calf replacer feeding rates can...
Agri-Business
Lyons announces £1 million micro food business scheme
A £1 million capital grant scheme to help existing micro food and drink manufacturing businesses to upscale production to secure...
Beef
Work begins to secure the inclusion of Northern Ireland in grass-fed PGI
The Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) is heading up a group of stakeholder bodies that have been charged with the...
Agri-Business
NI young farmer named as NEWBIE Award finalist
A Northern Ireland young farmer with a focus on increasing his milk from forage has made the final three of...
N.Ireland
Sheep management: Taking action quickly when it comes to thinner ewes
For March-lambing flocks, it is important farmers keep an eye on their ewes’ body condition over the coming weeks. If...
N.Ireland
Sheep, sucklers and saving lives… all in a day’s work for one Fermanagh farmer
By Rodney Magowan David Sheridan farms across several holdings around Letterbreen and Florencecourt in Co. Fermanagh with some further acreage...
Dairy
Dairy advice: Steps you can take to avoid mastitis
The easiest way to prevent clinical or sub-clinical mastitis cases is through good milking practices. Mastitis is the most economically challenging...
Dairy
Winter milk: Reviewing late season feeding
A recent report by Michael Garvey, a dairy development adviser, with the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE),...
Arable
NI’s protein crops payment to begin in time for 2021 scheme year
Agriculture Minister Gordon Lyons has announced the introduction of a pilot payment scheme for protein crops will begin in time...
N.Ireland
Ballymoney Show becomes the first of NI’s summer shows to cancel for 2021
Ballymoney Show has become the first of the summer shows to cancel in Northern Ireland for 2021. The event, which...
N.Ireland
Local avian influenza restrictions lifted around 2 outbreak farms in NI
Agriculture Minister Gordon Lyons has announced that the local Surveillance Zones around the two commercial poultry farms where Highly Pathogenic...
Agri-Business
The price of low-cost: Irish food chain systems accused of ‘perpetuating rural poverty’
The modern low-cost food system “perpetuates rural poverty”, a Northern Ireland based rural development academic and lobbyist has warned. Rural...
N.Ireland
Women in Science: Challenge yourself… you might just find a career you love
Get out of your comfort zone, get speaking at conferences, meeting people and trying new things, one of Northern Ireland’s...
Agri-Business
£2 million Covid-19 support fund launched for NI hatching egg sector
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Gordon Lyons has announced a financial support package worth up to £2 million for poultry farmers...
N.Ireland
‘Ag Science might not be ‘sexy’ …but you’d be a fool not to follow your interests’
Ag science might not be as “sexy” as some other fields, but follow your interests and you’ll be rewarded with...
N.Ireland
Driver of 4×4 towing trailer sought following hit-and-run incident
The driver of a 4×4 which was towing a “distinctive” flatbed trailer is being sought by members of the Police...
Agri-Business
First Letters of Offer arrive for £15 million FBIS Tier 1 scheme
Letters of Offer for the £15 million Farm Business Improvement Scheme (FBIS) have started to issue to thousands of farmers, Agriculture...
