Agri-Business
Echlinville Distillery announces £9 million expansion plan
Northern Ireland’s only single-estate distillery has announced a £9 million expansion plan as it expands its facilities in the Ards Peninsula...
N.Ireland
N.Ireland
43 Scottish Blackface hoggets stolen in Derry
A sheep farmer in Co. Derry has had 43 of his flock of Blackface hoggets stolen in an overnight raid....
Agri-Business
Poots opens £1.6 million ornamental horticulture support scheme
A financial support scheme to help Northern Ireland ornamental horticulture growers with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has opened...
N.Ireland
CAFRE to host virtual open days as NI ramps up Covid measures
Northern Ireland’s College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) has announced plans to run a series of virtual open...
Agri-Business
Cost of farm fires up by £1 million in Northern Ireland
Rural insurer NFU Mutual is urging farmers to check their fire precautions and have emergency plans in place, as the...
Agri-Business
LMC launches 8-week ‘Truth About Beef’ campaign
The Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) has this week launched a new campaign to highlight the environmental and health credentials of...
Agri-Business
Cost of farm fires up by £1 million in Northern Ireland
Rural insurer NFU Mutual is urging farmers to check their fire precautions and have emergency plans in place, as the...
Agri-Business
Lapsers: Social influencers to blame as 26% plan to reduce red meat consumption
More than one in four Northern Ireland adults say they plan to eat less red meat because of social media...
Agri-Business
Lapsers: Social influencers to blame as 26% plan to reduce red meat consumption
More than one in four Northern Ireland adults say they plan to eat less red meat because of social media...
N.Ireland
TB: 863 new breakdowns in NI in first half of 2020
More than 800 livestock farms across Northern Ireland which had an animal test positive for bovine TB in the first...
N.Ireland
TB: 863 new breakdowns in NI in first half of 2020
More than 800 livestock farms across Northern Ireland which had an animal test positive for bovine TB in the first...
Rural Life
2021 Nuffield Farming Scholars announced
The Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust (NFST) has announced the appointment of the 2021 Nuffield Farming Scholars, who are to commence...
Agri-Business
NI farmers to receive full Direct Payments in October for the first time
Farmers in Northern Ireland will, for the first time, receive their full Direct Payments this month, the region’s Agriculture Minister...
Agri-Business
Poots: The EU needs to back off and butt out
Northern Ireland’s Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots has warned the EU to “back off” and “butt out” of decisions over...
Agri-Business
Poots: The EU needs to back off and butt out
Northern Ireland’s Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots has warned the EU to “back off” and “butt out” of decisions over...
N.Ireland
Prisoners’ recycling and horticultural projects raise £5,000 for Air Ambulance NI
Recycling and horticultural projects by staff and prisoners at Maghaberry during the Covid pandemic have raised £5,100 for Air Ambulance...
N.Ireland
Prisoners’ recycling and horticultural projects raise £5,000 for Air Ambulance NI
Recycling and horticultural projects by staff and prisoners at Maghaberry during the Covid pandemic have raised £5,100 for Air Ambulance...
Agri-Business
NI vet shortage: Poots insists new TB strategy is ‘a priority’
Fears Northern Ireland’s bovine TB woes could yet again be put on the backburner have been dismissed by Agriculture Minister...
