Environment
MLAs seek Assembly action over NI’s ‘woodland scarcity’
SDLP MLAs have called for action to repair Northern Ireland’s woodland after a report published this week warned the UK's...
N.Ireland
Agri-Business
NI total farm income up by a third in 2020
Northern Ireland's total farm income soared by a third last year, according to the department's first provisional estimate for 2020....
Agri-Business
NI milk prices edge upwards for March
Northern Ireland milk processors have announced increases to prices of up to 1p/L for March's milk. Dairy processors Dale Farm,...
N.Ireland
3-hour operation to save stuck bullock from slurry tank
Five crews of firefighters spent a gruelling three and a half hours trying to free a stuck bullock from a...
Agri-Business
Lakeland Dairies’ revenue increases by over 5.7% to €1.09 billion in 2020
Cross-border (Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland) dairy co-operative Lakeland Dairies' revenue increased by over 5.7% to hit €1.09 billion...
Agri-Business
More than 1,000 responses to ANC Bill consultation
A Private Members Bill proposing the reinstatement of support payments for Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) in Northern Ireland has...
Agri-Business
Agricultural bodies join forces to form NI Rural Health Forum
Agricultural stakeholders in Northern Ireland have joined forces to establish a NI Rural Health Forum to lobby on health issues...
Grass
New farm-led research to investigate leatherjacket control strategies
A group of four Fermanagh farmers have teamed up with AgriSearch and Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) to investigate different...
Beef
Blue Peter executives row back over meat-free challenge
Blue Peter bosses appear to have rowed back over a nationwide challenge in which children were encouraged to swap meat...
N.Ireland
Cull sow support fund expected to open for applications within weeks
Applications for a £2 million Covid-19 financial support package for cull sows are likely to open within the next few...
Beef
NI research to investigate link between stock genetics and temperament
A Northern Ireland research project is hoping to examine the link between stock genetics and temperament in a bid to...
Agri-Business
Agri-tech start-up which gives machinery the ‘power of sight’ clinches £75,000 prize fund
An early-stage agri-tech start-up that hopes to make farms safer by giving machinery the "power of sight", has clinched a...
Beef
Blue Peter angers agri-food groups over green badge challenge
Long-running children's TV programme Blue Peter has angered agri-food bodies by encouraging children to go meat-free as part of its...
N.Ireland
RBST Watchlist: 75 of the UK’s rarest breeds listed as ‘high priority’
A total of 75 native UK livestock and poultry breeds - including the cattle breed behind the world's first vaccine...
N.Ireland
Rare Breed series finale postponed
The broadcast of the final episode of the current series of UTV’s Rare Breed – A Farming Year, has been...
N.Ireland
Air Ambulance fundraiser set to be one of NI’s biggest rural charity auctions
An auction held in aid of the Air Ambulance Northern Ireland is set to be one of the region's biggest...
N.Ireland
Investigation over buried machinery continues one year on
A year on from the discovery of hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of stolen machinery found buried on a...
Agri-Business
CAFRE advisory body seeks new chairperson and dairy rep
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is seeking a new chairperson and member for CAFRE’s College Advisory...
