Agri-Business
Time running out to grant special status for cross-border dairy companies
With just eight weeks to go until the end of the Brexit transition period and no ‘Plan B’ in place, time...
N.Ireland
N.Ireland
Poots encourages NI farmers to apply for farm business funding
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has encouraged farmers to consider applying to the third tranche of Tier 1 of...
Beef
Cows processed reaches highest weekly throughput in Northern Ireland
In Northern Ireland for the week ending October 25, processed prime cattle throughput amounted to 7,418 head, according to the...
N.Ireland
CAFRE launches new Honours Degree in Sustainable Agriculture
The Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Edwin Poots, has announced the launch of a new Honours Degree in...
Machinery
HSENI launches advisory programme for safety of farm contractors
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) is set to begin a series of telephone and virtual agriculture...
N.Ireland
Report: Agricultural crime down 7.6% in the last 12 months – PSNI
A Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) report has stated that agricultural crime rates have continued to fall in the...
Machinery
‘Next is Now’: Bobcat unveils new R-Series loaders
Bobcat has recently unveiled its new R-Series loaders and excavators at the company’s “largest ever virtual launch event” in Europe,...
Beef
Beef kill: 2020 figures continue to race ahead of last year
Last week a total of 37,143 head of cattle were processed. This figure has suffered a decline of 520 head...
Agri-Business
Grain price: Keep an eye on the weather
Nearby grain prices dropped back this week, but are still relatively steady. Matif wheat for December was at €206/t on...
N.Ireland
AFBI warns of the risks of liver fluke infection this winter
The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) wishes to bring to the attention of farmers the need to consider the risk...
Environment
NI government rejects planning for major Tyrone wind farm
Northern Ireland’s Minister for Infrastructure has rejected planning permission for a planned £150 million (€165 million) wind farm in Co....
N.Ireland
Lady Dufferin, Marchioness of Clandeboye Estate, passes away at 79
Tributes had been paid to the Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava, Lady Dufferin of Clandeboye Estate, who has died aged...
Beef
Beef trade: Decline in ‘prime cattle’ sent for direct slaughter to NI
The Northern Ireland beef trade is experiencing a similar trend to that in the Republic of Ireland, when comparing average...
N.Ireland
Covid TB test easements to end in NI
Temporary measures to stop herds overdue their TB test because of Covid-19 disruption from being closed up are set to...
N.Ireland
Tractor driver arrested for driving on motorway…in wrong direction
A tractor driver has been arrested for a number of offences after being stopped for driving on a motorway –...
Agri-Business
Bumper UK barley crop will not make up for reduction in wheat production
This year saw a UK barley crop of over 8.4 million tonnes produced, but the bumper crop will not make...
Agri-Business
Bumper UK barley crop will not make up for reduction in wheat production
This year saw a UK barley crop of over 8.4 million tonnes produced, but the bumper crop will not make...
Agri-Business
Weather putting uncertainty in grain markets
The only certainty that market specialists manager Vikki Campbell could give viewers of the Grain Market Outlook conference held by...
