Agri-Business
Farm cash flows: ‘Don’t be lulled into a false sense of security’
Recent increases in prices, combined with Covid-19 self-employment support and loans, are ‘artificially’ inflating many farm business cash flows, Omagh-based...
N.Ireland
N.Ireland
Minister announces ‘phased return’ of face-to-face industry support by CAFRE
DAERA Minister Edwin Poots has announced plans to gradually reintroduce CAFRE’s face-to-face knowledge and technology programmes in Northern Ireland. To...
N.Ireland
Minister announces ‘phased return’ of face-to-face industry support by CAFRE
DAERA Minister Edwin Poots has announced plans to gradually reintroduce CAFRE’s face-to-face knowledge and technology programmes in Northern Ireland. To...
Dairy
From grass to glass: Selling bottled milk from a vending machine…on the farm
William and Alison Chestnutt have seen a “phenomenal demand” for their milk, as they launched a milk vending machine on...
N.Ireland
Almost 15,000 cattle ‘stolen’ in NI in just 4 years
“Astonishing” figures show as many as 14,506 cattle have gone missing in Northern Ireland over the last four years. The...
N.Ireland
Almost 15,000 cattle ‘stolen’ in NI in just 4 years
“Astonishing” figures show as many as 14,506 cattle have gone missing in Northern Ireland over the last four years. The...
Agri-Business
£1.7 million rural business fund launched for Northern Ireland
A new £1.7 million stimulus fund to help rural and micro-businesses expand, innovate and sustain rural communities has been launched...
N.Ireland
Firefighters douse tractor ‘well alight in a field’
Firefighters were called in to extinguish a tractor which was “well alight in a field” in Somerset, England, this week....
N.Ireland
Post-lockdown tractor run raises £9,000 for Air Ambulance NI
Tractor drivers from across Co. Down have smashed the £9,000 mark for Northern Ireland’s Air Ambulance. The Ards Peninsula Tractor...
Agri-Business
Farmers warned ‘HSENI could close marts at any time’
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has warned farmers that the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) could order...
Agri-Business
Farmers warned ‘HSENI could close marts at any time’
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has warned farmers that the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) could order...
Agri-Business
NI council becomes first to pass motion for local food procurement
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) is urging more Northern Ireland councils to support their local food producers and businesses after...
Agri-Business
TB: Minister Poots hints at plans to propose NI badger cull in the autumn
Northern Ireland’s Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots set out plans to formally include “wildlife intervention” in a new bovine TB...
Agri-Business
TB: Minister Poots hints at plans to propose NI badger cull in the autumn
Northern Ireland’s Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots set out plans to formally include “wildlife intervention” in a new bovine TB...
N.Ireland
New UFU president: Let’s make common sense common again
There was an element of bravado at the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) AGM today (July 25) as newly-elected president Victor Chestnutt...
N.Ireland
New UFU president: Let’s make common sense common again
There was an element of bravado at the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) AGM today, Saturday, July 25, as newly-elected president Victor...
Agri-Business
New UFU deputy president tells members ‘we’re facing a wartime food challenge’
Newly-elected Ulster Farmers’ Union deputy president William Irvine told members the UK is “facing a wartime food challenge” at the...
Agri-Business
New UFU deputy president tells members ‘we’re facing a wartime food challenge’
Newly-elected Ulster Farmers’ Union deputy president William Irvine told members the UK is “facing a wartime food challenge” at the...
