N.Ireland
North to lift age of eligibility for brucellosis testing on October 19
Northern Ireland is to lift the age of eligibility for brucellosis testing to 24 months from 12 months on October 19,...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland is to lift the age of eligibility for brucellosis testing to 24 months from 12 months on October 19,...
N.Ireland
The plants in Northern Ireland have reported good supplies of lambs coming forward for slaughter with 13,314 lambs killed in...
Dairy
Milk production in Northern Ireland in August 2015 was 180.15m litres, up 3.1% year-on-year, statistics from the Department of Agriculture...
Beef
The scale of the beef price differential between Northern Ireland and Great Britain has become a significant concern, according to...
N.Ireland
The average dairy farmer in Northern Ireland is set to receive an average of €1,920 from the North’s £5.1m dairy...
Environment
Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) Environment Minister, Mark H Durkan has announced that he is prohibiting the cultivation of...
Dairy
Last week’s EU dairy aid package for agriculture is fundamentally weak but does contain a few positive themes of a...
N.Ireland
The Northern Ireland Ploughing Association (NIPA) officially launched the 72nd International Ploughing Championships, which return to Balmoral Park on October...
N.Ireland
The Europen Commission has approved the North’s application for Official Brucellosis Free (OBF) status, Agriculture Minister, Michelle O’Neill has confirmed....
N.Ireland
Approximately 500 farmers and food industry representatives participated in an Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) protest at Stormont today, according to...
N.Ireland
The Ulster Farmers Union (UFU) has announced that it is to co-ordinate a major demonstration of the wider agri-food industry...
Dairy
The number of dairy cows in Northern Ireland increased by 6% in June 2015 on June last year to 311,500...
Dairy
There is no immediate end in sight to the dairy crisis and it is a “real and deep financial crisis” for...
EU
Northern Ireland’s £623m Rural Development Programme (RDP) 2014-2020 has been approved by the European Commission. This Rural Development Plan approval...
N.Ireland
The EU needs to act swiftly to support farmers in Northern Ireland, according to the North’s Agricultural Minister Michelle O’Neill....
N.Ireland
Police in Dungannon are appealing for information following the theft of 16 lambs in the Eglish Road area on the...
N.Ireland
Jonathan Gill and Colin McKnight of the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) have won a Silver Medal at...
N.Ireland
The Farmers For Action (FFA) group in Northern Ireland is holding a major protest outside the EU Offices on the Dublin Road...