Environment
Wildlife farmer of the year announced at Belfast event
Bellaghy man David Arrell has won the ‘wildlife farmer of the year’ title at the Farming Life awards. Over 300...
N.Ireland
N.Ireland
Police appeal for information following trailer theft
An appeal for information has been launched by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) in relation to a stolen...
N.Ireland
NI vet crisis looms as Brexit deadline advances
British Veterinary Association (BVA) president Simon Doherty has championed the vital work of vets in Northern Ireland and called for...
N.Ireland
NI vet crisis looms as Brexit deadline advances
British Veterinary Association (BVA) president Simon Doherty has championed the vital work of vets in Northern Ireland and called for...
Agri-Business
Dale Farm announces new 3-year fixed price contract
Northern Ireland dairy cooperative Dale Farm is offering its 1,300 farmers the opportunity to enter a three-year fixed milk price...
Agri-Business
Dale Farm announces new 3-year fixed price contract
Northern Ireland dairy cooperative Dale Farm is offering its 1,300 farmers the opportunity to enter a three-year fixed milk price...
Agri-Business
Live exports 'integral' to Northern Ireland farming, UFU warns
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has warned the live export of cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry is an “integral” part of...
Agri-Business
NI farmer banned from keeping animals for life after mistreating pigs
A Co. Antrim farmer was today banned from keeping animals and sentenced to 18 months in prison suspended for four years...
Agri-Business
Co. Down farmer fined £4,000 after polluting 2km of waterway
By Michael Kenwood A Co. Down farmer has been fined £4,000 after polluting 2km of waterway with slurry at almost...
Agri-Business
Defra urged to act now over Brexit challenges for NI farming
A Westminster report examining the prospects of Northern Ireland farming post-Brexit warns Defra has not done enough given the lack...
Agri-Business
Defra urged to act now over Brexit challenges for NI farming
A Westminster report examining the prospects of Northern Ireland farming post-Brexit warns Defra has not done enough given the lack...
Agri-Business
Bank urges NI farmers to review the viability with 30% less support
Northern Ireland’s farmers need devolved government back in place and lobbying on their behalf to make sure the sector does...
Agri-Business
Bank urges NI farmers to review the viability with 30% less support
Northern Ireland’s farmers need devolved government back in place and lobbying on their behalf to make sure the sector does...
Dairy
Dairy focus: Why one 700-cow farm decided to go down the robotic milking route
Milking 700 cows just outside Ardstraw, Jason Mitchell is the fourth generation of his family to milk cows in Co....
N.Ireland
Second Alistair Sloss Memorial Tractor Run to take place tomorrow
A Co. Tyrone family who lost their father in a slurry accident two years ago are preparing to host the second...
Agri-Business
Shortages, delays and lower standards likely in no-deal Brexit, vets warn
British Veterinary Association (BVA) president Simon Doherty has warned of the significant risks a ‘no-deal’ Brexit could bring to the...
N.Ireland
All-Ireland maps show scale of work needed to tackle NI’s BVD problems
BVD data from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland collated for the first time shows the stark contrast in...
Agri-Business
New licensing procedures introduced for NI imports of British semen
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture has announced it will introduce new licensing procedures for importing bovine semen into the region...
