N.Ireland
NI animal welfare complaints ‘could include a cow lying down’
Stressful animal welfare inspections could be instigated by as little as a member of the public seeing a cow lying...
Rural Life
Rural Life
Does a tractor driver with a learner permit need to be accompanied?
Currently, a person who holds a learner permit has to be accompanied by a fully qualified driver before they can...
Machinery
Farmers 'will not be held liable' for clearing public roads
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has welcomed the Government’s announcement that farmers who remove snow-related hazards on public...
N.Ireland
9 out of 10 farm animal welfare complaints unfounded
More than 90% of farm welfare inspections made following complaints from the public found the farm to have no breaches...
Rural Life
Hearse service offers chance to take machinery passion to the grave
You can’t take it with you, but you can make your beloved tractor – or other vehicle – part of...
Machinery
Combines 4 Charity: Inspired by Australian farmers; embraced by the Irish tillage sector
Inspiration for Combines 4 Charity came to tillage farmer, Philip Brady, from ‘Down Under’. The 32-year-old farmer from Kildalkey, Co....
Environment
Volunteers sought by RSPB NI for farmland surveys
Do you have a love for nature and a fondness for birds, and can you tell a yellowhammer from a...
Environment
Volunteers sought by RSPB NI for farmland surveys
Do you have a love for nature and a fondness for birds, and can you tell a yellowhammer from a...
Rural Life
Proposed learner driver penalties 'have potential to ruin farm families'
The Minister for Transport, Shane Ross, has been called upon to immediately suspend proposals to increase the severity of penalties...
N.Ireland
Tractor Run in Memory of Alistair Sloss raises more than £7,000 for Charity
A tractor run held in memory of Co. Tyrone farmer Alistair Sloss, who was killed in a slurry accident, has...
N.Ireland
Tractor Run in Memory of Alistair Sloss raises more than £7,000 for Charity
A tractor run held in memory of Co. Tyrone farmer Alistair Sloss, who was killed in a slurry accident, has...
N.Ireland
NIIAS conference to debate how to close the consumer-producer divide
The growing gap between consumers and primary producers will take centre stage at the Northern Ireland Institute of Agricultural Science...
Machinery
'Fortress-like security measures are the way it's going'
Many farmers are being forced into taking “fortress-like” measures in a bid to boost security, according to Rory Doyle who...
N.Ireland
'We feel like we’ve been forgotten about' - flood-stricken farmers
Farmers in the north-west who saw their farms devastated by flooding last summer say they feel as if they have...
Machinery
In a hurry? Sometimes it is a sprint - not a marathon
Back in 2015, a Guinness World Record for the fastest speed achieved by a tractor was set by four-time World...
N.Ireland
Primary science fair calls for NI country schools and farm kids
Ireland’s biggest science fair is doubling its capacity in its second year in Belfast, bringing over 1,500 pupils together to...
N.Ireland
11% drop in Northern rural crime levels
The latest rural crime statistics show an 11% fall in the number of incidents recorded in rural communities across Northern...
Machinery
'Strong' Irish interest in Claas apprenticeship programme
With the ‘Leaving Cert’ looming large and apprenticeships coming to the fore, two programmes offered by Claas UK may be...
