N.Ireland
Weed control crucial in managing red clover swards – AFBI
Red clover has the potential to fix up to 250kg of nitrogen (N)/ha from the air on an annual basis....
AgriSearch
N.Ireland
How best to establish red clover swards
The recent ZeroNSile webinar, hosted by AgriSearch, provided an overview of how best to establish productive red clover swards. But,...
N.Ireland
Silage: The importance of red clover
The importance of red clover in silage swards has been highlighted by AgriSearch general manager, Jason Rankin. “Grassland farmers are...
N.Ireland
AgriSearch to hold webinar on red clover establishment
A webinar with advice on how to successfully establish red clover silage swards will take place later this month. It...
N.Ireland
Review recommends update to CAFRE nutrient calculators
A review has recommended that nutrient calculators developed by College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) should remain the...
Agri-Business
Societal impact of changes in agriculture must be assessed – Boyle
AgriSearch chairman, Prof. Gerry Boyle, has called for the societal impact of the many changes taking place within agriculture to...
N.Ireland
AgriSearch annual report: Importance of research for sustainability
AgriSearch has just published annual accounts for 2022/2023. The farmer-funded body plays a key role in facilitating applied farm research...
Agri-Business
AgriSearch conference to discuss challenges faced by livestock sector
The AgriSearch ‘Research and Innovation Needs Conference’ is set to facilitate discussions on the “unprecedented challenges” faced by the ruminant...
Dairy
New guide on designing calf housing launched
AgriSearch and the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) have published a new calf housing design guide. This is an outcome...
Agri-Business
UFU partners with AFBI and AgriSearch for NI farming webinars
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has announced that it will join forces with the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) and...
Agri-Business
AgriSearch webinars to help farmers after ‘particularly challenging’ summer
AgriSearch will host two webinars for Northern Ireland’s ruminant livestock farmers with the aim of helping them mitigate challenges they...
N.Ireland
Agrisearch publishes new booklet on grass cover estimation
AgriSearch has published a new booklet focusing on ‘grass cover estimation for precision grazing systems’. The project is part of...
N.Ireland
AgriSearch to appoint new operations manager
AgriSearch has confirmed that the organisation is in the process of appointing an operations manager. This is a new position...
N.Ireland
AgriSearch seeks independent farmer to become trustee
AgriSearch has today (Thursday, August 10) announced an opening for an independent farmer trustee to join the board. The successful...
N.Ireland
Breeding programmes offer solution to anthelmintic resistance
Anthelmintic resistance (AR) is currently one of the biggest problems confronting the UK and Irish sheep sectors. It is also...
Agri-Business
NI grass growth in March below long-term average
Northern Ireland’s grass growth in March will be below the long-term average, at 7.2kg of dry matter (DM)/ha/day, according to...
N.Ireland
AgriSearch invests £300,000 in research on N-efficient silage
AgriSearch has announced investment of over £300,000 in research on the feasibility and practicalities of producing silage without the use...
Agri-Business
Gerry Boyle appointed chair of AgriSearch
The former director of Teagasc, Prof. Gerry Boyle, has been appointed as the new chair of AgriSearch, the Northern Ireland...
