N.Ireland
Farm support budget must exceed £400m – UFU
President of the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU), William Irvine, had three priority messages to communicate at this year’s Balmoral Show....
Balmoral Show
N.Ireland
Gallery: Balmoral Show and Lely’s 50,000th Astronaut robot
With breaks of sunshine in between cloud, day one of Balmoral Show yesterday (Wednesday, May 16) brought thousands of visitors...
N.Ireland
Ex-Irish rugby player raising heart health awareness for farmers
Former Ireland and Ulster rugby prop forward Simon Best has partnered with British Heart Foundation (BHF) Northern Ireland (NI) to...
N.Ireland
Dale Farm to process an extra 10m litres of milk per year
Dale Farm is planning to expand its milk pool in Northern Ireland by up to 1%/annum over the next 10...
N.Ireland
Balmoral Show 2024 gets underway
The first morning of Balmoral Show 2024 will see Royal Ulster Agricultural Society (RUAS) president, John Henning, welcome Northern Ireland’s...
Agri-Business
New stand for ABP to showcase NI beef and lamb at Balmoral
The agri-food business, ABP, is getting ready for the 2024 Balmoral Show with a new-look stand to showcase the partnerships...
N.Ireland
New attractions announced for the 155th Balmoral Show this May
With just four months to go until the 2024 event, Ulster Bank and the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society (RUAS) have...
N.Ireland
Dutch Spotted ram lamb fetches £20,000 for NI breeder
A Dutch Spotted sheep breeder in Co. Down secured a private deal that saw a ram lamb fetch a remarkable...
Agri-Business
MSD Animal Health expands pig team
MSD Animal Health has welcomed a former farm manager to its pig team. County Offally native Aiden Byrne, who was...
Agri-Business
Video: Check out the 154th Balmoral show
It is one of the biggest agri-food events on the island and this year’s Balmoral Show attracted an estimated 120,000...
N.Ireland
Sinn Féin wants NI farm policy structures to mirror CAP
Sinn Féin had a major presence at this year’s Balmoral Show with party members keen to demonstrate their strong commitment...
N.Ireland
Who were the winners at Balmoral Show 2023?
This year’s Balmoral Show saw 3,000 animals taking to the show rings, the largest entry of animals ever recorded for...
N.Ireland
Bovine TB taking a toll on farm families in NI – UUP
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) agriculture spokesperson, Tom Elliott, is deeply concerned about the impact that bovine tuberculosis (bovine TB) is...
N.Ireland
TUV leader: Windsor Framework will add costs to farming
According to Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) leader Jim Allister, the Windsor Framework will only serve to add cost to farming...
N.Ireland
Balmoral Show 2023: Tremendous turnout of Hereford cattle
Demand from Hereford cattle breeders to exhibit at this year’s Balmoral Show more than exceeded the number of stalls made...
N.Ireland
Balmoral 2023: Edwin Poots upbeat about future of NI farming
Former Stormont agriculture minister Edwin Poots remains extremely upbeat regarding the future of farming in Northern Ireland. However, he is...
N.Ireland
Dale Farm: Scope to increase milk output in NI
Dale Farm chief executive Nick Whelan believes that the scope to increase annual milk output in Northern Ireland still exists....
N.Ireland
Balmoral Show 2023: M&S enjoys strong trading year
Marks and Spencer (M&S) has traded very strongly over the past 12 months, with food sales making a strong contribution...
