The number of sheep in Northern Ireland last December was 1,363,500 head, the highest level on record since December 2004,...
February 23, 2017
A sheep farmer in Co. Antrim has been banned from owning animals and fined in £546 (€645) for animal welfare offences....
Online applications to Northern Ireland’s Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS) are scheduled to open on Monday, February 27. The EFS is the Department...
February 22, 2017
Northern Ireland has been recommended for BSE negligible risk status by the World Organisation for Animal Health’s Scientific Commission. The...
All future applications for agri-schemes in Northern Ireland must be submitted online, according to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and...
February 14, 2017
A scheme targeting the removal of of BVD infected animals in the North is now open for claims, according to the...
February 8, 2017
A second case of bird flu or Avian Influenza has been identified in Northern Ireland, according to the Department of...
February 7, 2017
There are five key areas to check on your bull prior to the breeding season, according to Darryl Boyd from...
February 6, 2017
The Agri-Food Strategy Board has been given an extension to carry on working until May 31 by the Minister for...
January 29, 2017
The Environmental Farming Scheme in the North is due to open at the end of February, while a number of...
January 26, 2017
A farmer and a haulier were recently convicted at Armagh Magistrates’ Court on a charge connected with the transportation of an...
January 25, 2017
Farmers must check that they have paid the required level of postage on calf tissue samples sent for BVD testing,...
January 23, 2017
The bird flu prevention zone in Northern Ireland, which was declared just before Christmas, has been extended until March 16....
January 20, 2017
Applications for funding for projects aimed at raising the profile of quality regional food in the North will be accepted...
January 19, 2017
Over 80 farmers in Northern Ireland have applied to take part in AgriSearch’s two new, on-farm research projects – an over-subscription...
January 16, 2017
The dairy farming sector in Northern Ireland has continued to reduce its carbon footprint, a report relating to greenhouse gas...
January 14, 2017
Dairy farmers in Northern Ireland have seen farm gate milk prices in November rise by 4.95p/L (5.8c/L) compared to the...
January 8, 2017
A badger control policy should be implemented in Northern Ireland to reduce the overall level of infection in the badger population,...
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