N.Ireland
70 pigs rescued from slurry tank after floor collapses
Yesterday morning (Sunday, July 29) Nigel Grant was doing his routine jobs on the farm when he went into one...
N.Ireland
Yesterday morning (Sunday, July 29) Nigel Grant was doing his routine jobs on the farm when he went into one...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland should continue getting EU regional funds post-2020, when the Brexit transition period ends, the Regional Development Committee stated...
N.Ireland
It has been reported that up to 100,000 gallons of slurry spilled into a river in Northern Ireland earlier this...
Opinion
‘Missing in Action’ (MIA) is a term used by the military for combatants who cannot be accounted for after some...
N.Ireland
A farmer taking a sick sheep to the vet was spotted talking on a mobile phone whilst driving, Ballymena Magistrates...
N.Ireland
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced an extension to the closing date for responses to...
N.Ireland
Approximately 2,000 people have signed an online petition calling for the slurry ban to be scrapped in Northern Ireland. The...
N.Ireland
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has confirmed that media reports referencing an accident involving a slurry tank are “inaccurate”....
N.Ireland
As we head into 2018, the president of the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU), Barclay Bell, remains positive – despite all of...
Dairy
After a break of 10 years, the McCormick family – from Bangor in north Co. Down – took centre stage...
N.Ireland
Dale Farm has launched two new producer-focused schemes, aimed at encouraging members to supply more milk. The first is a...
N.Ireland
The international milk industry is now operating within business cycles that last between three to four years, according to Dairy...
Agri Politics
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, is mounting serious pressure on the UK government to deliver...
N.Ireland
Agriculture has become the biggest loser in the emergency budget for Northern Ireland proposed by Secretary of State James Brokenshire....
N.Ireland
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is looking for six new monitor farms to join its research network –...
Dairy
Both milk prices and milk production levels across dairy farms in Northern Ireland have continued on their upward trend in...
N.Ireland
The repair bill for ex-hurricane Ophelia could hit up to £10 million, rural insurer NFU Mutual has estimated. The firm...
N.Ireland
Ulster braced itself for the worst, but by the time Ophelia reached the northern counties she had lost much of...