
N.Ireland
'Collaborative approach needed to address milk price concerns'
The dairy sector needs a collaborative approach to address milk prices concerns, according to the North’s Agriculture Minister, Michelle O’Neill....
N.Ireland
The dairy sector needs a collaborative approach to address milk prices concerns, according to the North’s Agriculture Minister, Michelle O’Neill....
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland’s Ploughing Championships are to return to Balmoral Park this year for the seventy-second running of the event. This...
Dairy
Approximately 150 dairy farmers protested outside Tesco and ASDA supermarkets in Enniskillen last night. Co. Tyrone milk producer William Maxwell was...
Beef
The Northern Irish cow kill is 46% higher this week than the corresponding week last year reports the Livestock and...
Dairy
Northern Ireland’s dairy processing sector is operating at a significant loss, according to Fane Valley Chief Executive Trevor Lockhart. Speaking...
N.Ireland
Plans have been submitted for a new pig farm in Northern Ireland which could see over 40,000 pigs going through...
N.Ireland
A Co. Antrim farmer could be facing a fine of up to £1,000 after he was found smoking in his...
N.Ireland
A man in his 80s has died in mid-Ulster after the tractor and trailer he was driving collided with a...
Rural Life
A BBC Northern Ireland reporter recently had a ‘wee moment’ with a lamb when it heeded the call of nature....
Dairy
The European Commissioner for Agriculture Phil Hogan is living in an ‘ivory tower’ and is not recognising the economic pressures...
N.Ireland
The North’s College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) Agricultural Business Operations course has opened for 2015/16 enrolments. The Level...
Grass
David Murphy from Co. Armagh has taken the lead in this years Yara Grass Prix, the competition which sees farmers...
Beef
The Ulster Farmers’ Union has begun a series of meetings with meat processors Topping the agenda is concern amongst farmers...
Pig/Poultry
A planning application has been submitted in the North to create a 23-acre pig farm which could house 30,000 pigs. If...
N.Ireland
All rural broadband dwellers should have access to good broadband, the North’s Agriculture Minister Michelle O’Neill has said. The Minister...
Beef
Last week the beef heifer price differential between Northern Ireland and the Republic narrowed to 35.5c/kg, the latest Livestock and...
Beef
The continued weakness of the value of the euro relative to Sterling has continued to support an increase the number...
Beef
The differential in steer prices in Ireland and Northern Ireland last week was 36.3p/kg (51c/kg), according to the Livestock and...