N.Ireland
Rollout of new Farm Sustainability Payment proceeds in NI
Rollout of a key element of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) flagship Sustainable Agriculture Programme will...
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N.Ireland
Gallery: Tractors out in force to keep rural NI school open
Around 130 tractors and other vehicles took part in a community tractor run in Co. Down as part of a...
N.Ireland
NI feed tech wins UK Dairy Carbon Network challenge
Fermentrics (UK) Ltd., based in Northern Ireland, has won the UK Dairy Carbon Network 2025 measurement technology competition. The award...
N.Ireland
DAERA: Small Woodland Grant Scheme opens for applications
Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Andrew Muir has announced the 2025 Small Woodland Grant Scheme is now open...
N.Ireland
Derg Dutch Spotted flock set for disperal sale at Ballymena
Since Allen Shortt and Samantha Allen set up the Derg Dutch Spotted flock it has become a household name across...
N.Ireland
Dairy farmers ‘under severe pressure’ this winter as milk prices decline – UFU
With farm gate prices for milk in Northern Ireland being announced, the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has warned that many...
N.Ireland
Stormont to gather stakeholder views on Nutrients Action Programme
Members of Stormont’s Agriculture Committee will meet later today (Thursday, November 13) with stakeholders from across agriculture to discuss a...
N.Ireland
Reduced threshold for BVD herd restrictions to take effect from December in NI
Herd keepers in Northern Ireland are being advised that from December 1, the threshold for applying bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD)...
N.Ireland
AgriSearch seeks farmers for next phase of grasscheck programme
AgriSearch is planning to recruit a new group of farmers for its refreshed GrassCheck Farm Network. The initiative will provide...
N.Ireland
450 pigs dead following fire on a farm in Co. Tyrone
Approximately 450 pigs have died as result of a fire that broke out on a farm in Co. Tyrone last...
N.Ireland
CAFRE launches new sustainable packaging course
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) has announced the launch of a new course in sustainable packaging....
N.Ireland
Farm Focus: Turning soil data into action on the Ards Peninsula
Andrew and Joshua McClements have been early participants of Soil Nutrient Health Scheme (SNHS) in Northern Ireland. They have outlined...
N.Ireland
UFU notifying members about poultry housing order
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) is notifying members that mandatory housing measures for all poultry and kept birds come into...
N.Ireland
UFU calls for ‘full reset’ of DAERA
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has today (Wednesday, November 5) said that it wants to see a ‘full reset’ of...
N.Ireland
DAERA: Housing order declared in NI to protect poultry from bird flu
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has moved to introduce a “mandatory” housing order in Northern Ireland...
Beef
Back-to-back championships for Drumhill herd at NI Angus calf show
For the second year running, the Drumhill herd secured the supreme overall championship at the Northern Ireland Aberdeen Angus Club’s...
N.Ireland
Muir proposes independent NI environmental agency
Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Andrew Muir has sought backing to establish an independent environmental protection agency in...
Dairy
Improving milk components a priority for NI dairy farmers – breeding specialist
Improving milk components continues to drive the breeding programmes followed by the vast majority of milk producers in Northern Ireland....
