N.Ireland
Rye can be used as an alternative to wheat in poultry rations
Ongoing research at Harper Adams University in Shropshire, UK, is confirming that hybrid rye can be used as an alternative...
Tillage
Arable
New project to take cabbage stem flea beetle control to next level
The Agriculture and Horticulture Board (AHDB) has announced a new collaboration between some of the top applied research organisations in...
N.Ireland
Minister Muir attends NI Ploughing
Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Andrew Muir visited the annual NI Ploughing Championships in Gilford, Co. Down in recent...
Arable
Trials give farmers independent data on biofungicide performance
Independent data on biofungicide performance in crop protection programmes will be available to farmers, as a result of a series...
Arable
Harvest 2025 on the Ards Peninsula delivers high yields
Arable farmers on the Ards Peninsula of Co Down have recorded high yields of both winter wheat and winter barley...
N.Ireland
AHDB project to ‘inform discussions’ for imported combinable crops
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board’s (AHDB) cereals and oilseeds sector council has agreed to support a research project to...
Beef
Focus: Harvesting crops and producing eggs on Scottish farm
While eggs are the primary focus of Aberdeenshire’s Farmlay Eggs, the head of one the UK’s best-known names in egg...
Machinery
Video: Lemken claims to have ‘set new standards’ in sowing
With the new Solitair PT, Lemken claims that it has “set new standards” in sowing. Designed for farmers and contractors...
Arable
AHDB: Mixed picture on progress of crops up to end of June
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has published its latest crop development report for the UK. It covers the...
Machinery
New Holland upgrades its straw walker combines
While the focus of late for many manufacturers has been on large rotary combines as they advance in design and...
Agri-Business
Latest DEFRA figures show agriculture profits boost
The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs’s (DEFRA) latest figures show a profitability boost for the 2024 fiscal year....
Arable
New data shows wheat could lose half its best land by 2100
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has upgraded its innovative geospatial app with a new indicator...
Agri-Business
Video: Ukrainian Agri Council – cattle killed and farms destroyed
On the night of May 24-25, 2025, agricultural enterprises in the Chernihiv and Kharkiv regions were targeted by Russian missiles...
Arable
AHDB publishes latest crop development report
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has just published its latest crop development report for the UK and it...
Arable
Forage maize – yields of 50t/ha achievable
According to the Potash Development Association (PDA) forage maize crops can deliver yields of up to 50t/ha on a fresh...
Arable
Tillage update: Most spring cereal crops now drilled
Tillage farmers have been taking full advantage of the excellent weather conditions with 90% or more of spring cereal crops...
Arable
AHDB: Wheat prices may strengthen later in the year
A significant contraction in the area of crop planted in the US this year could lead to a strengthening in wheat...
N.Ireland
AHDB crop update: Winter wheat establishment ‘good’
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has published its latest cereal and oilseed rape crop update for the UK...
