N.Ireland
Interest rates rise and cost challenges facing NI farmers
Farmers in Northern Ireland are facing four major cost-related challenges; “feed, fertiliser fuel and finance”, that is according to the...
Ulster Bank
N.Ireland
Agflation: True barometer of farm margins
According to Ulster Bank’s head of agriculture in Northern Ireland, Cormac McKervey, farm margins are now under a degree of...
N.Ireland
Farmgate prices mostly matching increased costs – Ulster Bank
This week’s Balmoral Show has seen a wide range of updates provided regarding the current state of agriculture in Northern...
Agri-Business
Food inflation levels to start climbing – Ulster Bank
Ulster Bank chief economist, Richard Ramsey, believes that food inflation will become a major factor within Northern Ireland’s economy during...
N.Ireland
Concern that NI farmers are not buying enough fertiliser
There is a growing concern that farmers in Northern Ireland (NI) are not buying enough fertiliser to meet their full...
Agri-Business
2021 Balmoral Show to require test or proof of vaccine for entry
It's not just their tickets that showgoers will need to remember to bring to this year's postponed Balmoral Show. To...
Agri-Business
Benchmarking: Even ‘bad’ figures can back up the right investment
Farmers have little to fear from benchmarking as even 'bad' results could help support investment in the right areas, according...
Agri-Business
Agricultural bodies join forces to form NI Rural Health Forum
Agricultural stakeholders in Northern Ireland have joined forces to establish a NI Rural Health Forum to lobby on health issues...
Agri-Business
‘Ulster Fry Index’ falls for second year running
The cost of a cooked traditional Ulster Fry has fallen for the second year in a row, according to a...
Agri-Business
‘Ulster Fry Index’ falls for second year running
The cost of a cooked traditional Ulster Fry has fallen for the second year in a row, according to a...
N.Ireland
Industry makes calls for new Northern Ireland agri-food marketing body
The managing director of one of the region’s biggest meat processors has called for Northern Ireland to have its own...
N.Ireland
Industry makes calls for new Northern Ireland agri-food marketing body
The managing director of one of the region’s biggest meat processors has called for Northern Ireland to have its own...
Beef
Are beef contracts the way forward?
Production contracts must be looked at as a way of allowing beef finishers to make a trading margin from their...
Balmoral Show
Newly-appointed RUAS president looks to the future
Co. Down farmer Billy Martin takes over the reins as president of the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society (RUAS) at a...
Arable
‘Harry Ferguson of potatoes’ to be celebrated through new banknotes
Northern Ireland man John Clarke may not be well known to the general public, but his impact on the world...
Agri-Business
‘Farming is in a Brexit honeymoon period’
Farming in the UK and Ireland is still in a “Brexit honeymoon period”, according to one of Northern Ireland’s chief...
Agri-Business
‘Farming is in a Brexit honeymoon period’
Farming in the UK and Ireland is still in a “Brexit honeymoon period”, according to one of Northern Ireland’s chief...
N.Ireland
'Farming is in a Brexit honeymoon period'
Farming in the UK and Ireland is still in a “Brexit honeymoon period”, according to one of Northern Ireland’s chief...