Beef
Factory kill charges cost farmers in the North £7.5m in 2016
Factory kill charges in the North cost farmers in excess of £7.5m (€8.8m) in 2016, according to figures from the Ulster...
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Rural Life
Video: Drone footage captures the scale of the Australian harvest
The scale of the 2016 in Australia was caught on camera recently on a farm in Corrigin, in the state...
Arable
Field trials for GM wheat plants get green light in the UK
Rothamsted Research is to undertake field trials in the UK, which will assess the ability of GM wheat cultivars to...
Agri-Business
Dawn Farms signs supply contract with Subway worth €850m
Dawn Farms has signed a new agreement with an export value of up to €850m to supply cooked sandwich meats...
Opinion
IFA and UFU become production focused at their peril
Forget about Brexit: the one issue that truly united IFA President Joe Healy and UFU Deputy President Ivor Ferguson while...
EU
'Filling the €3 billion hole in the EU’s coffers post-Brexit is a major concern'
Filling the €3 billion hole in the EU’s coffers, post-Brexit, is a major concern for the IFA, according to the...
Grass
'Fertiliser application in January is not a one size fits all decision'
There has been plenty of discussion around fertiliser application in January and it is not a once size fits all...
Beef
Calf health event to focus on the key stages of calf-to-beef system
The best practice for rearing Hereford cross beef calves from the dairy herd is to feature at a calf health event which...
Machinery
'North/south split opening up in the way zero grazing is used'
There is a north/south split opening up in the way zero grazing is utilised within the respective dairy sectors, according...
Arable
New molecule could boost wheat yields by 20%
UK scientists have created a synthetic molecule that when applied to crops, has been shown to increase the size and...
Dairy
EU milk production falls for the sixth month in a row
EU milk deliveries were 3.7% lower in November 2016 than the corresponding month in 2015, the sixth consecutive month with...
N.Ireland
UFU assessing the best farm support options post-Brexit
The coming weeks will see the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) assess which farm support policies will best meet the needs...
Machinery
Manitou unveils new articulated-steer telehandler as part of its agri-range
As part of its new agricultural range, NewAg, Manitou has recently unveiled a new MLA articulated telehandler. In total, one third of the...
Dairy
White butter is taking off in the Middle East
Fonterra’s Research and Development Centre has developed a new white butter product to meet growing demand from manufacturers in the...
N.Ireland
Performance recording is a core requirement for all farm businesses
Farmers must make better attempts to accurately measure the performance levels they are achieving within their businesses, according to Dunbia’s...
Pig/Poultry
Another case of bird flu identified in the UK
Another case of bird flu (H5N8 avian flu) has been identified in the UK, this time in a flock of...
N.Ireland
Tenure of the Agri-Food Strategy Board in the North extended
The Agri-Food Strategy Board has been given an extension to carry on working until May 31 by the Minister for...
Agri-Business
'Giving surplus supermarket food to charities will not solve waste problems'
Giving surplus supermarket food to charities will not solve hunger or food waste problems, a paper published by the Food...
