Agri-Business
EU agri committee urged to visit border region
MEP Chris MacManus has requested the EU Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development to visit border counties in Ireland to...
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Agri-Business
Increase in lamb imports should be 'stark warning' to government - FUW
An increase of 17% in lamb imports during September and November 2022 should serve as a “stark warning” to the...
N.Ireland
BVA NI and NIVA elect equine vet as new president
Equine vet Dr. Esther Skelly-Smith has been jointly elected as the new president of the Northern Ireland branch of the...
Agri-Business
Fonterra to ‘compensate’ cyclone-hit farmers
The New Zealand dairy co-operative Fonterra has said it will make “appropriate compensation” to farmers who have been forced to...
Agri Politics
UK and Thailand sign MoU for agricultural cooperation
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives of the Kingdom of...
Agri-Business
Wales: New £22.9m Farming Connect programme launched
A new £22.9 million Farming Connect programme has been launched by the Welsh government today (Thursday, February 23) to support...
Agri-Business
Highlights from the 2023 National Farmers' Union conference
The 2023 National Farmers’ Union (NFU) conference saw discussions surrounding food security, headed by the union’s president Minette Batters, insights...
Beef
NI-bred Simmental tops Stirling sale at 28,000gns
Simmental breeders Joe and Alan Wilson won the intermediate and supreme overall championships at this week’s breed society sale in...
N.Ireland
BVD numbers in NI at lowest levels since eradication programme
New figures from Animal Health and Welfare NI (AHWNI) have shown that the number of Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Positive (BVDP)...
Agri-Business
Classics and contemporaries in latest Euroauctions sale
This week will see another busy auction at Dromore as Euroauctions holds its February machinery sale on February 24 and...
Agri-Business
Interview: Horticulture sector facing 'Brexit bonuses' of hardship
Associate professor of horticulture at University College Dublin in the Republic of Ireland, Owen Doyle, has said that the UK...
N.Ireland
Study: Converting agricultural food waste to protein could solve food crisis
Researchers from King’s College London have found that converting agricultural food waste could serve as a solution for the global...
Rural Life
62% of rural residents believe reporting crime is a 'waste of time'
Nearly two thirds (62%) of those in rural communities believe that reporting rural crimes to police is a “waste of...
N.Ireland
The value of spring potash applications
The Potash Development Association (PDA) is confirming that many farmers did not get fertiliser spread last autumn, due to the...
Agri-Business
Asda and Morrisons limiting sales of certain fruit and veg
Asda and Morrisons have introduced temporary limits on the amount of certain fruits and vegetables customers can buy. Asda is...
N.Ireland
DAERA: Avoid ‘showering’ sheep during sheep scab treatment
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) in Northern Ireland has issued a reminder to farmers about the...
N.Ireland
UK farmers to breed ‘ultra-low-emission’ sheep
A new Agri-EPI Centre project to breed ultra-low-emission sheep is about the start on Romney rams in Hertfordshire in the...
N.Ireland
Newry Show Society to host 'Big Breakfast'
Newry Show Society will host a ‘Big Breakfast’ on Saturday, March 4 at Jerrettspass Village Hall with donations on the...
