N.Ireland
Report: Ag sector accounts for 30.8% of NI emissions in 2023
Northern Ireland’s net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2023 were estimated to be 18.2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent...
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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....
Agri-Business
DEFRA: £13.6 million for redistribution of food surplus
The Department for Environment, food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has allocated £13.6 million funding to charities across the UK to...
Dairy
Considerations when wrapping up AI and letting stock bulls out
A couple of weeks into the breeding season, a lot of farmers will begin to wrap artificial insemination (AI) and...
N.Ireland
Power NI ‘dedicated’ to a sustainable future
Power NI has renewed its partnership with Ulster Wildlife – a charity dedicated to the protection of local native species...
N.Ireland
Farmer convicted at Tyrone court for water pollution offence
A Co. Tyrone farmer pleaded guilty and was convicted at Dungannon Magistrates’ Court today (Monday, June 9) in relation to...
N.Ireland
DAERA ‘may have’ failed to comply with law to protect wild birds
The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) has found possible failures to comply with environmental law by the Department of Agriculture,...
N.Ireland
Dry spring ‘likely to have caused damage’ to UK cereal crops – AHDB
The condition of many UK cereal crops unsurprisingly worsened considerably throughout May as the dry weather continued for much of...
Beef
Hungary says foot-and-mouth disease ‘successfully contained’
Authorities in Hungary have said that foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has been “successfully contained” in the country. Hungary confirmed its first...
N.Ireland
Majestic Charolais bull carries the day at Ballymoney Show 2025
The Supreme Cattle Championship at Ballymoney Show 2025 was won by the father and son team, Victor and David Chestnutt....
Machinery
Nokian Tyres brings Finnish fortitude to farm equipment
Tractor tyres are rarely thought about unless they are being purchased or things go wrong, and then they become the...
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
UK animal feed output levels up by 1.4%
Figures just published by the Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) confirm a 1.4% increase in animal feed output across...
Dairy
Block calving systems trend continues across GB - AHDB
Co-ordinated block calving systems are on the rise across Great Britain, according to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB)....
Dairy
Being efficient and hygienic in the parlour during mid-season
Most cows will be served by now and a lot of first cuts of silage will be in, meaning that...
Machinery
Vogelsang Blackbird wins five-year DLG endorsement
The German Agricultural Society, commonly referred to as DLG, has awarded the 15m Vogelsang BlackBird trailing shoe boom fitted with...
N.Ireland
Watch: Potential for vaccines to reduce methane emissions?
With the threat of global warming increasing, research around greenhouse gases (GHG) and in particular methane, is becoming increasingly important....
N.Ireland
Court: NI farmer fined for water pollution offence
A court in Northern Ireland has fined a farmer for a water pollution offence arising from “farm effluent” being discharged...
