Agri-Business
UK and New Zealand agree to ‘accelerate’ trade talks
Trade talks between the UK and New Zealand have stepped up a gear, with reports "strong progress" has been made...
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N.Ireland
Northern sheep trade: Lamb prices take a 15-20p/kg hit
Lamb prices in Northern Ireland have edged back similar to down south this past week, with prices during the week...
Sheep
Next Generation Shepherds rise to Covid-adapted skills competition
The National Sheep Association (NSA) has commended the finalists of its Next Generation Shepherd competition for rising to the challenge...
Rural Life
Calls for 'urgent action' to deter rural fly-tippers
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has called for urgent action to tackle fly-tipping, as new figures from the Environment Agency...
Agri-Business
Kuhn shows a passion for baling with new information resource
Kuhn is not alone in recognising that the basics of farming can be easily overlooked when confronted by the growing...
N.Ireland
UFU threatens to end cooperation with department over ‘TB inaction’
Tensions were said to have "run very high" during a meeting this week between the chief vet Ulster Farmers’ Union...
Agri-Business
55% of UK food and drink exports to non-EU nations - FDF
Exports of food and drink to non-EU markets topped sales to the EU in the first quarter of 2021, with...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister resigns as DUP leader
Northern Ireland's Agriculture Minister, Edwin Poots, has resigned as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), after just three weeks...
Agri-Business
Figures show a further tightening of NI lambs coming south for direct slaughter
Recent figures, up to the end of May, show a further tightening of supplies of lambs coming from Northern Ireland...
N.Ireland
Reduction in cross-compliance inspections in NI for 2021
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has announced that DAERA officials will carry out a reduced number of cross-compliance inspections...
Agri-Business
CCC chairman tells Agriculture Committee net-zero by 2050 is ‘not possible’ for NI
The chairman of the UK's Climate Change Committee (CCC) has told Northern Ireland politicians he is "not prepared" to tell...
Machinery
Latest drill from LEMKEN offers mixed drilling depths
Last year LEMKEN launched its Solitair 9+ pneumatic seed drill. This year, the company has launched a development of the...
Arable
Rat’s-tail fescue – another grass weed we don’t need
Farmers in the UK are being asked to assist in a new study looking at the spread of rat’s-tail fescue,...
N.Ireland
Brexit creating major problems for agriculture in NI – MLA
Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (AERA) Committee chairperson, Declan McAleer MLA, used the recent Stormont debate on the budget to...
N.Ireland
Average deadweight lamb prices in NI for May up £28 from last year
Average deadweight lamb prices for the month of May in Northern Ireland (NI) were up by 131.6p/kg from the same...
Agri-Business
50 years of New Holland skid steer loaders
It was in 1971 when New Holland built its first skid steer loader. The original machine was based on a...
Agri Politics
NSA raises concerns over availability and capacity of UK abattoirs
The National Sheep Association (NSA) is questioning the capability of meeting some of the wider implications of the Animal Welfare...
Rural Life
Cereals 2021 set to go ahead as planned despite delay in lifting lockdown
The Cereals 2021 event will go ahead as planned despite the delay in the lifting of lockdown restrictions, as it...
