Machinery
Dairy
Autumn calving: Keeping SCC below 100
Dairy
Trial: Feed by-products can be used to boost early lactation milk yields
Beef
Brazilian beef sector pushing to align with global standards
N.Ireland
Daughter of woman who died from rabies after dog scratch in vaccination plea
Agri-Business
TAFE pushes principles rather than profits at Agritechnica
Within the western part of Europe, TAFE has usually been regarded as one of those rather obscure Asian manufacturers that…
N.Ireland
Are the days of fast fashion over, meaning a boost to wool markets?
Ulster Wool chairman, Brendan Kelly, is asserting that the days of fast fashion are over, a trend that is helping…
Arable
Sharp increase in UK oilseed rape planted area projected
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) is projecting an almost 30% increase in the UK’s planted area of oilseed…
N.Ireland
Little Whisker flock dispersal sale this weekend
After more than a decade of breeding top-class pedigree sheep, Co. Tyrone breeders Janet and Andy Carson have made the…
N.Ireland
NI feed tech wins UK Dairy Carbon Network challenge
Fermentrics (UK) Ltd., based in Northern Ireland, has won the UK Dairy Carbon Network 2025 measurement technology competition. The award…
Dairy
Long-term global dairy demand may well outpace supply
A new technical bulletin by the International Dairy Federation (IDF) points strongly to global dairy demand exceeding milk output over…
N.Ireland
DAERA: Small Woodland Grant Scheme opens for applications
Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Andrew Muir has announced the 2025 Small Woodland Grant Scheme is now open…
N.Ireland
Derg Dutch Spotted flock set for disperal sale at Ballymena
Since Allen Shortt and Samantha Allen set up the Derg Dutch Spotted flock it has become a household name across…
Dairy
Is it worth moving to once-a-day milking?
Many farmers may be wondering whether it is worth considering the move to once-a-day (OAD) milking for some time before…
N.Ireland
Dairy farmers ‘under severe pressure’ this winter as milk prices decline – UFU
With farm gate prices for milk in Northern Ireland being announced, the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has warned that many…
N.Ireland
Stormont to gather stakeholder views on Nutrients Action Programme
Members of Stormont’s Agriculture Committee will meet later today (Thursday, November 13) with stakeholders from across agriculture to discuss a…
Agri-Business
AHDB appoints new chief executive officer
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has announced that it will be appointing Helen Herniman as its new chief…
N.Ireland
Reduced threshold for BVD herd restrictions to take effect from December in NI
Herd keepers in Northern Ireland are being advised that from December 1, the threshold for applying bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD)…