N.Ireland
'Green' farm subsidies could include better housing and intact tail payments
Payments for intact tails and better housing could be made as part of new ‘green’ farm subsidies planned for the...
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N.Ireland
Fodder crisis: 'Many farmers at the mercy of the spring weather'
Worsening weather conditions mean a fodder crisis could still be on the cards Ulster Unionist Party leader, Robin Swann, has...
N.Ireland
The ‘Beast from the East’: Your farm storm checklist
Milk processors and department officials are warning Northern Irish farmers to prepare for cold conditions forecast for the rest of...
Dairy
Northern milk production smashes December record
Northern Ireland dairy farms produced a record milk volume output in December, the latest agricultural survey figures reveal. It follows...
N.Ireland
Northern milk production smashes December record
Northern Ireland dairy farms produced a record milk volume output in December, the latest agricultural survey figures reveal. It follows...
N.Ireland
Northern silage yield drops to lowest in 12 years
Following the summer no farmer will forget – for all the wrong reasons – silage yields in Northern Ireland hit...
N.Ireland
Northern silage yield drops to lowest in 12 years
Following the summer no farmer will forget – for all the wrong reasons – silage yields in Northern Ireland hit...
Agri-Business
NI farm income up in 2017 - but so are costs
The bottom line on the average Northern Ireland farm is sitting £15,952 (€18,215) up on the year before, according to the...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland's total agricultural income up 87% in 2017
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) recently published the first estimate for agricultural income in 2017. Provisional...
N.Ireland
Department accused of using ‘flawed science’ to measure NI ammonia emissions
Getting a true picture of ammonia emissions in Northern Ireland remains one of the “biggest challenges” for the agri-food industry...
N.Ireland
Department accused of using ‘flawed science’ to measure NI ammonia emissions
Getting a true picture of ammonia emissions in Northern Ireland remains one of the “biggest challenges” for the agri-food industry...
N.Ireland
Department accused of using 'flawed science' to measure NI ammonia emissions
Getting a true picture of ammonia emissions in Northern Ireland remains one of the “biggest challenges” for the agri-food industry...
N.Ireland
Meet the Ulster farmers set to appear on this year's Rare Breed
The latest series of hit agricultural show ‘Rare Breed – A Farming Year’ is set to return to screens across...
N.Ireland
Ammonia deadlock stalling farm planning applications but 'no one thought to tell farmers'
Northern Ireland’s environment agency (NIEA) is understood to have put a virtual deadlock on many major farm building projects because...
N.Ireland
Ammonia deadlock stalling farm planning applications but ‘no one thought to tell farmers’
Northern Ireland’s environment agency (NIEA) is understood to have put a virtual deadlock on many major farm building projects because...
N.Ireland
NI indepth: Farming with WhatsApp and taking Brexit by the horns
It’s not easy being a Co. Down man at the top of Scottish agri-politics while also running an 800-cow dairy...
N.Ireland
Is your farm ready for winter?
As snow falls across the region, Department of Agriculture (DAERA) advisors have warned that spending time preparing for winter could...
N.Ireland
Is your farm ready for winter?
As snow falls across the region, Department of Agriculture (DAERA) advisors have warned that spending time preparing for winter could...
