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...
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N.Ireland
Several key groups report non-inclusion in new NI NAP stakeholder forum
A number of key stakeholder groups have not been included within the membership of Northern Ireland’s new Nutrients Action Plan...
N.Ireland
DUP: ‘Farmers must be at the table’ when resolving NI NAP issue
The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is calling for the development of a fair and equitable Nitrates Action Programme (NAP) in...
N.Ireland
Genomics ‘can deliver positive change’ for sheep sector – specialist
Genomic information can have a variety of potential uses for sheep breeders. Senior Signet Breeding specialist, Laura Eyles, has highlighted...
N.Ireland
Last-minute surge in submissions to NAP public consultation
There has been a last-minute surge in submissions to the Nitrates Action Programme (NAP) public consultation taking place in Northern...
N.Ireland
Over 70 farmers join dairy calf-to-beef farm walk
Over 70 farmers attended a GrassCheck farm walk on the farm of James Henderson near Kilkeel, Co. Down recently. James...
N.Ireland
Red clover silage: Similar yields, quality with 2.3x less nitrogen
As part of ita ZeroNsile project, AgriSearch recently held a farm walk on red clover establishment on the farm of...
N.Ireland
DAERA launches 2025 Northern Ireland farm census
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has launched the 2025 Northern Ireland farm census. The department is...
N.Ireland
Almost 200 attend webinar launch of NI NAP impact calculator
Almost 200 farmers and other stakeholders from the agri-food industry attended an AgriSearch webinar this week to launch AgriSearch’s NAP...
N.Ireland
NI brucellosis compensation rates for June 2025 – DAERA
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has published the brucellosis compensation rates for Northern Ireland for June...
N.Ireland
US audits to ensure UK red meat market access
With international trade increasingly making headlines, an industry expert has reiterated the importance of safeguarding market access for the UK...
N.Ireland
Modern dairy cow output equal to ’19 finished cattle’ – vet
A Co. Antrim veterinarian has likened the modern dairy cow to a thoroughbred racehorse in terms of her metabolic ability...
N.Ireland
A+B-C pricing system ‘complements’ high input milk production – NI farmer
Co. Antrim dairy farmer, Conor Casey, believes that an A+B-C pricing model complements a high input-high output dairy production system....
N.Ireland
Grass growth rates set to take off
Grass growth rates in Northern Ireland are expected to increase significantly over the next seven to 10 days. The current...
N.Ireland
Dairy conference to focus on profit from high-yielding cows
AgriSearch is set to host a major dairy conference, ‘High Output Dairy Herds – Profit from Performance’, on April 15...
N.Ireland
Papworth leaves Red Tractor board to chair NFU sugar
Kit Papworth has announced that he will be stepping down from his role as chair of Red Tractor’s combinable crops...
Rural Life
Charities seek farmer's views on challenges in farming
The Farming Help charities, the Farming Community Network (FCN) and the Addington Fund, are seeking the views of UK farmers...
N.Ireland
Information webinar planned on red clover silage swards
AgriSearch will host a webinar on Wednesday, March 5 at 8:00p.m to discuss the interim results of on-farm research into...
