Beef
Northern farmers view Teagasc dairy bred beef research
A selection of the younger dairy bred beef calves A group beef farmers from Counties Armagh and Down recently visited...
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Dairy
10kg of wholecrop = 16kg grass silage in dairy diet
A large group of dairy farmers attended a CAFRE short course on the farm of John and Simon Best, Poyntzpass....
Dairy
Measuring May performance on dairy farms
In the latest management notes from the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) dairy advisor Michael Garvey examined May performance...
Agri-Business
News round up
This week there was good news for Irish Dairy processors as every company that applied for approval to export dairy...
Dairy
Turning out cows without ‘crashing’ milk yields
A key issue facing a lot of dairy farmers at the moment is turning cows out to grass without ‘crashing’...
Government
Recognising rural women
The Rural Development Programme (RDP) has provided women with an opportunity to continue to play an active and valuable role...
Beef
Fury at ‘residency’ penalties on Northern cattle
Hampton Hewitt, owner of Markethill Livestock Mart in Co Armagh, has indicated to AgriLand that the decision taken by the...
Beef
Snapshot of mart trade
Snapshot of mart trade in selected marts across the country. Carnew Mart Carnew Mart’s annual fatstock show and sale for...
Agri-Business
Linden Livestock website now fully interactive
Further evidence with regard to the growing use of technology within the livestock sector has come with the news that...
Environment
New late diploid ryegrass launched by AFBI
The latest grass variety to come off the more than impressive ‘production line’ at the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) in...
Agri-Business
ABP charity gala ball raises €47,000 for kidney research
More than 600 people attended and supported a charity gala ball at the Armagh City Hotel on Friday 15 November,...
Agri-Business
We need a meaningful all-island animal health policy
COMMENT: This week will see Ireland’s two agriculture minister meeting up at a cross-border summit to be held in Armagh....
Dairy
Targeting high-feed efficiency this winter
The View from Northern Ireland: The keys to maximising the economic performance of your dairy cows this winter are know your...
Rural Life
Farm studs raise thousands in charity auction
More than 1,000 people attended ‘The Farmer Wants a Wife’ in the Armagh City Hotel on Friday 11 October, to help...
Agri-Business
Living in clover
The Armagh College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) group had its second meeting on the farm of David and Matthew...
Agri-Business
Leap of faith into the future through farm diversification
The View from Northern Ireland: Farm diversification shouldn’t be just a leap of faith into a new business sector. It should...
Environment
'Application of the wrong soil treatment could cause more harm than good'
The View from Northern Ireland: A large group of farmers from counties Down and Armagh attended a soil compaction and benchmarking...
Dairy
Award-winning heifer-rearing farm walk today
A farm walk is talking place today on farm of Jim and Teresa White of Clonlahy, Cloneen, Clonmel, Co Tipperary, National Heifer Rearing...
