
N.Ireland
Sheep farmers wanted to take part in grass utilisation project
A new research project in the North aims to identify how sheep farmers can maximise the use of grass on...
N.Ireland
A new research project in the North aims to identify how sheep farmers can maximise the use of grass on...
N.Ireland
A new research project in the North aims to identify how sheep farmers can maximise the use of grass on...
EU
A three-month consultation on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) was launched today by the European Commissioner for...
Pig/Poultry
Another case of bird flu (H5N8 avian flu) has been identified in the UK, this time in a flock of...
Pig/Poultry
A bird flu outbreak has been detected on a turkey rearing farm in the UK, which has a flock of...
Pig/Poultry
An outbreak of bird flu has been detected in a flock of 10,000 farmed breeding pheasants at a premises in...
Sheep
A flock of 200 Texel Belclare cross ewes is set to go under the hammer in a dispersal sale in...
Machinery
One of the most innovative companies at last week’s LAMMA farm machinery show in England was MagGrow – an Irish...
Machinery
New Holland is celebrating 100 years of tractor production in 2017, with a number of events organised in honour of...
Rural Life
A group of cyclists in Spain stopped in the middle of their journey to help some farmers with a cow who...
N.Ireland
A Co. Antrim farmer has been convicted on 27 animal welfare charges at the Lisburn Magistrates’ Court. Trevor Sinclair, with...
N.Ireland
A Co. Antrim farmer has been convicted on 27 animal welfare charges at the Lisburn Magistrates’ Court. Trevor Sinclair, with...
N.Ireland
SDLP MLA Patsy McGlone believes the imminent collapse of the Stormont Executive and a subsequent election will result in the...
Pig/Poultry
To protect poultry from bird flu, backyard flock owners are being advised by the Department of Agriculture to prevent birds...
Arable
Brome grass, in all its manifestations, is becoming a major grassland weed problem on tillage farms throughout the island of...
Dairy
One farmer arrived out to his shed yesterday evening to the surprise of triplet Holstein Friesian calves, two bulls and...
Agri-Business
Last Friday saw cattle breaking out onto the M3 close to Dunshaughlin in Co. Meath. A major road traffic accident...
Agri-Business
With around 88m tonnes of food waste generated annually in the EU, the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety,...