N.Ireland
Hit farming series ‘Rare Breed’ returns to screens for 8th series
The hugely successful ‘Rare Breed – A Farming Year’ is set to return to screens on Thursday (January 9) with...
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N.Ireland
Hit farming series ‘Rare Breed’ returns to screens for 8th series
The hugely successful ‘Rare Breed – A Farming Year’ is set to return to screens on Thursday (January 9) with...
Beef
Big Read: Irish Beef Industry Review January to December 2019
By Claire Mc Cormack and Niall Claffey 2019 will be remembered as a tumultuous, divisive and watershed period for the...
N.Ireland
2019: The year that was for Northern Ireland farming
2019 hasn’t been particularly kind to our farmers in the North, with many ending the year feeling no better off, if...
Agri-Business
UK study finds TB 10 times more likely to transmit from badgers to cows than in reverse
Tuberculosis in cattle and badgers passes between members of the same species at least twice as often than between cow...
Agri-Business
Cullinan elected as next president of the IFA
With additional reporting by Breifne O’Brien at the count centre in Castleknock Tim Cullinan has been elected as the next...
Pig/Poultry
Online course aims to raise awareness of livestock production issues
The University of Reading is offering an online animal science course to raise awareness of livestock production issues, especially antimicrobial...
Beef
Price gap between Irish and UK beef expected to widen – IFA
Additional reporting by Sylvester Phelan The Bord Bia Beef Market Tracking Index, which is expected to be updated today, Monday,...
Beef
Chinese protein deficit presents opportunities for beef – commission
A senior official from the European Commission has said that the losses in the Chinese pig herd from African swine...
Agri-Business
Farmers to take centre stage in campaign to promote British meat
Britain’s farmers will be showcasing their quality food in the national press over the next four weeks as the National...
Rural Life
Farm owner handed 18-month sentence following animal cruelty prosecution
The owner of a farm in Olveston, South Gloucestershire has been handed an 18-month custodial sentence with immediate effect along...
Arable
Fight to ban GM feed imports in EU labelled ‘scaremongering’
The fight against the importation of genetically-modified (GM) feed or food in Europe has been labelled as “scaremongering” and “a...
Agri-Business
What’s going to affect your 2019/2020 grain price?
Pigs, politics, weather…grain prices go up and down all of the time and numerous factors play a role in the...
Pig/Poultry
6 UK sites granted approval to ship trotters to China
Six UK sites have been given official approval to export trotters to China in a new agreement announced this week....
Pig/Poultry
ASF spread continues in South Korea despite containment measures
It has been reported by media outlets in South Korea that the country’s government has been using helicopters in an...
Beef
Scottish suckler herd falls to lowest level since the 1950s
Scotland’s suckler herd has fallen to its lowest level in more than 60 years, according to the Government’s first estimates...
Pig/Poultry
Graphic: Video shows extent of ASF in rural Chinese village
A video has been circulated on social media showing the extent of the ongoing African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak that...
Rural Life
Farmer given suspended jail sentence for animal neglect
A livestock keeper from Stoke on Trent has been given an 18-week suspended jail sentence and ordered to pay £1,500...
