Grass
Common chickweed has been shown to reduce silage yields and quality in research trials.
Tillage
Crow attacks on crops are more likely to occur at dusk when flocks are returning to their rookeries, when food is scarce.
Agri Politics
Parents in Italy who subject their child to a vegan diet could face anywhere between one to six years imprisonment under a proposed new bill.
Dairy
The ICBF has revealed that the genetic base cow - the genetic reference point for the EBI of all dairy cattle in Ireland will be updated.
Animals that consume ragwort can show symptoms such as, tenesmus, hind limb weakness and evidence of severe pain.
Sheep
This year’s Borris Ewe Breeders Show takes place on Thursday, August 11 at the local Borris mart.
Rural Life
How many farming ads for scour treatments for cattle and or doses for sheep can you remember from your childhood?
N.Ireland
'The increase in the price difference between Northern Irish and British beef prices is becoming a growing concern for local beef producers.'
Figures released by the Central Statistics Office this week said that farmers work a 49-hour week. However, a poll by Agriland revels that
The rate of growth of Northern Ireland's food and drinks processing sector has slowed, new figures from the Northern Ireland Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs show.
Agri-Business
Agri-researchers and companies have been awarded €6.32m in EU funding from the Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.
The search is on for the 2016 International Miss Macra, with the competition taking place on the August bank holiday weekend.
A farmer in Northern Ireland has been handed a three month prison sentence, suspended for two years, on several animal welfare and food hygiene related offences.
Michael Crosse, a first-generation farmer, is milking 400 ewes on his farm near Cashel, Tipperary and supplies world-renowned Cashel Blue cheese with his sheep milk.
With the good weather over the last couple of days harvest 2016 has kicked-off in Ireland, with combines and tractors taking to the roads.
Botulism is becoming more of a concern in Northern Ireland as outbreaks continue to occur, according to DAERA.
