Richard Halleron

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News Correspondent

Richard Halleron is an agricultural chemist by background. He is a past chairman of the Northern Ireland Institute of Agricultural Science and has also served as Chairman of the Guild of Agricultural Journalists in Northern Ireland.

The DUP now has the ball at its toe

Opinion

The DUP now has the ball at its toe

The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has always seen itself as the political organisation with the true interests of agriculture in Northern...
The case for a rise in milk prices is ‘rock solid’

Opinion

The case for a rise in milk prices is ‘rock solid’

The case for an increase in farm-gate milk prices is incontestable. We have just had the sixth successive hike in...
AFBI launches free soil sampling and analysis service

N.Ireland

AFBI launches free soil sampling and analysis service

The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) has launched a free soil sampling and analysis scheme, which is available to livestock...
Northern Ireland banks to Brexit-proof new farm loans

N.Ireland

Northern Ireland banks to Brexit-proof new farm loans

Farmers in Northern Ireland seeking to increase their borrowings in the run-up to Brexit may find themselves undergoing a new...
BYDV: The growth of a serious barley problem in the south-east

Tillage

BYDV: The growth of a serious barley problem in the south-east

Most spring barley fields in the Wexford area are affected, to some degree, by barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) this...
Fusarium risk will be high over the coming days

Tillage

Fusarium risk will be high over the coming days

The risk of fusarium attack on winter wheat crops will be quite high over the coming days, according to Teagasc’...
Why Donald Trump should face Newton’s Third Law

Opinion

Why Donald Trump should face Newton’s Third Law

Donald Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of the Paris Climate Change Agreement poses a very stark question...
Diversification helps hedge against volatile milk prices

N.Ireland

Diversification helps hedge against volatile milk prices

Co. Antrim dairy farmer Gareth Hayes believes that diversification can help dairy farmers cope with the challenge of volatile milk...
Brexit: What do English farmers think?

Agri-Business

Brexit: What do English farmers think?

It turns out that a considerable number of farmers in England voted to take the UK out of Europe, courtesy...
Farmers ‘walk the line’ to see how their cattle square up

N.Ireland

Farmers ‘walk the line’ to see how their cattle square up

Coleraine-based WD Meats hosted a ‘walk-the-line’ event for farmer-suppliers this week. The demonstration, which allowed the visitors to assess cattle...
Vets welcome Northern Ireland’s ‘negligible risk’ status

N.Ireland

Vets welcome Northern Ireland’s ‘negligible risk’ status

British Veterinary Association (Northern Ireland Branch) President Jean Wales has welcomed the attainment of BSE Negligible Risk Status for Northern Ireland....
BSE Negligible Risk Status for Northern Ireland should boost returns – LMC

N.Ireland

BSE Negligible Risk Status for Northern Ireland should boost returns – LMC

Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) Chief Executive Ian Stevenson has welcomed the attainment of BSE Negligible Risk Status for Northern...
Why should Northern Ireland become the Republic’s poor trading relation?

Opinion

Why should Northern Ireland become the Republic’s poor trading relation?

Colm McCarthy’s belief that maintaining trade links with Northern Ireland should be made a poor second to the ‘Holy Grail’...
UK agriculture is facing a 10-year transition to a new, post-Brexit support system

N.Ireland

UK agriculture is facing a 10-year transition to a new, post-Brexit support system

The UK will seek to introduce fundamental agricultural policy reforms, post-Brexit, according to Conservative Party Peer Lord Daniel Finkelstein. “But...
‘Britain is a greater trading priority than Northern Ireland post-Brexit’ – McCarthy

Agri-Business

‘Britain is a greater trading priority than Northern Ireland post-Brexit’ – McCarthy

UCD economist Colm McCarthy believes the Republic of Ireland must agree better post-Brexit trading terms with Britain, than would be...
Antibiotic resistance is a ‘people problem’

Agri-Business

Antibiotic resistance is a ‘people problem’

UCD Professor Patrick Wall believes that the only way to achieve minimum use of antibiotics is to have healthier livestock....
Conference: There is an ‘ongoing need’ for antibiotics within Irish farming

Beef

Conference: There is an ‘ongoing need’ for antibiotics within Irish farming

Antibiotics will be required on an ongoing basis within Irish agriculture, according to MSD Animal Health Director Fergal Morris. “But...
Major challenge posed by Black Grass and Brome Grass

N.Ireland

Major challenge posed by Black Grass and Brome Grass

Agri-Food and Biosciences’ Institute (AFBI) plant scientists are becoming increasingly concerned about the growing threat posed by Black Grass and...