Sheep
Sheep management: Selecting replacement ewe lambs and culling 'problem ewes'
Since the beginning of June, depending on when the lambing season kicked off, weaning will have or will be taking...
Sheep
Since the beginning of June, depending on when the lambing season kicked off, weaning will have or will be taking...
N.Ireland
Farmers unions across the UK have urged their retrospective governments to intervene after British Wool was refused access to a...
N.Ireland
Environment Minister Edwin Poots has announced an £800,000 fund to support environmental projects across Northern Ireland. The fund is available...
Agri-Business
Canada’s Royal Agricultural Winter Fair has become the latest major industry event to fall victim to the Covid-19 pandemic. The...
N.Ireland
Agricultural mental health charity Rural Support has joined a coalition of charities working to help communities cope with the stress...
Rural Life
There are additional risks just now with farmers and contractors busy working with animals, making silage and spreading fertiliser and...
N.Ireland
The nation’s love for kebabs and pizza helped takeaway sales of lamb and cheese soar by 80% during lockdown, according...
Rural Life
With the ongoing high rate of fatal farm accidents in 2020, four ministers from the Republic of Ireland and Northern...
N.Ireland
A dairy technologist has given insight into how the Northern Irish ice cream processing industry is adapting to the challenges...
Beef
Imports of cattle from the Republic of Ireland into Northern Irish meat plants have surged in recent times with numbers...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland’s College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) is set to resume face-to-face teaching in September. DAERA Minister, Edwin...
N.Ireland
An appeal for information has been made by members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) following the theft...
Beef
Suckler farmers should now be on the lookout for flies. At the best of times, flies can irritate suckler cows...
Dairy
By Dr. Richard Kirkland, global technical manager, Volac Wilmar Feed Ingredients Think of Chile and it’s likely the rather unique...
Tillage
Farmdroid is one of the latest robots to hit the farming world and it’s an impressive machine. Powered by solar...
N.Ireland
The main Northern Irish milk processors have all announced their prices for May supplies in recent days; below is a...
N.Ireland
Poultry giant Moy Park has invested more than £4 million in safety and supportive measures to protect its staff during...
Machinery
Agricultural machinery manufacturer Belarus – also known as MTZ (Minski Traktarny Zavod) – produced a total of 40,000 tractors last year...