The average prime cattle price in Northern Ireland during July 2014 was 312.9p/kg, down 14.9% from July 2013 when the...
August 25, 2014
The Ulster Farmers’ Union has welcomed the decision by the Northern Ireland Livestock Auctioneer Association (NILAA) to display the number...
August 23, 2014
There has been no progress yet on finding a solution to the issue of the number of ‘residencies’ cattle can...
August 18, 2014
Following a meeting of potato industry stakeholders to discuss the best way forward for the industry. Potato packers, merchants and...
August 17, 2014
‘Nomad’ cattle can now be labelled as ‘Irish’, the Northern Ireland Minister for Agriculture Minister Michelle O’Neill announced. The Minister has...
August 15, 2014
Dairy representatives from each of the UK Farming Unions were in Northern Ireland recently to meet with the Ulster Farmers’...
August 12, 2014
The Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland (LMC) is set to launch an advertising campaign to promote Northern Ireland...
Ulster Farmers’ Union President Ian Marshall has stressed that rural crime is becoming more and more of an issue following...
August 11, 2014
Beef-sired calf registrations in Northern Ireland totalled 32,452 head during July 2014 compared to 29,566 registrations in July 2013. This...
August 10, 2014
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has met with representatives from Asda and the Northern Ireland Retail Consortium to discuss their lamb...
The McLean family from Bushmills in Co. Antrim rounded off their most successful show year ever with an almost complete...
August 9, 2014
Co. Fermanagh-based Teemore Engineering has recently completed its first export order to Australia. Comprising 520 of the company’s Elite Cow...
August 5, 2014
According to latest figures form the Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) in Northern Ireland during the eight-week period ending July...
What a few days it’s been for the Booth family, from Stewartstown in Co Tyrone. Last Saturday saw them secure...
August 1, 2014
In the wake of falling milk prices and the continuing market challenges within the beef and lamb sectors, Farmers for...
The first case of Livestock Associated MRSA has been identified in Northern Ireland in a piglet. According to the Department of...
July 31, 2014
A Co Derry cereal grower has expressed deep dismay at the large tonnages of straw being imported from the Republic...
July 29, 2014
Antrim Show is unique in hosting a significant number of the most important Inter-Breed cattle and sheep competition finals, the...
July 28, 2014
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