N.Ireland
Primary science fair calls for NI country schools and farm kids
Ireland’s biggest science fair is doubling its capacity in its second year in Belfast, bringing over 1,500 pupils together to...
N.Ireland
Ireland’s biggest science fair is doubling its capacity in its second year in Belfast, bringing over 1,500 pupils together to...
N.Ireland
The latest rural crime statistics show an 11% fall in the number of incidents recorded in rural communities across Northern...
N.Ireland
Pioneering vet Dick Sibley thought he would have been lauded after he managed to clear a chronically infected herd of...
N.Ireland
Pioneering TB vet Dick Sibley introduces himself with a disclaimer: “Anything other than an approved test is a criminal offence...
N.Ireland
A farmer taking a sick sheep to the vet was spotted talking on a mobile phone whilst driving, Ballymena Magistrates...
N.Ireland
Farmers at an Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) meeting held earlier this week said they felt appalled that badgers were being...
Agri-Business
The bottom line on the average Northern Ireland farm is sitting £15,952 (€18,215) up on the year before, according to the...
N.Ireland
Pedigree breeders in the North say they feel they are being punished over TB because of “government failure”. Asking farmers...
N.Ireland
Proposals for an industry-led TB levy could raise up to £4.8 million a year if the maximum £3 per animal...
N.Ireland
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) recently published the first estimate for agricultural income in 2017. Provisional...
N.Ireland
Fresh foods producer Willowbrook Foods has invested £700,000 (€794,000) in developing a state-of-the-art production facility in Newtownards, Co. Down, with...
N.Ireland
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced an extension to the closing date for responses to...
N.Ireland
Just five key points form the basis of consumer food buying decisions, Mintel’s Brian O’Connor told an audience of Northern...
N.Ireland
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced changes to Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) area-based schemes for...
N.Ireland
Banning the live export of farm animals would be “completely unworkable” for the farming industry, Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) president Barclay...
N.Ireland
It’s not quite Valentine’s yet but Northern Ireland’s land mobility scheme has already managed to make its first match in...
N.Ireland
More than four out of five UK growers believe recent developments in agri-robotics and automation could help them to reduce...
N.Ireland
Land owners have been warned not to let tax myths shape their business decisions and that longer-term leases, as opposed...