Dairy
New project to use artificial intelligence to identify sick livestock
The “welfare of livestock could be improved” through a new research project that is set to incorporate artificial intelligence in...
Dairy
The “welfare of livestock could be improved” through a new research project that is set to incorporate artificial intelligence in...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland’s agricultural research institute has withdrawn its beef unit in Hillsborough, Co. Down, from its licence for specialist animal research....
Pig/Poultry
Breakthrough nutritional research carried out in Belfast has unveiled a direct link between even minimal levels of mycotoxins and poultry...
N.Ireland
Agricultural research body AgriSearch has secured stage one funding for four Northern Ireland based projects. The funding has been made...
Pig/Poultry
Academics from Queen’s University Belfast have been awarded $311,000 (£252,000) to use video-based crowd-tracking technology typically used to monitor human...
N.Ireland
Research carried out at the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute at Hillsborough has found that homegrown field beans have the potential to...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland researchers are seeking to recruit 25 dairy farmers from using robotic milking systems for an upcoming research project....
Agri-Business
Tuberculosis (TB) in cattle and badgers passes between members of the same species at least twice as often than between...
Agri-Business
It seems potty enough to be an early April Fool’s Day escapade, but a Dutch inventor has created an innovative ‘cow...
Agri-Business
Pioneering agricultural research into genetic resistance to TB and an electronic bovine disease diagnosis platform are among three projects in...
N.Ireland
Two Northern Ireland research institutions – AFBI and Ulster University – are set to benefit from more than £362,000 of...
Environment
Agriculture that appears to be more eco-friendly but uses more land may actually have greater environmental costs per unit of...
N.Ireland
Queen’s University Belfast is to establish a dedicated research facility to investigate a new technology with the potential to fight...
Rural Life
Two of the UK’s most respected vets – Dr. Simon Doherty and Prof. Eric Morgan – are set to join...
N.Ireland
AgriSearch is rolling out a major province-wide survey investigating the barriers preventing beef and dairy farmers from maximising production from...
National Ploughing Championships
Research that is “changing the face of farming and rural life” will be showcased by the Irish Research Council at...