Sheep
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is appealing for information concerning a theft of 20 sheep in Ballymena, Co. Antrim
Environment
Bog land in Northern Ireland constitutes a more than significant reservoir of stored carbon. Deep peat covers 12% of the available land area.
N.Ireland
An Antrim farmer has been fined £6,000 by Antrim Crown Court, after pleading guilty to the illegal disposal of controlled waste in a field.
Rural Life
The Craigs Tractor Enthusiasts club, an Antrim-based community group, have raised £12,700 in funding for Air Ambulance Northern Ireland.
For the first time, Borderway UK Dairy Expo will showcase not only the finest of dairy cattle, but...
Police are appealing for information following the theft of vehicles at the Ballymena Road area of Doagh, Co. Antrim
A leading Co. Antrim flock owner has confirmed the enhanced threat now posed by Maedi Visna (MV) disease to the entire Irish sheep industry
Teagasc sheep specialist, Eoin Dunne, is to speak at an EasyCare open evening. The event will be hosted by Campbell Tweed
Beef
Almost 300 head of breeding commercial cattle were on offer in Randalstown, Co. Antrim on Saturday, June 8, for the Jalex Select sale.
The impact of heat stress has been clearly identified on a Co Antrim dairy farm, courtesy of recent research work
Machinery
When farmer James McKeown wanted to buy a cattle body to fit onto his own beavertail tractor-drawn trailer, he was shocked at the price.
New season wool is now arriving at the Ulster Wool depot in Co Antrim. Balmoral Show is the traditional start to the new wool season
Balmoral Show 2024 will see Royal Ulster Agricultural Society (RUAS) president, John Henning, welcome Northern Ireland’s agriculture minister
Agricultural contractor, Darren Russell, is confirming that the 2024 spring planting and grass cutting seasons are now well underway
The owners of an upland farm in Co. Antrim have purchased additional land and invested significantly in diversification and automation.
The theme set for this years Ulster Grassland Society (UGS) conference is 'Setting up a farming business for the future'
Breeding cows with improved robotic milking speeds will allow an expansion of the dairy herd at Draynes Farm.
Tillage Focus
The dry spell at the end of September and early October allowed contractor, Darren Russell, to plant a 20ac crop of Spearhead winter wheat
Marks and Spencer (M&S) has confirmed that it is now working with a Co. Armagh vegetable grower to help boost pollinating insect activity
Campbell Tweed will host an EasyCare open evening at his Ballycoose farm, near Carncastle in Co. Antrim, on Tuesday, August 1.
Details have just been announced of the unreserved Dispersal Sale of the Coolnaslee Herd of pedigree Charolais Cattle.
An attempt to break the Irish sheep shearing record will take place in Co. Antrim next week. Tom...
The UFU is urging farmers to be "vigilant" of rural theft after reports of GPS equipment stolen on four different Northern Ireland farms
