Environment
Barn owls in Down defy the odds with surprise winter brood
A pair of barn owls has surprised and shocked conservationists in Co. Down with the arrival of an extremely late...
Environment
A pair of barn owls has surprised and shocked conservationists in Co. Down with the arrival of an extremely late...
N.Ireland
A farmer in Northern Ireland has been convicted and fined in court for moving cattle into a herd that was...
Dairy Focus
By Barbara Collins Glastry Farm is a specialised dairy farm which extends to 247ac owned, as well as a further...
N.Ireland
Ulster Grassland Society recently hosted a successful visit to the Kilkeel farm of James, and Brenda Henderson. The business is...
Rural Life
An increasingly rare breeding bird has returned to a designated peatland site in Co. Down for the first time in...
Tillage News
Co. Down cereal grower Allan Chambers will not be applying bagged phosphate (P) and potash (K) to his winter cereal...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has introduced further disease control measures due to an outbreak...
N.Ireland
A Co. Down cereal grower does not believe that a measure such as a Tillage Incentive Scheme (TIS) should be...
N.Ireland
A Co. Down cereal grower has confirmed that Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) has caused problems within his 2021/22 winter...
Rural Life
While tractor runs have been a rare sight over the past year due to Covid-19, this didn’t stop one vintage...
Rural Life
A complaint made by a local community page in Co. Down about “all night silage-cutting”, which encouraged members of the...
Rural Life
Help and information has been sought from the public in relation to a hit-and-run incident involving a tractor by the...
N.Ireland
An excellent holding of agricultural land, an attractive farm house, yard and farm buildings, is currently on the market at £16,250/ac....
N.Ireland
Shooter property services brings to the market excellent agricultural land on 44ac, along with a two-storey dwelling and outbuildings. Located...
N.Ireland
Four men were arrested in a police operation targeting stolen vehicles in Northern Ireland recently, the Police Service of Northern...
N.Ireland
Gorse fires have been wreaking havoc in Co. Wicklow today, while elsewhere in the country a farm fire which could...
Agri-Business
A trip to an orchard near Ljubljana, Slovenia, proved to be a ‘light bulb’ moment for Co. Down farmer, Will...
Rural Life
A Co. Down farmer has been helping to rear three barn owl chicks after the adult male was injured on...