Environment
The 2025 breeding season has brought plenty of positive news for some of Northern Ireland's most threatened species of wading birds.
N.Ireland
The NI Horticulture Pilot Scheme is now open for applications, according to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
The cost of farm fires in NI were up by 42% in 2024, with an estimated total of £7.3m in fire damages being reported by farmers to NFU Mutual
Rural Life
Firefighters in Northern Ireland were called to a farm in Co. Tyrone this week to rescue 8 cattle that had become stuck in a slurry pit.
Dairy
Despite a return to more challenging market conditions, autumn milk output continues to increase in Northern Ireland.
Rollout of a key element of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA)...
Around 130 tractors and other vehicles took part in a tractor run in Co. Down as part of a campaign to keep a rural primary school open.
Fermentrics (UK) Ltd, based in Northern Ireland, has won the UK Dairy Carbon Network’s 2025 measurement technology competition.
Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Andrew Muir confirmed the Small Woodland Grant Scheme is open for applications.
Sheep Technical
The sale has been described by many breeders as “the sale that no one was expecting and everyone is talking about”.
Ulster Farmers' Union has warned that dairy farmers are "under severe pressure" this winter as it expects milk prices to decline by a third.
Members of Stormont’s Agriculture Committee will meet later today (November 13) with stakeholders from across agriculture
Agri-Business
Herd keepers in Northern Ireland are being advised that from December 1, the threshold for applying...
AgriSearch is planning to recruit a new group of farmers for its refreshed GrassCheck Farm Network in Northern Ireland.
Beef
Suckler beef farmers attending a recent open day hosted by Fane Valley in Co. Derry pointed to the...
Approximately 450 pigs have died as result of a fire that broke out on a farm in Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone on Sunday, November 9, 2025.
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) has announced the launch of a new course in sustainable packaging.
Andrew and Joshua McClements have been early participants of Soil Nutrient Health Scheme (SNHS) in...
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) is notifying members that mandatory housing measures for all poultry and kept birds come into effect today
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has today (Wednesday, November 5) said that it wants to see a...
DAERA has moved to introduce a "mandatory" housing order in Northern Ireland to protect poultry from bird flu.
The Northern Ireland Aberdeen Angus Club’s Calf Show 2025 saw the Drumhill herd retain the supreme over championship title.
Pig/Poultry
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has been urged to introduce a housing order to protect poultry flocks from bird flu.
