Rural Life
Going to Balmoral? Here's how to get there and what to see at the show
The 147th Balmoral Show takes place this week from May 13 to May 15, at Balmoral Park, Belfast. Lely is to...
Rural Life
The 147th Balmoral Show takes place this week from May 13 to May 15, at Balmoral Park, Belfast. Lely is to...
N.Ireland
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) in Armagh says that they are investigating after two lambs on a farm...
Sheep
Sheep farmers in Northern Ireland have been left reeling as lamb prices crashed by up to 25% in recent weeks....
Beef
Some 60% of the measures that farmers can take currently to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will either make the business money...
N.Ireland
A Northern Ireland farmer has been fined £500 by Craigavon Magistrates’ Court for transporting a sheep that was not fit for the...
N.Ireland
There was a time when most sectors of the Northern Ireland economy looked on with envy at the environment in...
N.Ireland
A Co. Antrim farmer has been fined £4,000 in court for causing unnecessary suffering to a bovine animal and for transporting the animal...
Beef
The average R3 heifer price in Ireland for the week ending April 19 2015 was 421.1c/kg up 6.9c/kg from the week...
N.Ireland
The North’s Agricultural Minister Michelle O’Neill is to visit China at the beginning of June to further trade negotiations between...
Tillage
The current spell of good weather has significantly boosted the growth rate of winter barley crops – and some weeds...
Sheep
Following a meeting between the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) and the Ulster Farmers Union (UFU) in Dublin today both orgainsations...
Other
The IFA and the Ulster Farmers Union are to meet early next week to discuss serious concerns relating to the current...
Sheep
Recent changes to the labelling rules for packaged meat are reportedly having a significant influence in the cross border trade of sheep....
N.Ireland
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) will be holding an open day at their Northern Ireland Greenmount campus...
N.Ireland
Grants of between £200 and £1,500 will be available to rural community organisations in Northern Ireland as part of the...
Beef
Northern buyers continue to be active at marts nationwide with live exports across the border up 44% since the start...
Beef
The decision by meat plants in Northern Ireland to pull the price of beef over the last number of weeks...
Beef
Last week the steer price differential between Northern Ireland and the Republic was €170 greater than the same week last...