Independent MLA Claire Sugden has called for greater flexibility and fairness in how slurry spreading regulations are applied, warning that rigid calendar-based rules are failing both farmers and the ...

Twelve months on from the first Labour Budget in fourteen years, the Government still fails to acknowledge the scale of concern within rural communities across the UK.

The Society of Dairy Technology NI Autumn Conference is to take place at CAFRE’s Loughry Campus on Wednesday, 12 November, with registration from 9.00am and the conference starting at 9.30am.

​It has been another successful summer for the NE Derry Group members in the UFU Cereals Competition. ​Charles Acheson was ...

DUP Agriculture spokesperson Carla Lockhart MP, has described the Ulster Farmers’ Union’s vote of no confidence in DAERA as a momentous and damning indictment of Minister Muir and his department’s ...

Sinn Féin MLA, Declan McAleer has welcomed efforts by the Department for the Economy to address the high costs associated with connecting to the NIE electricity grid, particularly for rural households ...

The importance of developing and maintaining elite Irish Friesian genetics has been recognised by the formation of a new breeding initiative.

The drive to reduce the levels of herbicide usage within production agriculture continues to gather momentum, writes Richard ...

Following the massive success of the first REVVV IT UP FESTIVAL in July the organisers have announced a plethora of additions to the programme for next year.

Calf Dry, from Matrix Animal Health, is a small oral bolus containing a precisely balanced blend of carbon clay (activated charcoal) and seaweed, formulated to support gut health in calves ...

The Aberdeen-Angus Youth Development Programme (YDP) marked its 25th anniversary in style with this year’s finals, held on Friday 10 and Saturday 11 October at the renowned Deveron Herd of Hamish and ...

​This is not about the staff that work there, but the direction the department is taking over key issues.