N.Ireland
NI beef producers must be allowed to achieve ongoing realistic levels of economic sustainability, a senior academic manager has stressed.
Beef
The increased use of obesity medications can be a good news story for the red meat industries, a beef conference has heard today.
The Greenmount Association of the Greenmount agricultural college in Co. Antrim, has invited former students to a reunion event this month.
CAFRE has shared how incorporating white clover into grass swards can help reduce fertiliser inputs while maintaining performance.
CAFRE is inviting sheep farmers interested in sheep worm and fluke management innovation to join a knowledge-building event this summer.
A beef conference and farm visit will be held at the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) Greenmount Campus next month.
Northern Ireland’s CAFRE, alongside The Tree Council, is marking National Hedgerow Week, which runs until May 10.
A compact calving pattern in a suckler herd is “one of the clearest indicators of reproductive performance within suckler systems”.
Most well-run suckler herds producing replacement heifers will focus closely on the key management areas of these replacement heifers.
As spring-calving suckler herds move beyond calving, CAFRE has said management attention must now focus on the suckler cow in early lactation.
Following a particularly wet winter, many soils are entering spring in a fragile state, CAFRE adviser Jonathan Brown has warned.
The final yields achieved by winter barley crops was discussed at a recent crop walk on the south Co. Down farm, hosted by CAFRE.
Members of a CAFRE Business Sustainability Group (BSG) had the recent opportunity of walking winter wheat and barley crops in Co. Down.
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) has launched their water quality...
Thirty-five different weed species are now resistant to glyphosate-based herbicides in countries around the world.
The Voluntary Initiative (VI) was established 25 years ago to demonstrate the highest standards of plant protection stewardship.
CAFRE and Sustainable Ruminant Genetics have commenced delivery of the Agri-professionals Programme for the Bovine Genetics Project.
DAERA in Northern Ireland has announced the appointment of four new members to the CAFRE College Advisory Group (CAG).
CAFRE) has launched a new group programme to help NI beef producers finish cattle faster, more efficiently, and more profitably.
CAFRE is seeking seven beef and seven dairy farmers to take part in a network of ‘innovation farms’ across Northern Ireland.
A farm in Co. Armagh is leading the way in sustainable food production through a new project which...
Northern Ireland’s food and drink industry is opening doors to fresh talent in September 2026....
Countryside Services Ltd., has been appointed to deliver key knowledge transfer elements of the...
