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Northern Ireland
Forage and fertility in focus at UGS spring dairy meeting
Kieran Mailey
The Beattie family gave an overview of their 180 cow herd when hosting the Ulster Grassland Society's spring dairy meeting last week. Kieran Mailey reports.
8 May 2024 Northern Ireland
Record profits at John Thompson & Sons
The Belfast based company specialises in animal feed and also sells fertiliser.
1 May 2024 Northern Ireland
Livestock ration prices coming down for May
Significant price cuts will be applied to livestock rations from 1 May in NI.
Farmer Writes: suckler farmers a rare breed
If our weather is going to continue to be as unpredictable as it has been in the last couple of years, the winter is going to be more of a slog than ever
24 April 2024 Farmer Writes
‘Dodgy grain does not land in NI’
The Guild of Agricultural Journalists had a briefing about the Food Fortress programme at an event in Belfast on Tuesday.
24 April 2024 Northern Ireland
Carbery lifts March milk price and gives weather bonus
Carbery and the four west Cork co-ops have announced a weather support bonus.
19 April 2024 News
Australian farmer digs mass grave for flock of 3,000 sheep
Wayne Smith of Caluka Farms in Western Australia said it is more humane to slaughter the sheep than to leave them go thirsty or hungry.
19 April 2024 News
CAFRE advice on cutting waste in dairy
David Wright reports from a farm walk organised by CAFRE, on the McConnell farm outside Armagh.
17 April 2024 Northern Ireland
Drystock farmers 'sleep walking' into nitrates penalties
Farmers with high-phosphate soils are still purchasing fertiliser compounds such as 18-6-12 and 10-10-20, because it is what they have always done.
17 April 2024 News
Up to £20/t to come off livestock rations
Livestock rations will see significant price cuts being applied from 1 May in NI.
17 April 2024 Northern Ireland
Q&A: key questions on new fodder scheme answered
The Irish Farmers Journal received a large volume of calls over the last week from farmers with a number of questions in relation to the new fodder subsidy scheme. Here are the answers.
17 April 2024 Schemes
Dairygold to import fodder 'if necessary'
The co-op estimates that it will provide interest-free credit to the value of €35m to its suppliers this spring.
14 April 2024 News