N.Ireland
World Dairy Summit: The Co. Down herd in the top 1% of £PLI rankings
The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) in Hillsborough, Co. Down is home to one of the UK’s top £PLI ranking...
N.Ireland
The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) in Hillsborough, Co. Down is home to one of the UK’s top £PLI ranking...
N.Ireland
Milk volume is no longer the driver of dairy breeding in Northern Ireland, with attention now turning to lifetime productivity...
N.Ireland
Farmers could be losing out on thousands of pounds simply by not effectively managing their grass, researchers say. AFBI’s Hillsborough research facility...
N.Ireland
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has announced that while it is helpful that the government has put on paper its...
N.Ireland
The AFBI (Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute) released the results of a comprehensive one-year study called ‘The Impacts of Alternative Post-Brexit Trade...
N.Ireland
Next month’s AFBI (Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute) roadshows ‘Dairy Innovation in Practice’ will be held on three farms throughout Northern...
N.Ireland
A total of 30 dairy farms from around Northern Ireland are being sought after to participate in an “exciting new...
N.Ireland
Almost 3,000 livestock farmers in Northern Ireland have registered for the soil sampling and analysis scheme from the Department of...
Grass
Italian Ryegrass (IRG) will produce 25% more herbage than Perennial Ryegrass (PRG), Barenbrug UK Ltd’s James Ingles has said. Ingles...
N.Ireland
The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) saw large crowds for its ‘More from Grass’ event yesterday, June 20, in Loughgall,...
N.Ireland
The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) has launched a free soil sampling and analysis scheme, which is available to livestock...
N.Ireland
The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) at Loughgall, Co. Armagh will host a ‘More from Grass’ event on Tuesday, June...
N.Ireland
Investment in new beef facilities at both AFBI (Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute) and CAFRE (College of Agriculture, Food and Rural...
N.Ireland
The Agri Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) hosted a recent National Trust Land Management Forum meeting at Loughgall, Co. Armagh....
N.Ireland
Science will play a central role in shaping the future of livestock farming in Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment...
Agri Politics
It’s inevitable that UK agricultural commodity prices will move closer to world levels post-Brexit, according to AFBI’s (Agri-Food and Biosciences...
Beef
Timothy should not be overlooked as a species of grass that can be included in seed mixes under Irish conditions,”...
N.Ireland
A new research project in the North aims to identify how sheep farmers can maximise the use of grass on...