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Randalstown YFC members along with Tidy Randalstown during the big spring clean. Picture: Randalstown YFC

Randalstown YFC have been enjoying a very busy year so far

Connor McCann (director - Simply Fruit), Sophie McCully (business development - Dundonald Nurseries), Malcolm McCully (owner - Dundonald Nurseries), William Miller (operations manager - Milgro), William Gilpin (managing director at Gilfresh), Roy Lyttle (owner, Roy Lyttle), Nigel Doherty (buying manager, produce - Tesco), Joanne Weir (sales and marketing manager Wilson’s Country), Lewis Cunningham (managing director - Wilson’s Country), James Booth (owner, Windwhistle Farms), Andrew McCann (financial controller - P McCann and Sons), Patrick McCann (director - Simply Fruit) and Richard Gilpin (head of farm operations – Gilfresh)

Northern Ireland farms celebrate nearly 200 years of partnership with Tesco

These photographs are all from the Lurgan Show down through the years.

20 more old photographs from the Lurgan Show down through the years

Cuckoos are a widespread and familiar bird across much of the UK, and many people can recognise the famously onomatopoeic song, but sadly we have lost more than a third of our breeding Cuckoos since 1995

Cuckoos clock up the miles on migration across much of the UK

Farming Life livestock markets

Good quality heavy heifers selling £2670 at Markethill Mart

The launch of The Grasslands of Ireland book took place during an Extensive Grassland Biodiversity Event on Thursday, 12 June in Birr, Co Offaly, hosted by Teagasc and the Heritage Council. Pictured (L-R): Dr Catherine Keena, Countryside Management Specialist, Teagasc, Professor Frank O'Mara, Director of Teagasc, Dr John Feehan, author and ecologist, Dr Helen Sheridan, associate Professor, UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, Virginia Teehan, chief executive, The Heritage Council, and Catherine Casey, head of climate change, The Heritage Council. Photo: Paul Moore Photography

Heritage Council and Teagasc celebrate Ireland’s grassland biodiversity

Farming Life livestock markets

Bullocks selling to £2100 and 458ppk at Newtownstewart Mart

Farming Life livestock markets

Fat bulls selling to £3782 for a Aberdeen Angus at Clogher Mart

Giant, Wee Binnian and Hugh Brown, the Point Man (pictured), will be joined by his towering companions, Carley and ‘the Clans’ as they accompany Fionn through the streets of Warrenpoint at this year’s Wake the Giant festival

Warrenpoint transforms for a giant weekend of family fun and entertainment

Hilltown Mart

Bullocks selling to £2530 at Hilltown Mart

Rathfriland Mart

Fat cows selling to a top of £2700 at Rathfriland Co-op

Tom Beckett and John Reddington at the Glens Vintage Club road run which was held in May 2006. Picture: Kevin McAuley

Sales of sheep and cattle are held at Belfast livestock market (1935)

During this week in 1935 the News Letter published a number of reports from local livestock markets which had been held in Belfast.

Darryl Armitage

Darryl Armitage

Northern Ireland weekly market report - 10 June 2025

Northern Ireland weekly market report - 10 June 2025

An owner and his donkeys pulling a water cart in Nouakchott, Mauritania.

International Working Animal Day: Celebrity vets Dr James Greenwood and Dr Marc ...

The most important thing to pack for a picnic is great food and good company Darryl Armitage

Darryl Armitage

These photographs are all from the Lurgan Show down through the years.

20 nostalgic old photographs from the Lurgan Show down through the years

Enniskillen Mart

Beef bullocks selling to £2900 for a 816kg Simmental at Enniskillen Mart

These photographs are all from the Ballymoney Show down through the years. There are 20 in total.

A final 20 more old photographs from the Ballymoney Show down through the years

A family playing with games and summer activities at the barn, Castle Ward, Co Down, Northern Ireland, in summer

Summer adventures with the National Trust in Northern Ireland

Armoy mart

Breeding sheep selling to £320 at Armoy Mart, fat ewes to £250
The good silage weather kept sheep numbers small at last Wednesday night’s sale at Armoy Mart.
Darryl Armitage

Kilrea Mart

Fat cows and bulls selling to £3410 at Kilrea Mart

Dungannon Mart

Breeding bulls selling to £2520 for Limousin bull at Dungannon Mart

Ballymena Livestock Market

Beef cows selling to 372p for a Belgian Blue 760kg at £2827 at Ballymena Mart

Omagh Mart

Beef prices fall slightly at Omagh Mart, bullocks selling to £2640 for 660kg

Saintfield Mart. Picture: Saintfield Mart

Steady trade for sheep at Saintfield Mart, ewes selling to £245

A live field vegetable crop establishment and band spraying demonstration will take place in Teagasc Oak Park, Carlow on Wednesday, 25 June. Pictured discussing the details of the event were, from left to right: Mr John Spink, head of Teagasc crops, environment, and land use programme, Mr Eoin Sweetman, specialised vegetable advisor, Professor Frank O’Mara, Teagasc director, Dr Lael Walsh, horticulture research officer, Mr Andy Whelton, specialised vegetable advisor, and Dr William Deasy, specialised vegetable advisor

Field vegetable crop establishment and band spraying demonstrations at open day

Pictured with the LCN plaque for Best Bar in Northern Ireland are (from left) Keith Johnston (manager, Plough Inn), Sean Paul Hayes (assistant manager, Plough Inn) and Jess Njoroge (café manager, Plough Inn)

Plough Inn Hillsborough is voted Best Bar in Northern Ireland

Pictured at 'Dairying at Dusk' - An evening walk through the award-winning farm of John and Brendan Walsh, Ballylooby, Cahir, Co Tipperary organised by Teagasc, FBD and Dairygold are (front row) hosts Claire, Brendan, John, Maria and Helena Walsh with (back row) William Ryan, Dairygold, Rena Ryan, FBD, and Dr Tom O'Dwyer, head of Teagasc Signpost Programme. Picture: O'Gorman Photography

Hundreds of farm walkers see how clover is farmed at in Ballylooby

These photographs are all from the Ballymoney Show down through the years. There are 20 in total.

20 more old photographs from the Ballymoney Show down through the years

A big thumbs up for the right to Play

Play is a universal right

Farming Life livestock markets

Very strong demand for cattle at Lisnaskea Mart, weanling males selling to £1300
A very strong demand for a small entry of weanlings on Tuesday 10th June at Lisnaskea Livestock Sales with prices holding firm for all sorts.
Darryl Armitage

Farming Life livestock markets

Good quality heavy lambs selling from £150 to £162 per head Markethill Mart

Farming Life livestock markets

Beef bred cows selling to a top of £347 for 802k at £2780 at Markethill Mart

These photographs are all from the Ballymoney Show down through the years. There are 20 in total.

Another 20 more old photographs from the Ballymoney Show down through the years

Annaclone and Magherally YFC from the anniversary dinner dance

Annaclone and Magherally YFC celebrate a landmark year

Armoy Mart

Steers selling to £2,710 for 740kgs Charolais at Armoy Mart

Fivemiletown Mart

High demand for cattle at Fivemiletown Mart, prices topping £1860/460kg

Farming Life livestock markets

Another busy cattle sale at Pomeroy Mart, bullocks selling to £2660/700kg

Farming Life livestock markets

Prices remain firm for sheep at Gortin Mart, ewes selling to £200

Draperstown Mart

Fat cows selling to £3000/790kg at Draperstown Mart

David Isherwood is pictured with the 10500gns top price in-calf cow, Shadwell Evora U055, first lot into the sale ring at the second annual on-farm sale

CCM Airedale Angus on-farm production sale produces five-figure top

Members of Straid YFC who helped out at the club's recent Old School barbecue which was held at Cullyburn Equestrian Centre, Newtownabbey. Picture: Straid YFC

In pictures: Straid YFC hold Old School barbecue night

Joan Cowan, chair of Comber Regeneration Community Partnership, Jim Burke, MD, Hagan Homes, and Liz Hamilton Comber Regeneration Community Partnership

Hagan Homes renews sponsorship of 2025 Comber Farmers’ Market

Swatragh Mart

Superb trade for cattle at Swatragh Mart, top price of £2080 per head

Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) is proud to sponsor the Food for Thought Theatre at this year’s Royal Highland Show, taking place from Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 June 2025. This exciting programme puts a spotlight on rising stars in food and butchery, while celebrating the people and produce that make Scotland’s food industry so unique. Picture: Chris Watt

QMS champions butchers and young chefs to take part in Royal Highland Show 2025

These photographs are all from the Ballymoney Show down through the years. There are 20 in total.

20 old photographs from the Ballymoney Show down through the years

Farming Life livestock markets

Top quality heavy heifers selling to £2690 at Markethill Mart

Farming Life livestock markets

Sharp trade for cattle at Newtownstewart Mart, bullocks selling to £2475

Farming Life livestock markets

Breeding bulls selling to £3900 for pedigree Limousins at Clogher Mart

Rathfriland Mart

Breeding bulls selling to a top of £3800 at Rathfriland Co-op

A group of Curragh YFC members presenting Arlene from Charis Cancer Care a cheque of £3545. Included are Mark Fullerton, James Campbell, John Mawhinney, Lesley Shiels, Lauren Miller, Arlene from Charis, Anna Marron and Isabella McCracken. Picture: Curragh YFC

Curragh YFC raises £3,545 for Charis Cancer Care at Belfast City Marathon

Strawberries will be in the shops in November and will look like what we have now. Picture: Marcus Corazzi

Strawberries will be here for summer months and then they will disappear

Pictured in September 1980 is Mr Roy McDougall, on the right, commercial manager BP, handing over cheques to Mr Arthur McAlister, YFC secretary, and Mr Lawrence McMillan, chairman of the NI Ploughing Association. Also included is Mr Frank Espey, secretary of the NIPA. Picture: Farming Life archives/Darryl Armitage

Portadown Show continues to flourish as number of entries grows (1925)

Northern Ireland weekly market report - 2 June 2025

Northern Ireland weekly market report - 2 June 2025

These photographs are all from the Ballymoney Show down through the years. There are 20 in total.

Another 20 old photographs from the Ballymoney Show down through the years

Enniskillen Mart

Very strong trade for cattle at Enniskillen Mart, steers to £2480

Best newcomer Matthew Spence at the club dinner. Picture: Collone YFC

In pictures: Collone YFC celebrate another great year at club dinner

These photographs are all from the Ballymoney Show down through the years. There are 20 in total.

20 nostalgic old photographs from the Ballymoney Show down through the years

Dungannon Mart

Good entry of cattle at Dungannon Mart, steer prices peak at £2470

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