Agriculture

CAFRE FdSc Agriculture & Technology graduate Joshua McFarland with lecturer Carrie Smith, at the 2025 LANTRA LBEL Awards where Joshua was awarded Agriculture Higher Education Learner of the Year.

Joshua McFarland is building a successful career in the agricultural industry

Alison Hamilton

AgriScot’s Business Skills Competition announces its finalists for 2026 Award

Chancellor of the Exchequer, John Healey during a visit to Shell UK’s St Fergus Gas Terminal in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Picture: PA/Paul Reid

Brussels Notebook: Out of control debt is a huge problem for the Chancellor

William Gillespie (photo credit Craig Stephen Photography)

Farmlay recruit brings fresh energy and a lifelong love of poultry

PACEMAKER, BELFAST, 16/10/2026: Northern Ireland Minister for Agriculture, Andrew Muir, photographed at Redburn, Holywood, Co. Down. PICTURE BY STEPHEN DAVISON

Bid to stop NI Water protection from environmental penalties on Executive table

Level 3 Agriculture student Zara Simpson form Hillsborough enjoys applying her passion for the dairy sector during her studies at Greenmount Campus.

CAFRE celebrates International Day of Rural Women

The Queen's team will be led by Professor Sharon Huws (right) and co-led by Dr Katerina Theodoridou (left) who will work alongside Dr Kayley Barnes (centre) from the Institute for Global Food Security and School of Biological Sciences at Queen's to drive the program forward.

Queen’s experts to help shape major United Nations animal research initiative

BSc (Hons) Sustainable Agriculture student Ellie-Mae Johnston (Fintona) wishes to inspire future generations of women in the agriculture industry.

CAFRE celebrates International Day of Rural Women

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Cost of farm fires in NI increase 73% in 2025 costing an estimated £11.8 million

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NI farm families struggling as 'diesel up 60p a litre since February

Level 2 Multiskilling Students John Glenn (Portstewart), Adam Hamilton (Bessbrook), Ian Currie (Garvagh), Reuben Dick (Saintfield) on routine milking practical at the Greenmount Campus’ Dairy Centre. Applications are still open for this year’s intake.

Multiskilling Programme - an alternative route to an agricultural qualification

Diana Armstrong MLA at Balmoral Show

Questions asked whether A5 route farmers will be 'compensated at market values'

Carla Lockhart MP

Carla Lockhart MP appointed Honorary Associate of British Veterinary Association

Pictured at the Teagasc Exhibition at the National Ploughing Championships in Tullamore, discussing the Better Farming for Water Campaign, are: Teagasc director, Professor Frank O Mara (centre) with Christophe Hansen, EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Food; Martin Heydon TD, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Sinead McPhillips, secretary general in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and Liam Herlihy, Teagasc chairperson.

EU Commissioner visits Teagasc at the National Ploughing Championships

Land-based Engineering students Emily Scott (Garvagh) and Oliver John (Ballycastle) invite you to attend Greenmount Campus Open Day on Friday 9 October.

Discover Agriculture programmes at CAFRE Greenmount Campus Open Day

Andrew Muir

Muir and Kimmins to meet over potential Lough Neagh public ownership
Two Stormont ministers are set to meet later this week to discuss the potential public ownership of Lough Neagh.
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UFU submits Nutrients Action Programme response

Cait Hennessy from Clonoulty, winner of the Bitless Class at the Bansha Show

30 photos from the 70th Bansha Show down in Co Tupperary

Pictured is Darragh Gormley who runs a mixed dairy enterprise alongside his father Shane in Augher, with hopes of keeping the family farm thriving for generations to come.

Five generations on, Darragh is ready to carry farming forward

Carla Lockhart has written to Dame Angela Eagle requesting a meeting and inviting her to Upper Bann

MP invites DEFRA Secretary to Upper Bann

Christine Williams from Belfast was awarded the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Prize as to the top student on the online Certificate of Higher Education Equine Science and Management course. Congratulations were conveyed by Martin McKendry, Head of Food, Farming and Rural Affairs Group, DAERA, Alison Morris, Senior Lecturer, CAFRE, Leslie George, Faculty Partnership Manager, Ulster University and Joe Osborne, Managing Director, Ochado Advisory.

CAFRE Higher Education Class of 2026 celebrates graduation at Greenmount Campus

Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) reports that falls from height remain farming’s most persistent killer.

Farm Safety Week returns this month

Ian Stevenson, Chief Executive: Dairy Council for Northern Ireland

Dairy Council Insight update for July

Declan McAleer and Aoife Finnegan

MLA to lobby government in bid to attract the 'next generation of farmers'

MLA Claire Sugden

"Rural crime has a real financial and emotional impact on families"

Nadia Donnelly from Omagh, Co Tyrone was presented with Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Prize when she graduated as the top student on the BSc (Hons) Degree in Equine Management programme. Congratulating Nadia is Martin McKendry, Head of Food, Farming and Rural Affairs Group, DAERA, Jane Elliott, Head of Equine, CAFRE, Leslie George, Faculty Partnership Manager, Ulster University and Joe Osborne, Managing Director, Ochado Advisory.

CAFRE equine students graduate

UFU President John McLenaghan joined fellow members of the Stakeholder Task and Finish Group at the launch of the public consultation on the revised Nutrients Action Programme.

Revised NAP for 2027-2030 co-designed by Stakeholder Task and Finish Group
DAERA Minister Andrew Muir has today launched a public consultation based on a stakeholder group’s proposals to reduce nutrient pollution from farming and improve water quality.
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Horticulture student from the Class of 1986, Anne-Marie Grant (nee Fitzpatrick) is getting ready to welcome back former classmates to the 40-year reunion at CAFRE, with Greenmount Association Committee Members Robert Edwards and Patrick Fee.

Friendships never really fade; forty-year reunion for Class of 1986

Jeremy Moody, secretary and adviser to the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers

Arable farmers can make their own future, says CAAV

Farming star Harriet Cowan has written a book about her life on the farm

Clarkson's Farm fans can pre-order Harriet Cowan's new book for free

Michelle McIlveen

Michelle O’Neill’s climate law comments exposed as empty words – McIlveen

The land-based sector adds £2.5 billion in Gross Value Added (GVA) and supports 452,900 jobs, often in rural and remote areas.

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An all‑island conference on Agriculture and Land Use: Pathways to a Sustainable Future 2026, commenced in Portlaoise, County Laois this morning Tuesday, 26 May.
Pictured from (l to r): Dr Muireann Egan, Teagasc; Professor Karl Richards, Head of the Teagasc Climate Research Centre; Dr Cara Augustenberg, University College Dublin; Professor Frank O’Mara, Teagasc Director; Professor Elizabeth Magowan, Director of AFBI’s Sustainable Agri-Food Sciences Division; and Professor Alan Matthews, Trinity College Dublin. Photo: Michael Scully Photography

Teagasc Agriculture and Land Use Conference at Portlaoise

Barclays Agri Team NI pictured with Arable NI 2026 representative. From left to right - Jenny Martin, Chris Murray, Patricia Erwin, Richard Primrose, and Caroline Doyle.

Barclays Bank onboard as silver sponsor for Arable NI 2026

Last year's winners from NI Farming Awards 2025, smartly dressed in their black tie attire.

NI Farming Awards: Celebrating excellence in agriculture across Northern Ireland

Carla Lockhart MP admires Drew and Stephen Cowan’s reserve Charollais champion.

“It was a privilege to attend the show and have an opportunity to meet farmers"

DUP Agriculture Spokesperson Michelle McIlveen MLA with Robbie Neill, Stonebridge Cottage Farm Ballygowan, at Balmoral Show

Parties must back up support for NI’s agri-food sector with meaningful action

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NI Environment Agency taking up 515 days to respond to planning consultations

CAFRE agriculture apprentices enjoyed a visit to Cow.ie as part of their study tour in Republic of Ireland.

14 pictures for the recent CAFRE study tour

Phillip Higginson (CAFRE Instructor), Robert Bonnar (Ballymena), Dara McCracken (Dundonald), Robert Humphries (Craigavon), Sophie McCrea (Craigavon), Back row - Sam Myles (Kepak) and Jake Fenwick (Lisburn) at Kepak.

14 pictures for the recent CAFRE study tour

UFU policy and communications director, James McCluggage

Policy Director Blog: What is lobbying and why does it matter to farmers?

Pictured at Teagasc/FBD Student of the Year Awards 2025 were (l to r): Liam O'Herlihy, Chairperson, Teagasc; Frank O'Mara, Director Teagasc; Robyn Dowling, National Winner of the Student of the Year Awards 2025; Mr Noel Grealish TD, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Annmarie Butler, Head of KT Education, Teagasc and Michael Berkery, Chairperson, FBD Trust. Photo: Finbarr O’Rourke

Robyn Dowling is named as the Teagasc/FBD Student of the Year for 2025

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A picture taken on August 5, 2014 in Saint-Paul-les-Dax, southwestern France, shows a person holding an Asian predatory wasp, also known as Asian Hornet, with its sting out.

Vigilance urged by people in Northern Ireland for sightings of Asian hornets

DAERA Minister Andrew Muir pictured with Isle of Man DEFA Minister Clare Barber and Treasury Minister Chris Thomas.

“Isle of Man waters are critically important to NI’s fishing fleets"

Robert Carmichael, the Chairman of the East Londonderry Ulster Unionist Party Association,

Constituency’s farming community needs urgent action from the Government

Carla Lockhart MP (Upper Bann, Democratic Unionist Party)

"Step up now, back the industries that hold this country together"

Visitors to the Higher Education Agriculture Open Day heard from lecturers and students about practical learning opportunities when visiting the maternity wing in the Dairy Centre.

13 pictures from the Greenmount Campus Open Days

James Curry completed his Level 3 Apprenticeship in Agriculture at CAFRE whilst working on his home dairy farm.

James Curry, from Keady, has completed a Level 3 Apprenticeship in Agriculture

Fearghal McErlean from Derry was presented with a Bursary from Yara by John Hegarty, Area Manager. Fearghal is studying for a BSc (Hons) Degree in Agricultural Technology.

Agriculture students receive industry backing

Keiran and Neambh Harvey from Pomeroy viewed the Veterinary Nursing facilities at Greenmount Campus.

13 pictures from the Greenmount Campus Open Days

Firefighters have escalated their response to a wildfire at Bloody Bridge in the Mourne Mountains.

New action plan launched aimed at reducing wildfires in Northern Ireland

Main picture - Current Harper Ireland Chairman Liam McKenna with the evening's speaker,the President of the Young Farmers’ Clubs of Ulster – and Harper Adams University alumnus – Richard Beattie,

Students in Harper Adams University will help build the ‘future of agriculture

The Bank of Ireland Bursary was presented by Ian McCann to Joshua Sloss from Newmills. Joshua is a first year student on the BSc (Hons) Degree in Sustainable Agri-Food Management course.

In pictures: Bursary and Scholarship Awards for the 2025-2026 year

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