Agriculture

LMC industry development manager, Colin Smith. Image: Cliff Donaldson

LMC delivers sustainable agriculture presentation to teachers Joanne Knox

Tyrone countryside. Picture: Cliff Donaldson

What does Windsor Framework mean for Agriculture? By The Newsroom

Rebecca Smith

Harper Adams student wins national dairy award for third year By The Newsroom

Cormac McKervey

Agriculture enters 2023 in a state of ‘reasonably good’ financial health By The Newsroom

The Nativity scene in Westminster Abbey puts livestock in the picture

Agriculture remains at the very heart of the Christmas narrative By The Newsroom

Bryn Ifan in North Wales is currently on the market with Carter Jonas.

Preparation key for farmland sales in 2023 Joanne Knox

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News AgriSearch announce £400k investment in GrassCheck By The Newsroom

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Brussels Notebook: We know times are going to be tough in months ahead By The Newsroom

Aled Jones NFU Cymru president, Minette Batters NFU president, David Exwood NFU vice president and David Brown UFU president.

Address energy and food security at COP27 to aid climate change goals By The Newsroom

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Poots to highlight economic impact of NI firearms licensing crisis Staff Reporter

NSA chief executive Phil Stocker received the prestigious ‘Outstanding Contribution to British Agriculture’ award.

NSA celebrates achievements of chief executive Phil Stocker Joanne Knox

Alice Gillespie

Women in Agriculture profile featuring Alice Gillespie By The Newsroom

Gill Gallagher, Chief Executive, NIGTA. Photograph: Columba O'Hare/ Newry.ie

Speaker Profile – 2022 Women in Agriculture By The Newsroom

DAERA Minister Edwin Poots

Final few days to submit EFS Wider Tranche 6 applications Joanne Knox

Susan Miller of Co Meath and Pennie Martin of Newtownards with Sukie the Poodle watching the competitions at the Ulster Pony Society Show at Balmoral, Belfast, in July 1982. Picture: News Letter archives

Bygone Days: UFU to raise CAP worries with Secretary of State Darryl Armitage

File photo dated 26/01/18 of money. Some people face the prospect of freezing or starving this winter amid the cost-of-living crisis, a charity has warned. Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) said that soaring energy bills are driving "frightening" demand for advice around food insecurity. It warned that it is already seeing an increase ahead of a "toxic cocktail" this winter of soaring energy bills, growing inflation and higher interest rates - and raised concerns about how people will manage later in the year. Issue date: Monday August 22, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story SCOTLAND CostofLiving. Photo credit should read: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

News There can be no soft landing and no pain free outcome By The Newsroom

Abi Thom from Cookstown who is currently studying on the BSc (Hons) Degree in Food Technology highly recommends studying food courses at CAFRE, Loughry Campus

CAFRE – place to study for a career in agri-food industry By The Newsroom

Two local businesses make the awards cut By The Newsroom

Norman Kerr will open his private museum to the public

Private museum on Co Down farm will open to the public for charity event Joanne Knox

Farm Safety Partnership promotes AFBI research By The Newsroom

Farm Safety Week: Agriculture continues to have poorest safety record a decade o... Joanne Knox

Comment: The local show season is coming your way Richard Halleron

The panel discussion featuring Prof John Gilliland; Hugh Harbison; Thomas Duffy; Alisdair MacLeod; Prof Gerry Boyle

Agrifood VIPs out in force for Professor John Gilliland lecture By The Newsroom

Free trade deals: ‘Loss of GB market share is biggest impact on NI producers’ Joanne Knox

An impressive fleet of John Deeres will go under the hammer. The individual lots can be viewed in the catalogue online at www.cheffins.co.uk

Major auction of tractors, harvesters and machinery as contractor retires Joanne Knox

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Simple ways to help tackle climate change Fiona Evans

NSA calls for accurate and balanced information in consumer communications By The Newsroom

Professor Geoff McMullan, Head of the School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University, Dr John Gilliland, Devenish Nutrition, and Professor Nigel Scollan, Director of the Institute for Global Food Security, Queen's University

News Agrifood thought leader appointed as Queen’s ‘Professor of Practice’ By The Newsroom

Rules of the road reminder By The Newsroom

Do you know what the legal age is for driving a tractor on the road in Northern ... Joanne Knox

COP26: Countries pledge to reduce methane By The Newsroom

Genus ABS: Caring for cows, communities, countryside and the climate! By The Newsroom

Victor Chestnutt, president, Ulster Farmers’ Union, pictured with Minette Batters, NFU president, John Davies, NFU Cymru president and Martin Kennedy, president of NFU Scotland.

UK agriculture is ‘key part of climate change solution’ Joanne Knox

Gillian Reid, winner of the Women of Excellence award, with husband Carl, Ian McCluggage, winner of the lifetime achievement award, and wife Julie, with News Letter editor Ben Lowry (right) at the Farming Life awards night at La Mon Hotel

10th FARMING LIFE AWARDS: The list of winners! By The Newsroom

Pictured at the joint DAERA/UFU ‘Agriculture and Climate Change: A Countryside COP event’ at CAFRE’s Greenmount campus are speakers; (from left-right) Victor Chestnutt, President of the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFUHQ), Dr Elizabeth Magowan, Director of Sustainable Agri-food Sciences Division at AFBI, DAERA Minister Edwin Poots MLA, Aleathea Brown - Sustainable Land Management Branch, CAFRE, Alice Stanton, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and Dr.John Gilliland OBE - Director of Agriculture and Sustainability, Devenish Nutrition.

Farm businesses are already taking ‘practical steps’ to tackle climate change Joanne knox

UFU President Victor Chestnutt, Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots and Lord Deben, Chairman of the UK Climate Change Committee.

Agriculture and climate conference reminder By The Newsroom

DAERA Minister Edwin Poots MLA pictured showing George Eustice MP Secretary of State for DEFRA around the NI centenary stand at this year’s Balmoral Show.

Minister Poots serves up 100 years of food history By The Newsroom

Minister Poots is pictured with (left to right) UFU President Victor Chestnutt and Lord Deben, Chairman of the UK Climate Change Committee

Agriculture and Climate Change conference planned By The Newsroom

CAFRE Student Recruitment Advisers Liz Simpson and Alan Johnston getting ready for the CAFRE Virtual Open Week which will be held on Facebook live each evening from Monday 4th - Thursday 7th October 2021.

CAFRE’s Virtual Open Week By The Newsroom

Sugden: ‘Lack of migrant labour impacting industry’ By The Newsroom

New Agriculture & Land Use Alliance launches Countryside COP By The Newsroom

Beth Wilkinson prepares her animals for the Balmoral Show which starts on Wednesday. Picture Steven McAuley/McAuley Multimedia

Livestreamed livestock as Balmoral Show returns Graeme Cousins

Hugh pictured with his father Thompson Harbison.

Sustaining farms for the future By The Newsroom