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Rain now required in many parts of the UK to maintain crop growth

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NI-bred British Friesian sire has claimed the top spot in the £PLI rankings

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2025 Planting and Variety Survey needs your help to report early

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Applications for Dairy Carbon Network will close on Monday 31st March

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A closer look at milk prices

Partners in the UK-DCN Northern Ireland Farmer Network (from left to right) Sam Strain, AHWNI; Gill Gallagher, NIGTA; Ian Stevenson, Dairy Council NI; Jason Rankin, AgriSearch.placeholder image

AgriSearch are recruiting twenty dairy farmers

Partners in the UK-DCN Northern Ireland Farmer Network (from left to right) Sam Strain, AHWNI; Gill Gallagher, NIGTA; Ian Stevenson, Dairy Council NI; Jason Rankin, AgriSearch.placeholder image

AgriSearch are recruiting twenty dairy farmers

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AHDB publishes its latest cereals’ supply and demand estimates

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UK review calls for farm assurance ‘reset’

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NI Weekly Report - 25 November 2024

Sufficient colostrum feeding will help alleviate disease pressures in the first few weeks of life.placeholder image

How to unlock the maximum potential of youngstock in their first months of life

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Nicholas Saphir to stand down as AHDB chair in spring 2025

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Northern Ireland weekly market report – 20 October 2024

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Farmers urged to complete survey on impact of Bluetongue

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AHDB’s Cover Crop Champions will provide independent feedback

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Northern Ireland weekly market report – 2 September 2024

Northern Ireland weekly market report – 2 September 2024

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Webinar focuses on calf health

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Northern Ireland weekly market report, 15 July 2024

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Webinar champions significance of high-quality calf nutrition

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Farmers urged to give views on scheme

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It’s never been more important to review the suitability of genetics

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Investing in a Hampshire Down ram pays dividends

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AFBI Open Day to focus on rearing replacement heifers

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AFBI Open Day to focus on rearing replacement heifers

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What do consumers want from NI beef products?

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Quality drinking water vital for cattle at turnout

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Colin has noted significantly higher weaning weights

A snapshot feature on the Simmental based commercial enterprise of Colin McKee, Buckna Broughshane.

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Northern Ireland weekly market report

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Northern Ireland weekly market report

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Additional mart data to be published on QMS website

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NI Weekly report - 5 February 2024

Craig Patrick, AHDB’s new Knowledge Exchange (KE) manager for Northern Ireland. Picture: ADHBplaceholder image

Meet AHDB’s new Northern Ireland Knowledge Exchange manager at free event

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Limousin leader highlights opportunity for reduction in retail emissions

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Figures endorse the Simmental breed qualities

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Advice from DAERA ahead of tupping

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Campaign to focus on “The ‘Shepherds and their Pies’

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Latest figures on the use of sexed semen

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Busy time for arable and horticulture within UFU

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Fungicide use options for 2023

A pint of milk is one of the most recognisable staples in the shopping basket. Yet for many years, much to the frustrations of the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU), retailers treated it as a loss leaderplaceholder image

A pint of milk – Why has the price risen so quickly and will it be maintained?

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New British Simmental pedigree registrations surge to a 15% high

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Where is the security tag for milk volumes?

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NI has a new AHDB cereals andoilseeds’ monitor farm

Ulster Arable Society (UAS) chairman and secretary: Bruce Steele and Robin Bolton. UAS is hosting a summer visit to counties Derry and Armagh on June 16 and 17, in conjunction with the Irish Tillage and Land Use Societyplaceholder image

Joint arable ‘summer outing’ not to be missed

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Remember to buy local for Jubilee, says UFU

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Remember to ‘buy local for Jubilee’ says UFU

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The overlooked major player of dairy success: Adequate temperature control

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Cutting corners will not improve calf rearing efficiency

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Anger at reluctance to increase milk price

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Free training webinar will focus on rearing better heifers

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Northern Ireland market report

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Ban on British lamb exports to USA to be lifted early next year

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Sheep Breeders Round Table

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Unlocking the potential of sheep genetics in NI

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