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Saintfield Mart. Picture: Saintfield Mart

Ewes selling to £155 and lambs selling to £120 at Saintfield Mart Darryl Armitage

Farm-based Island Dairies in Dromore has created a portfolio of innovative dairy products including the new farmhouse butter

New ‘cow to table’ farmhouse butter from Dromore family innovators Claire Cartmill

A fan was arrested at Wembley yesterday for wearing an offensive Hillsborough shirt

Man arrested at FA Cup final for offensive Hillsborough shirt Rebecca Braybrook

Rathfriland Mart

Weanlings selling to a top of £1310 at Rathfriland Co-Op Darryl Armitage

Saintfield Mart

Fat cattle selling to £2040 for a 850kg Limousin cow at Saintfield Darryl Armitage

Rathfriland Mart

Bullocks selling to a top a price of £1720 at Rathfriland Co-Op Darryl Armitage

Saintfield Mart

Charolais bullock sells for £2101 at Saintfield Mart

Saintfield Mart

Fat cattle selling £2086 for a 770kg Limousin heifer at Saintfield Mart Darryl Armitage

The popular venue reopened this morning. Image: Facebook/Ashvale Farm Shop

Popular farm shop and tea room reopens its doors Joanne Knox

Livestock Markets

Limousin cow sells for £2185 at Markethill Mart Darryl Armitage

Saintfield Mart

Ewes selling to £195 and hoggets sold to £118 at Saintfield Darryl Armitage

Saintfield Mart

Top price of £1230 paid for suckler calves at Saintfield Darryl Armitage

Lambs selling to a top of £125 at Saintfield Darryl Armitage

Fat cattle selling to £1990 at Saintfield Darryl Armitage

Larchfield Community Association family fun day and vintage rally By The Newsroom

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Police investigating series of burglaries across Lisburn and Hillsborough areas

Suckler outfits selling to £2560 at Markethill Darryl Armitage

Annual Honey Fair at Hillsborough helps to celebrate this golden elixir By The Newsroom

YFCU Silage Assessment Winners 2022 (L-R) Harry McNeilly, Randalstown YFC, Peter Alexander, YFCU President, William Parkinson, Lisbellaw, Phillip Donaldson, Thompsons Feeding Innovation Representative, Rebecca Nichols, Dungiven YFC.

YFCU delighted at return of silage assessment finals By The Newsroom

FARMLEADER SILAGE CUTTING

Choosing right fertiliser for second cut silage By The Newsroom

The Most Appropriately Dressed entrants gather at the Downtown Show Stage at the 153rd Balmoral Show in partnership with Ulster Bank.

20 pictures of the ‘Most Appropriately Dressed’ visitors to Balmoral Show Joanne Knox

Figure 1. GrassCheck Hillsborough plot growth rates 2021: Variable N application

The response to fertiliser By The Newsroom

Strong demand for cattle at Markethill with improved prices By The Newsroom

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Why is Rare Breed not on TV tonight? Here’s when it will be back and its new tim... Joanne Knox

Dairy stock sells to a top of £1990 at Markethill By The Newsroom

Lambs sell to £125 at Saintfield By The Newsroom

Steady trade for cattle at Saintfield By The Newsroom

Dan Donnelly, ROI, George Huey, Ronald Coulter BEM, DJ Donnelly, ROI, Tom Donnelly, ROI and William Hood at the recent match at Aghalee held by the Hillsborough Ploughing Society

IN PICTURES: Hillsborough ploughmen delighted to be back ploughing Darryl Armitage

Ice-cream business is going from strength to strength By The Newsroom

Record breaking ewe trade of £265 at Saintfield

AFBI research looks at hills and uplands management By The Newsroom

Dr Dario Fornara (AFBI) giving highlights from the 50 year old Long-Term Slurry Experiment

Long-term research keeps delivering impact as AFBI grassland experiment passes 5... By The Newsroom

Dairy stock selling to £1720 at Markethill Darryl Armitage

Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council will host its Hillsborough Farmers Market series through August, September and October on The Dark Walk at Hillsborough Fort, with the very best local, seasonal and artisan food on offer as well as a horticultural and craft offering. Pictured at the launch of the market series are (l-r) Victoria Allen, Potters Hill Plants; Aaron Heasley, Moon Gelato; Hannah & Shane Donaldson, Spontaneous Deuce and Alderman Amanda Grehan, Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council's Development Committee Chair.

Farmers Market showcases award-winning producers By The Newsroom

Andrew Devine, 55, was seriously hurt during the tragedy at the FA Cup semi-final on 15 April 1989

Liverpool fan dies 32 years after suffering life-changing injuries at Hillsborou...

! Included in the photo are (left to right) George Megarry, David Megarry, G K Patterson (mechanic and brother in law) George’s three grandchildren and Paul Orr (sales for R Kennedy & Co).

New Holland 1530: 50 years and still going strong By The Newsroom

Heavy lots selling to £143 at Massereene Mart Darryl Armitage

Ewes and lambs selling to £245 at Hilltown Mart Darryl Armitage

Seamus McCaffrey

AgriSearch welcomes beef research investment By The Newsroom

Photo by Aaron McCracken

Poots promotes merit of protein crops scheme By The Newsroom

Guards at Hillsborough Castle. NLI Ref.: L_ROY_08060. Picture: National Library of Ireland

THROUGH THE ARCHIVES: Marquis of Downshire urges tenants to raise a ‘bold resist... Darryl Armitage

Bullocks selling to £1480 at Rathfriland Co-Op Darryl Armitage

Increasing the acreage of locally grown crops will help reduce the reliance on imported grain and proteins to sustain the provinces livestock sector

NIGTA welcomes protein pilot Una Culkin

Hillsborough Castle in Co Down. Picture: News Letter archives

THROUGH THE ARCHIVES: ‘American’ citizen arrested on charge of Fenianism Darryl Armitage

Weanling calves sell to £327 a kilo at Rathfriland Co-Op Darryl Armitage

Weanling calves selling to £327 a kilo at Rathfriland Co-Op Darryl Armitage

Markethill Mart: In calf suckler cows selling to £1720 Darryl Armitage

Annual Twelfth of July Parades to Belfast by the Orange Order. Pictures in the Royal Avenue. Pacemaker Press Intl. 12/7/84 584/84/C

THROUGH THE ARCHIVES: Orangemen must rally to the old flag of truth and liberty Darryl Armitage

Saintfield Mart: Top price of £1538 paid for a Limousin cow Darryl Armitage

Heifers sell to £1310 at Rathfriland Co-Op Darryl Armitage