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Marts: Steady trade for sheep at Saintfield Mart, ewes selling to £208

Invest NI Client Manager Sharon Cousins, Managing Director of CASC Karl Crockard, Economy Minister Conor Murphy and Invest NI Southern Regional Manager John McKibben.

CASC wins £10m contract with world leading offshore wind companies

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Marts: Charollais shearling sells for £930 at Saintfield Mart ram fair

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Marts: Steady trade for sheep at Saintfield Mart, ewes selling to £218

Charlene McKinstry, Gracehill Flower Farm; Ilse van Staden, Ke Nako Biltong; Alderman Amanda Grehan, Chair of Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council’s Regeneration & Growth Committee; Richard Wallace, Ballylisk of Armagh; Ching Yi Yuen, Eastern Bagel and Karen Patterson from DAERA’s Northern Ireland Regional Food Programme

The best of NI’s artisan produce celebrated at the Moira Speciality Food Fair

Conor Walls of Lisburn-based Exchange Accountants.

Apprenticeships emerging as viable alternative for aspiring accountants

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Marts: Great entry of sheep at Saintfield Mart, ewes selling to £210

Slim Chickens American-style restaurant is coming to Sprucefield shopping centre, Lisburn, in October.

Slim Chickens spices up Sprucefield Retail Park with drive-thru

The supreme champion hunter, Royal Mint, owned by Hugh McCusker, Annesborough Road, Lurgan pictured at the Dublin Horse Show in August 1982. The horse is ridden by Catherine Aboott at the presentation of the Waterford Crystal Trophy. Picture: Farming Life archives/Darryl Armitage

Bygone Days: Official list of the results of Ulster egg-laying tests are publish...

Get ready, Belfast. Slim Chickens, the beloved American restaurant known for its fresh,  cooked-to-order, buttermilk-marinated chicken, and Southern hospitality, is making its grand  debut in Sprucefield Retail Park, Lisburn.

Slim Chickens spices up Sprucefield Retail Park from October

Mark Logan, Clandeboye, sponsor of the showmanship classes with last year's champion handler, Tom McKnight, Drumbo and Andrew Patton, coordinator

Multibreed calf show is a major highlight in the calendar

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Marts: Cull rams selling to £250 at Saintfield Mart, cull ewes to £220

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Marts: Another great entry of sheep at Saintfield Mart which saw a sharp trade

A firm favourite in the Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council’s calendar of food and drink events, the Moira Speciality Food Fair will set up once again on Saturday 17th August in Moira Demesne. Visitors to the 1-day event can expect a showcase of the best of Northern Irish artisan produce, crafts, chefs, street food and entertainment. Pictured at the launch of the annual Food Fair are: (l-r) Chef Chris McGowan, Wine & Brine; Rosie McNeill, Rosie McNeill Cakes; Chair of Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council’s Regeneration & Growth Committee, Alderman Amanda Grehan; Chef Leigh Ferguson, 101 Origin Moira; Matt Henry, Loki’ s Coffee and Stephanie Martin, Ballydown Mil

Save the date for the return of the Moira Speciality Food Fair

SERC Level 3 Professional Bakery – Patisserie and Confectionery student Jake Hallowell, from Lisburn, at El Pastelero Real with one of his bakes, an orange curd cake layered with fresh cream and topped with blow-torched brown sugar.

Malaga trip proves icing on cake for patisserie students

Martin Symington of Pure Roast Coffee is achieving global success for his coffee bags. Picture: Michael Cooper

Roast coffee leader has great taste in the bag for global markets

COFFEE bags are becoming a major success story for a Lisburn roaster in global markets.

Sam Butler

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Marts: Strong demand for cattle at Saintfield Mart, fats selling to £1950

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Marts: Another great entry of sheep at Saintfield Mart, ewes selling to £229

At Downpatrick Mart, a Portaferry farmer topped the fat ewe category with lot 40, Texel ewes which sold for £225. Picture: Downpatrick Mart

Marts: Excellent prices throughout for sheep at Downpatrick Mart

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Marts: Excellent entry of sheep at Saintfield Mart, ewes selling to £240

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Marts: Excellent entry of sheep at Saintfield Mart, ewes selling to £228

Leanne Green pictured at Balmoral Show

UFU women in agriculture profile featuring Leanne Green

Daniel Murray and family with Ballydavey Moana, Champion Dexter at Saintfield Show.

Linda McKendrick from Scotland was Dexter judge at Saintfield

Daniel Murray and family with Ballydavey Moana, Champion Dexter at Saintfield Show.

Linda McKendrick from Scotland was Dexter judge at Saintfield

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Today's cattle prices from Saintfield

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Check out today's sheep trade at Saintfield

Stephanie Clokey has been appointed as the new Ulster Farmers’ Union peatland officer.

UFU recruits peatland officer

​Stephanie Clokey has been appointed as the new Ulster Farmers’ Union peatland officer.

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Marts: Excellent demand for top quality lambs at Saintfield Mart

Farming Life livestock markets

Marts: Very firm trade for cattle at Markethill, calved heifers selling to £2300

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Save the date for Beth's annual charity derby day at Danescroft Equestrian

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Marts: Easier trade at Saintfield Mart with great demand for well fleshed lambs

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Marts: Excellent entry of sheep at Saintfield Mart, fat ewes selling to £224

The Mayor of Ards Borough Council, Councillor Hamilton McKeag, at the opening of the new Ards Abattoir with Mr Seppo Ikonen (left) and Mr Vilho Heikonenfrom Finland, pictured in May 1981. Picture: Farming Life archives/Darryl Armitage

Bygone Days: New scheme will produce improve strains of pigs (1966)

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Marts: Ewes selling to a top price of £246 at Saintfield Mart, lambs to £182.50

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Marts: Smaller entry of cattle at Saintfield Mart, fats selling to £1905

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Marts: Steady trade for a great entry of sheep at Saintfield Mart

Rathfriland YFC members at their annual parents night on Monday 15th April 2024. Picture: Rathfriland YFC

In pictures: Rathfriland YFC rounds up a busy year at parents night

Henry (Harry) Brown who passed away on 11 May 2024. (Pic: supplied)

Passing of well-known farming and equestrian figure

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Marts: Improved trade for sheep at Saintfield Mart, fat ewes selling to £202

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Marts: Ewes selling to £210 and spring lambs to £190 at Saintfield Mart

Pictured at this year's Balmoral Show. (Pic: McAuley Multimedia)

Pictures of spectators, competitors and livestock enjoying Balmoral Show

This year’s Balmoral Show got underway this morning at the Eikon, it is the 155th show. And first among the visitors to the show was DAERA Minister Andrew Muir who enjoyed a walk around the exhibitions and the exhibitors and chatting with showgoers. Picture: Ruth Rodgers

Watch: Crowds continue to flock to 155th Balmoral Show at Balmoral Park

Watch: 155th Balmoral Show gets underway at Balmoral Park

Molly Bradley at Balmoral Show. This year’s show got underway this morning at the Eikon, it is the 155th show. And first among the visitors to the show was DAERA Minister Andrew Muir who enjoyed a walk around the exhibitions and the exhibitors and chatting with showgoers. Picture: Steven McAuley

Watch: DAERA Minister Andrew Muir arrives at 155th Balmoral Show

ABP hosted at panel discussion on Sustainable Beef Production in Northern Ireland at the Balmoral Show this morning. Attended by industry stakeholders and ABP farmer-suppliers, the event explored the actions that are underway to improve the carbon footprint of red meat production and how industry and government can work together to address the challenges. Pictured are discussion panel participants John McLenaghan UFU, Karen Patterson Host, Philip Hambling ABP, Russell Smyth KPMG, Claire Taylor Nuffield Scholar and George Mullan MD ABP NI at the ABP stand.

In pictures: It's show time at Balmoral Park

Suzanne Shepherd, who in 2020 received surgery to treat malignant lesions that made sitting and walking unbearably painful, has signed up to walk ‘70k in May’ to raise funds for Christian Aid’s work with some of the world’s poorest people.

Cancer survivor to walk 70k for Christian Aid

Farming Life news

Life-saving defibrillators installed at every Fire Station in Northern Ireland

YFCU members participating in the YFCU floral art competition at the 2023 Balmoral Show. Picture: YFCU

YFCU are looking for to getting back to the Balmoral Show

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Marts: Top price of £2900 at Saintfield Mart for a cow with calf at foot

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Marts: Firm trade for sheep at Saintfield Mart, ewes selling to £217

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Marts: Large entry of cattle at Saintfield Mart with an excellent demand

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Marts: Steady trade for sheep at Saintfield Mart, hoggets selling to £197

Farming Life livestock markets

Brighter trade for good quality calved heifers at Markethill Mart

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All time record high prices for sheep at Saintfield Mart

At the sheep sale held at Downpatrick Mart on Saturday 13th April 2024, a Downpatrick farmer topped the fat ram category on the day with lot 47, a Texel ram weighing 64kg that sold for £268 (418.8p). Picture: Downpatrick Mart

Fat ewes selling to £232 for 54kg at Downpatrick Mart, hoggets to £194 for 32kg