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DAERA Minister Muir launching the NI Agri Rural Health Forum new partnership with HSENI and Asthma + Lung OK. (Photo: Freelance)

NI Agri Rural Health Forum breathes new life into farmers' lung health

Attending the recent AgriSearch high input: high output dairy conference, l to r: Niall O'Hagan, Desertmartin, Co Derry; Holly Long, Castlefin, Co Donegal; Ellen McClure, Antrim and Edward Agnew, Annalong, Co Down.

The role for high input: high output milk production systems

One in six believe flames kill off bacteria

The barbecuing myth that ‘dirt adds flavour’ is dangerous health risk

Professor of Crop Science Jim Monaghan with Lord Mandelson

Professor joins British delegation flying the agri-tech flag in America

Andy Cato, co-founder of Wildfarmed, is an award-winning farmer, DJ, and musician.

Wildfarmed’s Andy Cato to deliver inaugural lecture 180th anniversary

Horse Sport Ireland is The National Federation (NF) for Equestrian Sport in Ireland. (Pic: stock image)

Horse Sport Ireland issues statement on Professor Wall Report

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Ancient Amazonians’ water wisdom kept families fed all year

Dr Joe Roberts, Reader in Integrated Pest Management at Harper Adams University

Urgent need for sugar beet crop protection research highlighted

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Teagasc National Dairy Conference: Challenges aplenty but opportunities exist

Horticultural farmers, gardeners, and dealers from across the UK are being asked for their views on how to make tractors safer for a major research project.

Tractor users’ views sought as researchers seek to boost safety

Pictured from left at Ulster University’s Coleraine Campus are Professor Sean Strain OBE, Professor Eileen Gibney and Dairy Council CEO Ian Stevenson.

Dairy Council holds 35th annual nutrition lecture

Professor Rudolf Krska attended the prestigious award ceremony in Copenhagen recently

Queen’s professor awarded world’s most prestigious food science prize

Professor Simon Doherty, Senior Lecturer at Queen’s University Belfast, has been awarded an Honorary Professor of Practice for his remarkable dedication to his field

World-renowned Co Down vet Professor Simon Doherty awarded prestigious title

Henry Dimbleby receiving his Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Agricultural University

Henry Dimbleby made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Agricultural University

Amelie Shields at the launch of Ards Puppet Festival’s 2024 programme.

Ards Puppet Festival returns for a fun-filled celebration

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Minister announces new chair of AFBI
Andrew Muir, Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has today announced the appointment of a new Chair to the Board of the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI).
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Nicola Warden from CAFRE explaining ongoing peatland restoration at Glenwherry. (Pic: AgriSearch)

Agrisearch Trustees view ongoing uplands research at Glenwherry hill farm

From L-R are Nicola Weir (BBC), AFBI CEO Dr. Stanley McDowell and Professor Elizabeth Magowan (AFBI). Photograph by Declan Roughan / Press Eye

AFBI events featured guided tours, special talks, and roundtable discussions

Andrew Hoad. Picture: Submitted

Farming charity calls for agri-food sector to unite to address climate crisis

Dairy Council CEO Ian Stevenson (left) with John Gilliland OBE, Professor in Agriculture and Sustainability at Queen’s University Belfast. (Pic: Dairy Council NI)

Dairy Council supports collaboration on journey to more sustainable food system

American professor Michelle Francl has claimed that we should be putting salt into our tea.

American professor claims a pinch of SALT makes the perfect cup of tea

Teagasc recommends an optimal pH value of 6.3 for grassland

Soil science to play a key role in farming agriculture’s response to climate cha...

Professor Chris Elliott

Professor Chris Elliott has been appointed first Honorary President of SOFHT

Pictured L-R are Dairy Council CEO Ian Stevenson, Professor David Armstrong, and Professor Sean Strain OBE, Ulster University

34th Lecture entitled Dairy and Bone Health

Food and drink consultant and coordinator Sheena Horner. Picture: OFC

Oxford Farming Conference appoints three new directors

Phil Hambling, UK Head of CSR for ABP. (Pic supplied by ABP)

ABP to strengthen ties with Harper Adams University

Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Butchers, Margaret Boanas has received an Honorary Doctorate from Harper Adams University. Picture: Submitted

Honorary Doctorate bestowed on Margaret Boanas
Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Butchers, Margaret Boanas has received an Honorary Doctorate from Harper Adams University.
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A turbine on the north coast. Picture: Cliff Donaldson

Planning policy proposals for renewables – Merely tweaking the status quo

Professor Nigel Scollan (right) Director of the Institute for Global Food Security, and guest speaker at Fermanagh Grassland Club with (from left) Guy Benians, who spoke to members about grassland fertilization; Philip Clarke, club treasurer; Roland Graham, chairman and William Johnston, secretary.

Final meeting of winter season for Fermanagh Grassland Club

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Parkinsons - thousands could develop disease due to common chemical

Miriam Margolyes has shared an update on her health following surgery

Harry Potter star rushed to hospital with infection

The NHS advises almost every type of fresh, frozen, tinned and dried fruit and veg you can think of counts towards your five-a-day. Image: NHS

Fruit and Veg: Expert explains lack of salad in supermarkets

Professor Gerry Boyle

Changes to the board at AgriSearch

It's vital that farmers - and gardeners - keep the P and K values of their soil at the right level.

Soil fertility: it’s all about keeping the P and K values at the right level

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AgriSearch to hold webinar on dairy energy efficient and renewable options

‘Die Hard’ actor Clarence Gilyard Jr died

‘Die Hard’ actor Clarence Gilyard Jr died

Adults with a ‘very laid-back attitude’ to money could cost them £1,631.16 per y...

Chief Medical Officer, Professor Sir Michael McBride receiving his vaccination.

‘Get jabbed and support the health service’

The clocks will go back in the UK at the end of the month.

How putting clocks back could cost £400 extra on energy bills

Prof John Gilliland examines a soil sample as part of the ArcZERO research project

Queen’s University honorary professor appointed to high-level EU body

Plant-based alternatives cannot be considered nutritional replacements for dairy foods.

‘Plant-based alternatives cannot be considered nutritional replacements for dair...

Norman Kerr will open his private museum to the public

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

Huge changes planned for supermarket self-service tills to prevent thefts

Pictured are current and past members of the Pig Research Consortium (from L-R): Prof. E. Magowan (AFBI), G. Donaldson. (John Thompson and Sons), R. Bradford (PCM), V. Wylie (Violet Wylie Consultancy), Dr. R. Muns (AFBI), S. Smyth (John Thompson and Sons), Dr. George McIlroy (former AFBI), (front row) Dr. E. Ball (AFBI), Prof. F. Gordon, Dr. K. McKracken (former AFBI) and Dr. C. Mulvenna (AFBI).

Professor is congratulated for his contribution to NI pig sector

A revolutionary new prostate treatment is being rolled out across the UK

Year 11 students, wearing face coverings, take part in a GCSE maths class at Park Lane Academy in Halifax, northwest England on March 8, 2021 as schools reopen following the easing of lockdown restrictions. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Only 17% of people can pass ‘world’s shortest’ three-question IQ test

Farming in the hills and uplands is the single biggest influence on the landscape.

Beef and sheep farmers urged to participate in study

Pups have been falling seriously ill with sickness and diarrhoea after going on walks (Photo: Shuttersrtock)

Mystery illness plaguing UK dogs thought to be a coronavirus

Professor Siobhan O’Neill was appointed in September 2021, as Northern Ireland’s first permanent Mental Health Champion

Ad Feature Introducing NI’s Mental Health Champion focussed on improving rural support

David Paterson AFBI Grassland Agronomist and Steven Morrison AFBI Head of Livestock Production Sciences Branch with Maggie Gill at the Hills Robot milking parlour.

Professor reflects on what the outcomes of COP26 mean for NI

12 to 15-year-olds will start receiving their second doses of Covid vaccine in December (image: Getty Images)

Covid pass for young teens set to roll out in bid to make international travel e...

AgriSearch Board welcomes new faces

Dame Sarah Gilbert urged governments to approach the Omicron variant with caution (image: Getty Images)

Covid vaccine inventor warns next virus pandemic after Covid ‘could be more leth...

New report highlights economic benefits of tackling climate crisis

The Minister of Finance (Captain Terence O'Neill) read a message from the Prime Minister (Lord Brookeborough) at a luncheon in Philadelphia during this week in October 1958 hosted by the Scotch-Irish Society of Pennsylvania

Ulster Premier greets Philadelphia’s Scotch-Irish (1958)

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