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Andrew Murdock, account manager, Finnebrogue, Linda Owens, Asda Downpatrick and Barbara Mullan, assistant NPD manager, Finnebrogue

Downpatrick’s Finnebrogue debuts 37 festive products in Asda stores across UK

Co Armagh secretary, Karen Walker, YFCU president, Richard Beattie, YFCU vice president, Natalie Burrows, Lynsay Beattie and Sophie Hawthorne at the Co Armagh annual dinner. Picture: Co Armagh YFC

Armagh Young Farmers hold annual awards dinner at the Belmont Hotel, Banbridge

Dungannon Mart

Steers selling to £1820 for a 650kg Aberdeen Angus at Dungannon Mart

Ross Woodward and Bethany Wilson (Curragh YFC) won third place with Amy Bennington (Power NI). Picture: YFCU

Young Farmers’ hit high notes at annual choir festival

Carryduff Christmas Market promises to be a truly festive event in the heart of the community. This much anticipated Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council event takes place on Wednesday 18th December from 4pm to 8pm in the new Carryduff Lidl store car park.

Experience the magic of Carryduff Christmas Market

Lisahally mart

Cattle trade remaining firm at Lisahally Mart, fat cows selling to £2125

Luke Dinsmore of Athletics NI at the launch of the 2024-2025 Flahavan’s Primary School Cross Country League at Portstewart Strand

Flahavan’s gives young athletes a boost in Athletics NI League

Kilrea Mart

Top price of £2980 paid for a calved heifer at Kilrea Mart

Courtney McMullan from Moycraig YFC with her floral art award

Co Antrim Young Farmers hold annual dinner at the Tullyglass Hotel

Ballymena Livestock Market

Terrific trade for cattle at Ballymena Mart, beef cows selling to £2820

Saintfield Mart. Picture: Saintfield Mart

Steady trade for sheep at Saintfield Mart, ewes selling to £286

Live from Westminster Farmers protest

Farmers Protest at Westminster: A call to action for British agriculture

Today, the streets of Westminster have been overtaken by a powerful show of solidarity as hundreds of farmers and tractors gather to protest against recent government policies, particularly changes to inheritance tax laws.

Ann Saidy

Farming Life livestock markets

Steady demand for cattle at Lisnaskea Mart, store heifers selling to £1300

Farming Life news

Government injects £350 million into farming in boost to Britain’s food security

Glarryford YFC club dinner at the Leighinmohr House Hotel, Ballymena Darryl Armitage

Darryl Armitage

Farming Life livestock markets

Good quality beef bred cows selling to £1730 at Markethill Mart

Farming Life livestock markets

Good quality heavy lambs selling steadily to £153.50 at Markethill Mart

Ian Logan, Tesco NI’s retail director

Tesco has announced a multi-million-pound store refurbishment across NI

Corncrake, Crex crex, captive breeding. Moritz, Germany (Dieter Wendt) May 2001 RSPB

Scottish Corncrake project reaches milestone thanks to farmer efforts

Lapwing spotted while surveying

Success on Lough Erne as RSPB NI and farmers work together to protect breeding w...
Annual surveys conducted by RSPBNI staff and volunteers during the breeding season (February – August), have recorded some of the highest numbers of breeding Lapwing, Snipe and Redshank across their Lough Erne advisory sites.
Christopher Curran

PSNI arrest man aged in his 30s in Crossgar after aggravated burglary

Negative Impacts of City 40’s Meat and Dairy Reduction Goals

Negative impacts of city 40’s meat and dairy reduction goals

Chilled colleague, Alex, Asda Kilkeel

Asda colleagues wear ‘Happy to Chat’ badges to help tackle loneliness

Pictured (left to right); Laura Millar, associate director of human resources, Galgorm Collection, Dr Bláthnaid Carlin, medical doctor, Duality Healthcare; and Colin Johnston, managing director, Galgorm Collection

Hospitality in ‘good health’ with new £250,000 partnership investment

Presenter Kathriona Devereux, 10 Things to Know About… on RTÉ One (left) with Teagasc’s Shivani Pathania

Teagasc scientist to feature on tonight’s 10 Things to Know About on RTÉ One

2. R- L Croc, Jordan Walker as Peter Pan; Caroline Martin Head of Corporate Marketing and Communications, Dale Farm; Jolene O'Hara as Captain Hook and Croc feature in The Pantomime Adventures of Peter Pan.

Dale Farm and Grand Opera House partnership soars to new heights, welcoming The ...

Farming Life livestock markets

Strong trade for cattle at Markethill Mart, suckler outfits selling to £2420

Farming Life news

UK bolsters protection from dangerous animal diseases with £200m new funding

Farming Life news

British pork producers to bring home the bacon with end of China ban

Michelle Duggan surveying a farm in County Down

Farmers deliver hope for County Down’s farmland birds

Forkins Hotshot, a Strathbogie Gypsy King son

Star quality breeding progeny for Ballymena
Returning to Ballymena Livestock Market on Saturday, December 21 with approximately 80 In-lamb gimmers on offer are Northern Stars consignors local breeders Richard Henderson, Alastair & Jack Gault, Eugene Branagan, Mark Priestley and Roger & Ivanna Strawbridge.
Barbara Strawbridge

With the Christmas Day lunch itself, I’ve ordered a turkey crown ( no one likes the leg meat), the ham and I’ll pick up the vegetables from the farm shop where there are no queues or screaming toddlers. Picture: Farming Life archives

A good gammon is my very favourite part of a traditional Christmas dinner

Emergency Preparedness for Farmers: Winter Risk Management Strategies Written By Ann Saidy

Emergency preparedness for farmers: Winter risk management strategies

Farming Life news

International sheep project to be led by Teagasc

Northern Ireland snacks industry enjoys ‘wicked’ evening with Butterkist

Damian Wilson, CEO at Share Energy

The hidden costs of energy waste on farms

Participants of the YFCU Cultivating Young Leaders Programme with programme facilitators and sponsors. Picture: YFCU

YFCU excited to launch their Cultivating Young Leaders programme for second year

Pictured are YFCU vice president and Miss Armagh judge, Natalie Burrows, Miss Armagh 2024, Karen Walker, and Miss Armagh judge, Helen Gibson

Karen Walker from Collone YFC is named as Miss Armagh 2024

14-16 first place Seskinore YFC at the final of the group debating competition on Tuesday 26th November 2024. Picture: YFCU

Members showcase group debating skills at YFCU final in Omagh Academy

Enniskillen Mart

Heavy bullocks selling to £2560 for a 540kg Charolais at Enniskillen Mart

Strategies to Compete and Thrive in the Organic Market

Empowering UK Farmers: Strategies to compete and thrive in the organic market

DAERA’s Policy, Economics and Statistics Division staff attended a practical day of learning at the Dairy Centre at CAFRE, Greenmount Campus. Their visit supported their training being undertaken to achieve a Level 2 in Agricultural Business Operations qualification

Learning comes to life at the dairy centre for DAERA staff

Restored Massey Ferguson 135

Massey Ferguson 135 turns 60

Dastinas Grenda, Moneymore PS, Robert Kidd, HSENI CEO, Rachael Batykova da Silva, Moneymore PS, and Mrs Ashley Cunningham, Principal of Moneymore PS, at the launch of the HSENI ‘Avoid Harm on the Farm’ child farm safety 2025 calendar

HSENI rural schools calendar launched to help children ‘Avoid Harm on the Farm’

Kicking off this year’s Christmas festivities, the Annual Ceremony of the Christmas Cheeses took place this week, with Cheesemakers from across the UK donating some of their finest products to the veterans of the Royal Hospital Chelsea

Merry Cheesemas: Cheese ceremony kicks off festive season

Pictured at the presentation of the Teagasc Professional Diploma in Dairy Farm Management at Teagasc Moorepark, Fermoy, Co Cork, are (left to right) Aidan Foley, Irish Farm Managers Association (sponsor), John O'Brien, Master Farmer, Conor Wynne, Newbridge, Co Kildare, receiving the Student of the Year award, and Jerry Twomey, Irish Farm Managers Association. Picture: O'Gorman Photography

Teagasc professional Diploma in Dairy farm management 2024 graduation

Ballymena Livestock Market

Beef cows selling to 308p for a Limousin 770kg at £2371 at Ballymena Mart

The Rodgers Family proudly presented the new Rodgers Family Perpetual Cup to the Callaghan Family as the first ever Bred & Fed Champions.

Exhibitor bred trumps the competition at Royal Ulster Premier Beef & Lamb Champi...

Saintfield Mart. Picture: Saintfield Mart

Excellent trade for cattle at Saintfield Mart, top price of £2540

Esme Higgs with Peanut the donkey foal at Belwade Farm

Little donkeys shine a light on charity’s work this Christmas

Mark Keller of the National Dairy Council and Agri Aware executive director Marcus O'Halloran at the launch of the Legen-Dairy campaign at the University College of Dublin, Belfield, Co Dublin

Agri Aware and the National Dairy Council seek to dispel common myths

Farming Life livestock markets

Another good seasonal entry of cattle at Lisnaskea Mart, store heifers to £1450

Omagh Mart

Demand remains firm for cattle at Omagh Mart, bullocks to £1950

House sparrow c.Will George

Join the GWCT Big Farmland Bird Count and make it a family adventure

Farming Life livestock markets

More record prices for sheep at Gortin Mart, fat ewes to £230

Draperstown Mart

Large entry of cattle at Draperstown Mart, fat cows to £2307/830kg

Farming Life livestock markets

Strong demand for cattle at Markethill Mart, beef bred cows to £1720

4 Corners Festival Co-Founders Reverend Steve Stockman and Father Martin Magill

4 Corners Festival set to return in 2025 with new theme ‘HOME?’

Mary and Olivia have come up with Brexit-proof plan - Animal News Agency

Pigs WILL fly: Micro pig breeder's Brexit-proof plan launched in partnership wit...