In Hoyt, farmer and weaver Rachel Dalton wanted to make as many of her Christmas gifts by hand as possible. She used fibre ...

Sheep exported from Northern Ireland to Britain surged during 2024 with the biggest increase in animals shipped to farms ...

From 1 January 2025 farms in Ireland with a grassland stocking rate in excess of 100kg/ha organic nitrogen cannot avail of ...

Star attractions include new stallions City Of Troy and King Of Steel as Irish Thoroughbred Marketing’s hugely popular ...

The idea for Kestrel Ridge Pellet Co. emerged as Megan Landes-Murphy pored through Google searches to solve a problem. She ...

As 2024 comes to a close, it’s fair to say it’s been a difficult year and a lot of change has taken place. 2025 is a new year ...

Martino Newcombe runs a small farm in Co. Galway in the west of Ireland. Biodiversity is a central focus of his work. He ...

As we look back on what has happened in beef and sheep farming in Northern Ireland, we are thankful that despite all the other issues that are ongoing, beef and lamb prices have remained strong ...

Across all Northern Ireland parties, there was recognition that the sheep industry played a vital role within the agri-food industry. They acknowledged how efficiencies could be improved to reduce ...

ALMOST 15 years ago, young electrician Alastair Armstrong made the decision to embark on a totally new career, in sheep farming.

Many fear the future of the Northern Ireland sheep sector is at risk as farmers struggle with ... 17 per cent of their BPS with no way to make up for the shortfall, as many farm severely disadvantaged ...