Thurs 30 April

  • Soil Nutrient Health Scheme training course. In Flower Fields, Portstewart, 6.30pm to 9.30pm. To book TN 8778-9770 or at www.cafre.ac.uk/snhs-training

    • Fri 1 May

  • Ayrshire club show and sale. Ballymena Mart, 11am.
  • Simmentals 16 bulls, five heifers. Show 5pm, sale 7pm. Swatragh Mart
  • The Rural Chaplain. At Rathfriland Mart.

    • Sat 2 May

  • The Rural Chaplain. At Downpatrick and Hilltown Mart.

    • Sun 3 and Mon 4 May

  • Mayday steam rally. At Shanes Castle Estate, Antrim

    • Mon 4 May

  • Limousin 78 bulls, 10 females. Show 10am, sale noon. Ballymena Mart.
  • Breeding sheep and store lambs. With 250 Suffolk/Texel and Suffolk/Cheviot hoggets with lambs at foot. Ballymena Mart 6pm
  • The Rural Chaplain. At Markethill Mart.

    • Tues 5 May

  • Shearing and wool handling courses commence. Book at https://www.ulsterwool.com/book-online
  • Holstein NI bull sale. Show 11am, sale noon. Dispersal 55 dairy cows for Burrenmore herd. Kilrea Mart.

    • Fri 8 May

  • Twenty-five dairy cows and heifers for James Johnston. Ballymena Mart 11am.