Antrim

Farmer Writes: a man that could have sold straw to tillage farmers

The list of Moore drill owners reads like a who’s who of progressive tillage farmers in the 1980s, writes Gerald Potterton.

FARMER WRITES 20 May 2026

Farmer Writes: a man that could have sold straw to tillage farmers

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Balmoral Show: machinery highlights

Balmoral Show: machinery highlights

FARM MACHINERY 20 May 2026

Chinese tractors a popular addition to Balmoral

Chinese tractors a popular addition to Balmoral

NEWS 15 May 2026

Fox hunting ban back on Stormont agenda

Fox hunting ban back on Stormont agenda

Fox hunting ban back on Stormont agenda

NORTHERN IRELAND 6 May 2026

Top of the range dry stock farm near Ballymoney

Top of the range dry stock farm near Ballymoney

Top of the range dry stock farm near Ballymoney

PROPERTY 30 April 2026

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Muir urges caution with visible TB lesions

Muir urges caution with visible TB lesions

Agriculture Minister Andrew Muir has disclosed data which shows that less than half of skin test reactors typically have lesions at slaughter.

NORTHERN IRELAND 11 December 2025

Muir rules out changing slurry closed period

Muir rules out changing slurry closed period

Calls for slurry spreading rules to be reviewed have reemerged this year following a dry spell of weather during last winter’s closed period.

NORTHERN IRELAND 11 December 2025

Research project pucks Ireland's goat-farming links back to the Bronze Age

Research project pucks Ireland's goat-farming links back to the Bronze Age

Archaeologists have found that Ireland’s wild goats are direct descendants of those kept by the country’s Bronze Age farmers more than 3,000 years ago.

NEWS 11 December 2025

Land prices in NI rise by another £500/acre

Land prices in NI rise by another £500/acre

Our annual survey of the land market in northern Ireland found an average price of £15,202/ac last year.

NORTHERN IRELAND 11 December 2025

Antrim: land market jumps by £1,000/ac

Antrim: land market jumps by £1,000/ac

The average land price in Antrim stood at £15,009/ac during 2025, which is up £1,058/ac or 8% on the year previous.

LAND REPORT 11 December 2025

Land area for sale in NI drops by 5%

Land area for sale in NI drops by 5%

Records kept by the Irish Farmers Journal indicate that 12,994 acres of land was publicly advertised for sale in Northern Ireland during 2025.

NORTHERN IRELAND 11 December 2025

AJS Spring Farm Machinery shows set for January return

AJS Spring Farm Machinery shows set for January return

The annual AJS spring farm machinery show series is set to return from Wednesday 21 January, starting south in the Green Glens Arena, Milstreet, Co Cork.

NEWS 11 December 2025

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New Zealand dairy tech open day to take place on Laois farm

Irish dairy farmers will have the opportunity to see the latest technologies from New Zealand at an on-farm open day at Camcloon Dairy, Ballyfin, Co Laois, on Tuesday 19 May 2026 from 10am.

New Zealand dairy tech open day to take place on Laois farm

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