Antrim

Wool used in peatland restoration trial in Antrim

A collaboration between Ulster Wildlife and the Ulster Farmers' Union (UFU) sees wool being used in a peatland restoration trial on Slievenanee Mountain in Antrim.

NEWS 2 June 2026

Wool used in peatland restoration trial in Antrim

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

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

FARMER WRITES 20 May 2026

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

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

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Top of the range dry stock farm near Ballymoney

Top of the range dry stock farm near Ballymoney

The closing date for offers on a well-maintained residential farm with plenty accommodation for beef cattle and pigs near Ballymoney is approaching fast, writes Tommy Moyles.

PROPERTY 23 December 2025

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 23 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 23 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 23 December 2025

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National Dairy Council bridging the urban-rural divide through school farm visit

Kildare dairy farmer welcomed students as part of a National Dairy Council initiative, which saw 1,500 pupils across Ireland visit working dairy farms during May.

National Dairy Council bridging the urban-rural divide through school farm visit

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