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Food
Food for thought: should we have a legal definition for sourdough bread?
Janine Kennedy
The Real Bread campaign in the UK want a legal definition for sourdough bread to call out supermarket “sourfauxs”, to avoid consumer confusion and protect bakers’ livelihoods.
16 April 2025 Farm machinery
The Antrim contractors on using their 16th Krone baler
Now on their 16th Krone baler, Peter Thomas Keaveney caught up with Daniel Wilkinson to see how his most recent Krone Comprima CF 155 XC+ is performing after one season.
3 March 2025 News
New young shepherd class at 116th Ballymoney Show
The Antrim-based show will take at the Ballymoney Showgrounds and run on Friday, 6 June from 3pm to 9pm and on Saturday, 7 June from 9am to 4pm.
News round-up from Northern Ireland
Weekly round-up of news from the farming industry in Northern Ireland.
12 February 2025 Northern Ireland
Land price in NI jumps £1,000/ac
Across NI overall, the lift in the land market happened even though the total supply of land offered up for sale hit a five year high during 2024.
5 February 2025 Northern Ireland
Land Report: Steady supply hitting the Antrim market
Antrim has moved down a spot in the Northern Ireland county rankings to sit in fourth place.
5 February 2025 News
Land Report: Tyrone prices push on as average rises 4.2%
Tyrone has overtaken Antrim and is now in third place across Northern Ireland counties for average land price.
5 February 2025 News
Land area for sale hits five-year high
Overall, there were 487 parcels of land publicly offered up in Northern Ireland during 2024, which makes the average lot 28 acres in size.
23 December 2024 Northern Ireland
Two sell out concerts for singing NI farmers
The group put on two nights for its Christmas concert this year, following a strong demand for tickets for last year’s gig.
18 December 2024 Dealer
Feature: rare breed thriving as Antrim farmers go the extra Moile
David Scott and his wife Sandra rear one of the oldest surviving indigenous breeds of cattle, writes Caroline Hennessy.
6 November 2024 Features
Integrated AD on Antrim dairy and chicken farm
Stephen Robb reports on the Fertiliser Association of Ireland's visit to dairy farmer Alastair Taylor in Antrim.
16 October 2024 Northern Ireland
First Lady appointed to YFCU
Lynsay Hawkes and Richard Beattie were married last weekend in Omagh, Co Tyrone.
18 September 2024 Dealer