CAFRE
Peter McCann on 05 May 2021
News round-up from Northern Ireland
Weekly round-up of news from the farming industry in Northern Ireland.
Darren Carty on 28 Apr 2021
Getting more from grass in Fermanagh
Next week’s webinar which takes place on the farm of Roy and Marilyn Mayers will discuss how the farm is focusing on improving grassland management to reduce costs and deliver increased productivity.
Peter McCann on 28 Apr 2021
More females studying agriculture in NI
Over half of all students at the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise in Northern Ireland are female.
Peter McCann on 28 Apr 2021
LMC increase quality assurance fee
The Northern Ireland beef and lamb farm quality assurance scheme is also funded by a processor fee it has been increased by 20% under the latest review.
David Wright on 28 Apr 2021
CAFRE demonstrating sustainable high output lamb from grass
Farm based beef and sheep programmes have consistently shown the direct correlation between stocking rate and gross margin per hectare.
Kieran Mailey on 24 Mar 2021
NISP 2020: the numbers behind the performance
In the final week of benchmarking analysis, the focus is on comparing the key inputs and outputs and production performance between the lowland and hill producers.
Darren Carty on 10 Mar 2021
Safeguarding antibiotics for future use
At the Northern Ireland Sheep Programme virtual event Noel Doyle of Three Valleys Veterinary practice warned if antibiotics are not used correctly there is a good chance some will become unavailable.
Darren Carty on 10 Mar 2021
Pushing production from hill and crossbred ewes in Tyrone
James McCay’s farm hosted last week’s webinar focusing on pre- and post-lambing management, addressing barren rates in hill ewes and antibiotic usage in sheep systems.
Stephen Robb on 02 Mar 2021
Action-packed week of tillage webinars ahead
Stephen Robb previews the tillage conferences taking place over the coming week.
Kieran Mailey on 24 Feb 2021
BETTER farm NI: £518 increase in GM/ha on bull finishing farms
This week, programme adviser Darryl Boyd analyses the profitability of the five farms finishing male cattle as young bulls.
Derek Robinson on 10 Feb 2021
Unravelling my annual benchmarking results
Derek Robinson has dairy heifers, sheep and beef cattle on his Co Down farm
Niall Hurson on 21 Jan 2021
Teagasc Ballyhaise to host international conference on knowledge transfer
Teagasc has encouraged all its colleagues across the island to submit papers or posters and participate in the conference.
Derek Robinson on 20 Jan 2021
Farmer Writes: lesson learned from my sheep BDG
Given the variability across farms, no one system suits everyone writes Co Down sheep farmer Derek Robinson
Jack Kennedy on 07 Jan 2021
Watch: Dairylink winter feeding webinar
Quality winter feed is top of the list for many farmers producing milk over the winter months and feeding it correctly is vitally important.
Peter McCann on 06 Jan 2021
Monitoring milk yields and meal feeding
Dairy farmers in Northern Ireland are benchmarking margin over concentrate each month. Peter McCann reports
Kieran Mailey on 06 Jan 2021
Germinal moving out of Banbridge
Germinal to close NI facility and final call for dairy Technology Demonstration Farms.
Peter McCann on 05 Jan 2021
Dairylink: webinar on winter feeding this week
A free webinar about winter feeding on Stephen Wallace's farm will be available to watch from Wednesday evening at 8pm.
John Egerton on 30 Dec 2020
Contrasting fortunes with silage quality
John Egerton got his first cut in ideal conditions, but second cut was more of a struggle.
David Wright on 26 Dec 2020
Limited benefit from capping NI payments
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has asked officials to look at potential options to cap individual direct payments.
Peter McCann on 24 Nov 2020
Dairylink: using calf jackets in cold conditions
Low air temperatures are a key reason why growth rates are lower than expected in many calf sheds.