Ulster

£240m of payments issued to NI farmers

The Farm Sustainability Payment is the main follow on to the Basic Payment Scheme in Northern Ireland.

NORTHERN IRELAND 2 September 2026

£240m of payments issued to NI farmers

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UFU gets caught up in NI politics

UFU gets caught up in NI politics

NORTHERN IRELAND 19 August 2026

UFU calls for top brass at DAERA to go

UFU calls for top brass at DAERA to go

NORTHERN IRELAND 19 August 2026

News round-up from Northern Ireland

News round-up from Northern Ireland

News round-up from Northern Ireland

NORTHERN IRELAND 5 August 2026

UFU demands review into incident where cattle were shot on Tyrone farm

UFU demands review into incident where cattle were shot on Tyrone farm

UFU demands review into incident where cattle were shot on Tyrone farm

NORTHERN IRELAND 4 August 2026

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'Marksmen' shoot 50 cattle on farm in 12-hour operation

'Marksmen' shoot 50 cattle on farm in 12-hour operation

There were people standing on ditches watching the marksmen shoot the animals dead in the field, local councillor says.

NORTHERN IRELAND 1 April 2026

Farm price legislation ruled out at Stormont

Farm price legislation ruled out at Stormont

The need for a farm welfare bill has been a repeated ask of a farm lobby organisation in NI.

NORTHERN IRELAND 1 April 2026

Listen: new project looks at opportunities for wool

Listen: new project looks at opportunities for wool

Hannah Furlong chats with some of the researchers at the agriculture and land use conference run by Teagasc.

NEWS 1 April 2026

Ulster Wool price hits 10-year high

Ulster Wool price hits 10-year high

Ulster Wool is optimistic for further upward momentum into the 2026 auction season.

NORTHERN IRELAND 1 April 2026

Laverty up on the pitch and Down on the farm

Laverty up on the pitch and Down on the farm

The Down football manager highlighted the farming demands as well as the sporting ones at this time of year.

DEALER 1 April 2026

Census shows a very different Ireland

Census shows a very different Ireland

The 1926 Census shows just how agrarian a society Ireland was one hundred years ago

DEALER 1 April 2026

A ‘Fairview’ on the edge of Belfast for £2.8m

A ‘Fairview’ on the edge of Belfast for £2.8m

A significant block of good quality land along with a number of residences will test the market.

FOR SALE 1 April 2026

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Patrick and Valerie Sheehy: building better cows from day one

Achieving average weaning weights of 112kg doesn’t happen by accident. For Patrick and Valerie, it starts with calf management, high-quality nutrition and investing heavily in the first 70 days

Patrick and Valerie Sheehy: building better cows from day one

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