1+ hour, 16+ min ago  (429+ words) May 18, 2026 12: 00 pm Red meat, pig and poultry production in the US is forecast to exceed 2026 output levels next year. This is according to the projections contained within the latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), published by the US…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (520+ words) May 17, 2026 6: 10 am Considering how advanced breeding has got, it is easy to get so caught up in statistics and what is being bred to what, so much so that we forget about embryo survival. When it comes to the term…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (498+ words) May 16, 2026 10: 00 am Ben O'Connor, aged just 16, is already a serial entrepreneur, whose latest creation is a piece of farm management software he is making available for free. O'Connor is from a dairy farming family in Co. Down and, like many…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (830+ words) May 16, 2026 7: 00 am Most dairy farmers have received that fateful call from neighbours, or indeed police, informing them the cows have broken out and are on the main road, or destroying someone's garden. Chaos ensues, and after the wanderers have been…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (639+ words) May 15, 2026 6: 00 pm Several Welsh farm groups have welcomed the appointment of a new minister for rural affairs following the recent Senedd election. Following Plaid Cymru's election victory, Wales' new First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth confirmed this week that Llyr Gruffydd…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago  (468+ words) May 15, 2026 3: 00 pm Field trials have confirmed the environmental risks linked to the conversion of permanent or improved grassland to arable farming. The studies, carried out by scientists at Rothamsted Research, found that converting grassland to arable cropping caused immediate and…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago  (354+ words) May 14, 2026 1: 02 pm Trouw Nutrition today (Thursday, May 14) confirmed that it intends to close its production plant in Northern Ireland later this year. The company, which is a division of Nutreco, said it will remain "fully operational" in Ireland despite its…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago  (700+ words) May 14, 2026 3: 30 pm Dale Farm is using Balmoral Show 2026 as a platform to profile its significant investment plans for the future. This follows the completion of another exceptionally strong business year for the farmer-owned dairy co-op. Dale Farm's Group chief executive,…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (527+ words) May 14, 2026 6: 10 am Breeding is well underway now, yet not too many fields you look into will have stocks bulls out yet, as the majority of farmers go with artificial insemination (AI) in the early season. In recent years, farmers have…...

4+ day, 43+ min ago  (822+ words) May 14, 2026 11: 30 am Farmers in South Africa that have already vaccinated their cattle for foot and mouth disease (FMD) are seeing them become reinfected with the disease, raising tensions in the agricultural industry. The government's vaccination programme has received regular criticism…...