Newry vet Brian Doyle is urging farmers to vaccinate cattle against common killer Clostridial Diseases such as Tetanus or Blackleg.

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The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) is urging farmers to make safety an even greater priority as they enter one of their busiest periods of the year.

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Fermanagh Grassland Club continued the celebration of its Golden Jubilee year, by staying closer to home for its annual outing. The event had one of the largest attendances for farm walks of around 100 farmers.

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Agriculture Minister Michelle O'Neill has confirmed that her department will open an office in the County Tyrone town.

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Taking part in a trade mission to the Netherlands in May last year continues to yield dividends for the agriculture focused Rodney Magowan Press and PR Agency.

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Farmers have less than a week to submit their Single Application Forms.

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As beekeepers also lament a long winter and extremely late Spring, their latest reports suggest bees are beginning to work and are finding nectar from some of the early flowering shrubs.

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A NUMBER of reports had been received by the News Letter in Belfast from correspondents across Ulster detailing the state of the crops .

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CONFIRMATION that the current Focus Farms’ Programme has been extended to the end of March 2014 follows on from the recent publication of a report by the Education and Training Inspectorate (ETI), which evaluated all of the Axis 1 measures with Northern Ireland’s Rural Development Programme during 2011/12.

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HOW to best get through the next three weeks was a recurring theme raised by members attending this week’s Ulster Farmers’ Union annual general meeting.

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DAIRY farmers seeking to purchase large numbers of fresh calved young cows to keep their milk tanks full should have no problem finding what they require at the forthcoming Beechgreen dispersal sale.

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FIELDS with heather need to be carefully assessed for their eligibility when completing the 2013 Single Application Form (SAF).

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Equine students from Enniskillen Campus have been selected for further training after travelling to Kildalton College, Co. Kilkenny to take part in the National Young Breeders Competition, organised by Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) and Teagasc and partnered by Connolly's Red Mills.

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The Ulster Farmers' Union has filled a void created when the United Dairy Farmers' milk auction ended in January.

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THE Ulster Farmers’ Union is receiving reports from livestock farmers across Northern Ireland that they are facing a ‘feed crunch’ as fodder supplies quickly dwindle and in some cases supplies have completely run out.

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A 71-year-old man has died in a farming accident in County Londonderry.

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The Chancellor is the ceremonial figurehead of the University, and may participate in conferring degrees at graduations as well as acting in an ambassadorial capacity for the institution, nationally and internationally.

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A SMALL but select show of British Blue bulls was up for offer at the British Blue Cattle Society show and sale, held at Ballymena, Northern Ireland, last week.

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The pressure is mounting on DARD to fast-track its proposed hardship scheme for hill farmers affected by the recent spring blizzard.

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Milk suppliers in Fermanagh are being recruited by a dairy company from Donegal as the supply of milk continues to become competitive.

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FISHERIES Minister Michelle O’Neill has officially opened the new £300,000 fish market and refurbished ice-plant facility in Ardglass.

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AFTER another very wet winter the challenge posed by stomach worms to young stock will, invariably, be extremely high.

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THE Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) Veterinary Sciences Division wishes to advise sheep farmers of the likely risk of Nematodirus worm infection in young lambs occurring at this time of year.

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After 117 years at its south Belfast site, the RUAS annual show will begin a new chapter in its 159 year history at new Showgrounds just down the M1 motorway

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The drought has broken for parts of the North Island, Federated Farmers says.

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FARMERS For Action UK NI have reacted angrily to another round of poor Northern Ireland milk prices against a rising market.

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PRESIDENT of the Northern Ireland Vintage Ploughing Association, Langford Gilliland, passed away recently in his 99th year.

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A money saving innovation for dairy farmers on show during Balmoral 2013 is the PipeFeeder exhibited by Dutch company Hanskamp AgroTech at stand 28 in the Agri Pavilion.

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WESTMINSTER Rural Affairs Minister David Heath visited Northern Ireland earlier this week and, courtesy of a press conference co hosted by MEP Diane Dodds, promptly declared that he was pro farming in outlook and supported the expansion of production agriculture throughout the UK.

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AGRICULTURE and Rural Development Minister Michelle O’Neill was the guest speaker at a public meeting on Wednesday evening in Hilltown to discuss a number of rural issues.

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CRAWFORD’S Food in Portaferry, Co Down, a manufacturer of luxury breakfast granolas, has been assisted by Invest Northern Ireland to sell its handmade cereal products online with Amazon UK.

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AT long last the rain and the heat have arrived, following the exceptionally dry and cold spell that was March 2013.

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NEWRY and Armagh DUP MLA William Irwin has said the DARD Minister should actively seek to cover the cost of the collection of dead animals after recent snow, without dipping into the hardship payments being offered to farmers.

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The 2013 British Blue Balmoral Show Judge will be Allan Wilkinson of the “Springfield” Herd from Preston in Lancashire.

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MANAGING the freshly calved cow properly is key to ensuring maximum performance – milk yield and fertility – during her subsequent lactation.

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At this stage lambing on many mid season flocks is coming to an end, if it has not already finished.

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Properly made, big bale silage is every bit as good as clamp silage, if not better says Volac’s Alistair Sampson. However, if you are going to get the most out of bales you must use grass of the same quality as you would put into the clamp.

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A PAIR of Blackface rams have been recovered alive an incredible 23 days after they became trapped near Slemish Mountain in County Antrim.

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Officials from the Department of Agriculture will face a Stormont committee on Tuesday to explain their response to last month's severe weather.

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A CO TYRONE milk producer has said he is incensed at what he regards as the shoddy way he has been treated by DARD in relation to the verification of his farm maps.

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DUP Diane Dodds has welcomed a visit to the European Parliament in Brussels by agriculture students from the College of Agriculture, Food & Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) at Greenmount.

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THE countdown is on with just one week to go before the dispersal of Brian Mawhinney’s highly acclaimed Laurelhill Holstein Herd.

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WITH the spotlight suddenly on native beef breeds for supplying retailers’ premium brands, there is an opportunity for dairy farmers to cash in.

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AFTER the latest spell of bad weather there is still no sign of spring as we move into the month of April.

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THE UFU’s top groups have been honoured following another successful year in membership.

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Efficient farmers have nothing to fear from Greenhouse Gas proposals but the industry needs to be aware of the issues involved.

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Pedigree bulls reached a ceiling of 5,000gns at the Northern Ireland Simmental Cattle Breeders' Club's March show and sale, held at Dungannon Farmers' Mart.

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ASDA NI is calling on food and drink producers in the North West to register their interest for its ‘Meet the Buyer’ event in Asda Strabane, Railway Road, on Tuesday 16th April.

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The launch of Holmes’ range of traditional tray bakes in Asda stores across Northern Ireland.

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Two local veterinary surgeons have updated the farming community in Fermanagh of the impact of Bovine Viral Diarrhoea and the efforts that are underway to combat this viral disease.

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