The latest King’s Birthday Honours list for2026 features many people from the UK farming and agricultural sectors. Scottish farmer and businessman Maitland Mackie from Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, receives the OBE for services to...
Northern Ireland’s Agri Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) has appointed Dr Iain Williams as its new chief executive with effect from 1st September. He succeeds Dr Stanley McDowell, who is retiring after serving as the AFBI chief...
The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) is planning a new Ruminant Emissions Research Facility (RERF) at its Hillsborough campus in Northern Ireland, with funding from the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural...
The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), based in Northern Ireland, is to lead a UK-wide consortium of leading research institutions and industry organisations aiming to demonstrate that reduced dairy farm emissions can go...
The Agri-Food & Biosciences Institute (AFBI) in Northern Ireland has introduced two new tetraploid ryegrasses, Castlewellan and Ardress, onto the market. Both varieties have been added to the 2025/2026 Recommended Grass and Clover Lists (RGCL), bringing the total...
Northern Ireland’s Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) is leading a UK-wide consortium of dairy research organisations to deliver the Defra funded UK Dairy Carbon Network project. The multi-million-pound initiative’s primary...