The Agri Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), an arms-length body of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) in Northern Ireland, has welcomed the Department’s formal response to the latest independent...
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...
The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), based in Northern Ireland, has appointed soil carbon measurement specialist Agricarbon as a delivery agent to support its ongoing research into understanding soil carbon stocks in NI’s...
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...
The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) veterinary laboratories at Omagh in Northern Ireland are now fully operational after a major programme of repairs and upgrading of the building. The AFBI, an arms-length body of Northern...
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is to come in line with the authorities in England and Wales by recognising feed businesses that are accredited to the feed assurance schemes – FEMAS, TASCC and UFAS. This means that...