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April 09, 2021
News

TARGETED ASSISTANCE FOR VETERINARY PRACTICES REPORTING ANTIMICROBIAL USAGE ON FARMS

Veterinary practices can benefit from funding to install a new software that makes it simpler to report antibiotic usage on farms across Northern Ireland. Thanks to a research initiative in Northern Ireland entitled ‘STrategic AntiMicrobial use in Dairy,…
April 07, 2021
News

CALL FOR BEEF & DAIRY FARMERS TO COMPLETE SURVEY ON CATTLE TEMPERAMENT TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND SAFETY ON FARM

Farmer funded research body AgriSearch would like to invite all cattle farmers to take part in a survey for a research project called ‘TemperGene’. The project is funded by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) and AgriSearch.…
March 30, 2021
News

LEATHERJACKET MITIGATION STRATEGIES TO BE INVESTIGATED IN NEW EIP PROJECT

Farmer-funded research body AgriSearch are working alongside four farmers from Fermanagh and AFBI to investigate the challenge of controlling leatherjacket populations in grassland. The project is one of seven taking place under the new Northern Ireland…
March 22, 2021
News

No need for ‘knee jerk’ reaction when triple wormer resistance is found on sheep farms

Using a faecal egg count reduction test (FECRT) to test for wormer resistance on farm is an important step, say the Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) group – but it is important not to panic if the results come back showing triple resistance.…
March 11, 2021
CAREERS

Placement Student - Agricultural Research (Livestock)

The Northern Ireland Agricultural Research and Development Council (T/A AgriSearch), is a charitable organisation whose mission is to drive innovation and sustainability in ruminant livestock farming, as a trusted, valued conduit of knowledge and innovation…
March 11, 2021
News

NEW EIP PROJECT WILL UTILISE A RANGE OF TECHNOLOGIES TO IMPLEMENT TARGETED SELECTIVE TREATMENT OF ANTHELMINTICS ON FARM

NEW EIP PROJECT WILL UTILISE A RANGE OF TECHNOLOGIES TO IMPLEMENT TARGETED SELECTIVE TREATMENT OF ANTHELMINTICS ON FARM FEKPAKG2 kits will be used on each of the farms A new European Innovation Partnership (EIP) project, led by farmer-funded research body…

REMINDER: GROWING HOME-GROWN PROTEINS AND THEIR USE IN DAIRY COW DIETS – A Webinar from AgriSearch, CAFRE, AFBI and DAERA

Mar 03, 2021 News
Farmers are reminded of the forthcoming webinar on the growing of protein crops in…

Free service for sheep farmers and advisors could reduce lamb mortality this spring

Mar 01, 2021 News
As February has reminded us, the weather in early spring can fluctuate from extreme cold…

Latest advice from COWS - Test before treating calves with wormer this spring

Feb 26, 2021 News
Experts from the Control of Worms Sustainably (COWS) group are urging dairy and suckler…

SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF AGRISEARCH CO-FUNDED PHD

Feb 24, 2021 News
Dr David Johnston recently completed a PhD in the use of home-grown proteins in dairy cow…

SCOPS urges sheep farmers to consider reducing number of ewes wormed at lambing time

Feb 23, 2021 News
Worming ewes around lambing remains a common practice in UK flocks, but with most sheep…

Northern Ireland Sheep Scab Survey

Feb 18, 2021 News
Paul Crawford grew up on Islandmagee. He has kept sheep for over 30 years, currently…

GROWING HOME-GROWN PROTEINS AND THEIR USE IN DAIRY COW DIETS – A Webinar from AgriSearch, CAFRE, AFBI and DAERA

Feb 16, 2021 News
CAFRE, AFBI, AgriSearch and DAERA are joining forces to hold a webinar on Monday 8th…

European innovation partnership project to investigate the incorporation of multi-species swards on NI beef and sheep farms

Feb 11, 2021 News
Farmer-funded research body AgriSearch is the Project Lead for the ‘Multi-species Swards…

FARMERS WANTED TO CO-DEVELOP DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS FOR PERMANENT GRASSLAND

Feb 09, 2021 News
AgriSearch and AFBI are holding a farmer workshop on Monday 15th February at 7.30pm to…

QUB survey to investigate use of antimicrobials in Ireland

Jan 25, 2021 News
Funded by Safefood Ireland, Queen’s University in Belfast (QUB) have designed a survey…

New project to tackle Bovine Mastitis and reduce Antimicrobial Resistance

Jan 20, 2021 News
A research project to tackle bovine mastitis and reduce the use of broad-spectrum…

Farmers and land managers invited to participate in research project on Permanent Grasslands (PG) in UK farming systems.

Jan 06, 2021 News
This UK based research is part of a wider project being conducted across a number of case…

FINAL CHANCE TO APPLY FOR BEACON FARM NETWORK

Dec 30, 2020 News
Edwin Poots MLA, Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister; John Henning, Senior Vice-Chair, AgriSearch; Harold Johnston; Peter Morrow, Vice-Chair, AgriSearch; Jason Rankin, General Manager, AgriSearch; Seamus McCaffrey, Chair, AgriSearch
Farmers interested in participating in AgriSearch’s new Beacon Farm Network are reminded…

SIGNIFICANT INTEREST IN AGRISEARCH BEACON FARM NETWORK

Dec 18, 2020 News
On Tuesday 15th December, AgriSearch held an informational webinar for those interested…

AgriSearch 2020 Christmas Newsletter

Dec 11, 2020 News
As 2020 draws to a close, we at AgriSearch have produced a Christmas Newsletter,…

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