​The beginning of 2026 has been marked by the leadership of the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) setting out its priorities for ...

TECNARO (Ilsfeld/Germany), BB Engineering (Remscheid/Germany), FALKE (Schmallenberg/Germany) and the Institut für ...

Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) president, William Irvine, has highlighted the growing challenge of animal disease to agriculture ...

TECNARO develops the bio-based PE compounds and handles their dyeing. ITA is concentrating on the process development for melt spinning (partially-oriented yarn, POY) and false-twist texturing ...

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A horror virus spread by midges wiped out 92 newborn lambs on an Ayrshire farm, it’s emerged. Dundonald farmer Michael Goldie saw nearly two-thirds of his 152 lambs killed last month by the deadly ...

Lambing on one family's farm took a "horrific turn" this year because of a virus that killed nearly 40% of the offspring. Experts say the impact of the Schmallenberg virus is likely to be at some of ...

It comes as the Department warns it has detected an uptick in the number of confirmed cases of Schmallenberg virus Farmers are advised to be vigilant and to ask their vet to refer any birth ...

My phone this week has been binging with WhatsApp alerts from the regional vet labs warning us of confirmed cases of Schmallenberg virus (SBV) in lambs and calves this spring. I remember when I ...

Growing numbers of flocks are being struck by the deadly Schmallenberg virus in the south of England, Midlands and Wales. Vets are urging farmers with deformed lambs to send them for post-mortem so ...

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Previously unaffected areas north of the Dundalk-Galway line could now be susceptible Around two-and-a-half million ewes will be lambing on 30,000 farms over the coming weeks A high number of ...