Page 26 - Simon Best News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has helped launch the 2021 Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend, which takes place virtually from July 30 to August 1. The event is celebrating its tenth anniversary with a packed schedule of virtual activities to showcase Northern Ireland food and farming at its best. The initiative is led by the Ulster Farmers' Union, with Bank of Ireland renewing its title sponsorship. A spokeswoman said the event would "yet again set to capture the imagination of families and foodies from across the province and give a real behind-the-scenes snapshot of the local farm to fo...

PhD examines role of homegrown protein crops in dairy cow diets Jason Rankin (right), General Manager of AgriSearch congratulates Dr David Johnston (left) on the successful completion of his PhD. The topical subject of using homegrown proteins in dairy cow diets has been recently used by Dr. David Johnston, to complete his PhD funded jointly by DAERA and AgriSearch, supervised by Queen's University and AFBI. AgriSearch General Manager Jason Rankin congratulated David and commented; “The publication of these findings is very timely as there is renewed interest in growing protein crops i...

Pathway to net carbon zero A group of seven farmers from across Northern Ireland have started an innovative project, having secured funding through the European Innovation Partnership Scheme, which will investigate practical ways to measure, manage and reduce carbon in ruminant farming. Sunday, 21st February 2021, 12:11 pm Greg Harken, Graduate Scientist from RPS pictured taking soil samples on the Bell farm in Co. Antrim along with Roger, Hilary & Scott Bell Led by John Gilliland, the ‘ARCZero’ (an acronym for Accelerating Ruminant Carbon to Zero) project will be spearheaded by Patrick C...