🌤️Drier weather allows first group of cows to start grazing at AFBI Hillsborough 🐄
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Spring is a busy time for farmers and is an important time of year to assess the health of flocks/herds. One way of doing this is by looking at the lambing/calving percentage or the number of abortions/stillbirths bit.ly/4aCgBVa
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Milking in the housed dairy at the Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland (ARINI), 1940s
Binding corn at ARINI Hillsborough: A tractor-pulled corn binder at the Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland (ARINI), an example of early mechanised harvesting and a reminder of how farming technology at Hillsborough has evolved over the past 100 years.
Hillsborough aerial view: The research farm at Hillsborough, Co Down, is celebrating 100 years of scientific excellence and innovation in agricultural research
Traditional milk recording methods at Hillsborough in the mid-20th century – laying the foundations for today’s advances in genetics, performance monitoring and precision livestock farming.
📰AFBI Hillsborough Celebrates 100 Years of Scientific Excellence and Innovation in Agricultural Research ..... bit.ly/4tTzBpM
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🌱Read more about Banbridge – the new AFBI variety which is topping the charts in 2026 as the number one–ranked perennial ryegrass on the 2026 Pasture for Profit Index bit.ly/4rT5j4M
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A new research facility aimed at optimising productivity while reducing greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions from cattle is being advanced by AFBI in partnership with DAERA.
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An all-island research symposium on bovine tuberculosis (bTB) opens bringing together officials, scientists & academics from both North & South to share new insights, develop collaborations and help to inform policy makers tasked with eradication of bTB bit.ly/49CX6Kq
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AFBI were represented at the International Fertiliser Society Conference held at Robinson College, University of Cambridge from 10-12 Dec. Dr Rachel Cassidy delivered an invited presentation on “Encouraging improved soil management in NI”. #SNHS_NI #AFBIScience #AFBIResearch
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A major new study has revealed the widespread presence of pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and illicit drugs in Northern Ireland’s lakes and rivers. Read more: bit.ly/4oOuRhr
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On #WorldSoilDay AFBI represented at the Soil Science Society of Ireland Conference at UCD presenting posters on Biochar & fertiliser: Effect on #SoilHealth; Soil Nutrient Health Scheme poster with CAFRE & NI Soil monitoring presentation with AFBI's Suzanne Higgins.
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It's #WorldSoilDay. We are celebrating healthier soils across NI. Our Soil Nutrient Health Scheme is in its final year of sampling. Did you know 440,000 fields have been sampled across NI. Keep your soil healthy!
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The 4th & final year of soil sampling in the Soil Nutrient Health Scheme (SNHS) is well underway. This phase focuses on farms in Co. Antrim & includes any remaining farms across NI that were not previously registered bit.ly/4oDd9gG
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AFBI Study Reveals Surprising Boost in Milk Yield with Early Lactation Cows from Sustainable Cow Diets bit.ly/43Lj2RF
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🌱Online training turns Soil Nutrient Health Scheme (SHNS) soil results into action ....
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www.daera-ni.gov.uk/news/online-...
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AFBI Omagh recently welcomed newly qualified vets from NI, England & Wales! bit.ly/4oqyCK6 They explored how our veterinary research officers support local veterinary practices through diagnostics that make a real difference, helping to improve their work ‘in the field’.
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🐑AFBI wishes to bring to the attention of farmers the need to consider the risk of liver fluke infection in cattle and sheep this autumn and winter which is predicted to be high across NI bit.ly/49gxbJP 🐄
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AFBI represented at 2025 EJP Soil Annual Meeting, Denmark, 6-7 Oct with presentations on soil research work, soil mapping & #SNHS Carbon Research. Focus was on soil research in EU countries with advisors, researchers & farmers giving perspectives on the future of European farming. #AFBIScience
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AFBI Job Opportunity: Data Scientist - Higher Scientific Officer, based at AFBI Veterinary Sciences Division, Stormont, Belfast. For more information and to apply visit bit.ly/3KjXaFV. Closing Date Noon on 10th October.
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AFBI today launched its Science Strategy 2030:- Inspiring Excellence - Delivering Impact- that sets out the strategic direction of its science to 2030. bit.ly/3V6VDFv
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AFBI has completed the installation of a high-tech computing infrastructure aboard its primary research vessel RV Corystes, marking a major milestone in the digital transformation of offshore science operations bit.ly/41p7guI.
#AFBIScience #AFBIResearch #fisheries #NationalMarineWeek
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David Hall from Glebe Farm in Co. Down registered for the Soil Nutrient Health Scheme as a Zone 1 farmer, hear his story and what he thought of the scheme below.
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AFBI wishes to advise sheep farmers of the likely risk of Nematodirus worm infection in young lambs occurring at this time of the year. See bit.ly/4cwqsvd for all the information you need on this infection as well as what to do if you suspect it.
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Hosted by AFBI, Queen's University Belfast, DAERA & Ulster Farmers Union, Dr Nicola Ranger delivered the 65th George Scott Robertson Memorial Lecture highlighting the financial and fiscal risk management required to deal with climate change adaptation & the impact on the global economy. #AFBIScience
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AFBI's Omics Days Conference attracted attendees from a wide variety of disciplines who enjoyed a focused program covering various Omics research topics📰read all about it: bit.ly/43vje8b
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On 3 Apr the George Scott Robertson Memorial Lecture on "Managing Nature Based Risks to the Global Economy and Financial System" will be delivered by Dr Nicola Ranger of Oxford University. The venue is Riddel Hall, registration still open! bit.ly/4459fGM
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AFBI Employment Opportunity: Head of Pest & Pathogen Surveillance, based at AFBI HQ, Newforge Lane, Belfast. For more information and to apply visit irecruit-ext.hrconnect.nigov.net/jobs/vacanci.... Closing Date 12 noon on 18.04.25. #AFBIScience #AFBIResearch
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AFBI Employment Opportunity: Head of Pest & Pathogen Surveillance, based at AFBI HQ, Newforge Lane, Belfast. For more information and to apply visit bit.ly/4iHjXb6. Closing Date 12 noon on 18.04.25. #AFBIScience #AFBIResearch
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