Farming Life Morning Update 10 June, 2024

The Farming Life morning update for Monday, 10th June

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00:00This is your morning update for Monday the 10th of June 2024, brought to you by FarmingLife.

00:13TransLink has continued its support by providing funding for this year's Lurgan Show.

00:20This funding will play a vital role in ensuring the success of this cherished annual agricultural

00:27and community event.

00:31UFU Next Generation Forum Meeting

00:34Representatives from the UFU's Next Generation Forum visited Asda in Cookstown to better

00:41understand the complexities and challenges faced by the 17 stores across Northern Ireland.

00:50The Ulster Grassland Society recently launched this year's Grassland Farmer of the Year

00:56competition.

00:58This annual competition allows members to judge their grassland performance against

01:04other farmers by asking a number of pertinent questions.

01:10NI Water Remainder to protect water quality by storing, handling and disposing pesticides

01:17safely.

01:18As the weather gets warmer, many farmers will be busy with weed control, so it is important

01:25to be aware of how to handle pesticide substances.

01:31CAFRE in conjunction with Chugas are planning to host two workshops on blight.

01:36To help growers better plan their blight control programmes, College of Agriculture, Food and

01:43Rural Enterprise, CAFRE, in conjunction with Chugas are hosting two workshops on blight.

01:52The NI Texel Sheep Breeders Club saw all roads lead to Armagh Show for their national

01:58show competition.

02:01Sponsored by Galloway and McLeod, this is the second year in its running with a large

02:06number of entries from breeders across the province.

02:13Farmers Choir N'Diaye hosts charity concert at Stormont on Saturday, 27 July.

02:21Farmers Choir President Mr Robin Swan will open the event and provide the welcome address.

02:30We have a unique dairy heritage, one that is, quite rightly, universally recognised

02:37– Ian Stevenson.

02:39Sometimes it's easy to take for granted the scope of the sector and the scale of its

02:45social and economic impact, not just on rural areas but on Northern Ireland as a whole.

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