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Scientists at AFBI will play a key role in research projects on emerging infectious diseases, bovine tuberculosis, and reductions in methane emissions from cattle.

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July 28, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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🐜Scientists at AFBI have launched a new 3-year project to protect NI’s native ash trees from an invasive insect. The ash sawfly not native to the island of Ireland, feeds on ash trees between May-June.

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May 22, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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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
March 29, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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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
December 15, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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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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October 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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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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January 16, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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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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AFBI - Celebrating World Soil Day
This is "AFBI - Celebrating World Soil Day" by Cathal Hegarty on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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A century of science is built on the people behind it.

As part of #Hillsborough100, Professor Fred Gordon looks back on 38 years of innovation, collaboration and discoveries that helped shape modern dairy farming.

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September 17, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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Do you gather shellfish from the NI intertidal area? You can help us get a better understanding of this activity, particularly around the gathering of periwinkles.

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June 15, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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🚢AFBI’s Conor Porter from the Seabed Mapping Team joined the Research Vessel Endeavour to work on a four-week long, collaborative survey project to map the UK seabed.

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Seabed mapping off Cornwall 'to inform policy and security'
Data collected by scientists will be used in many sectors, including the development of marine policies.
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June 5, 2026 at 11:39 AM
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Dr Gary Lyons & Dr Shannon McIvor spoke to visiting Nuffield Scholars at AFBI on research tackling environmental challenges in farm slurry management—covering greenhouse gas & ammonia reduction, and how slurry separation can improve water quality 🌱

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June 5, 2026 at 11:36 AM
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Plenary lecture on Day 2 of Agriculture & Land use in Ireland Conference from AFBI's Dr Rachel Cassidy on One Island, Many Rivers: Comparing Water Quality Stressors and Climate Induced Vulnerabilities in Agricultural Catchments #AFBIresearch #AFBIscience
June 5, 2026 at 11:28 AM
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#AFBI research on biochar represented today at the Agriculture & Land Use Conference, Portlaoise (26/27 May) with poster presentation by Christina van Midden on Evaluating P release efficiency of duo-biochar to spring wheat

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June 5, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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🌱Maelle Fresne with her poster presentation at the Agriculture & Land Use Conference, Portlaoise held recently on Estimation of Total P loading in large river catchment: impacts of sample frequency and load calculation method.

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June 5, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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Carbon research poster presentation by Chris Chagumaira recently at the Agriculture & Land Use Conference, Portlaoise on Factors influencing soil C stocks & sequestration rates in N Ireland.

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June 5, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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The Soil Nutrient Health Scheme was represented at the Agriculture & Land Use Conference, Portlaoise held on 26/27 May with a poster presentation by Luke Farrow on Quantifying Aboveground Biomass at the National Scale.

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June 5, 2026 at 11:25 AM
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Detailed analysis of soils across NI has revealed that hedgerows support more diverse and spatially variable microbial communities and greater carbon stock above and below ground than adjacent agricultural fields.

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May 8, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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DAERA announces the Soil Nutrient Health Scheme (SNHS) to be reopened for final mop-up phase this summer, with sampling this autumn/winter bit.ly/4td0dQV.
Details on opening period for online registration to follow.

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Last chance for farm businesses to sign up to Soil Nutrient Health Scheme
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is reopening the Soil Nutrient Health Scheme for a final mop-up phase this summer.
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May 6, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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👨‍🎓PhD Studentship Opportunity: Assessing Environmental, Economic, and Resilience Trade-offs in Beef Production Systems.

📅Closing date: 14 May 2026
➡️Commencement date: September 2026
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April 27, 2026 at 11:57 AM
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📰AFBI study highlights potential for successful outdoor pig production in NI .....

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April 22, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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AFBI welcomes DUP representatives to its research farm at Hillsborough bit.ly/4bRST6G

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March 27, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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🌤️Drier weather allows first group of cows to start grazing at AFBI Hillsborough 🐄

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March 6, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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📰AFBI Hillsborough Celebrates 100 Years of Scientific Excellence and Innovation in Agricultural Research ..... bit.ly/4tTzBpM

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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.
February 24, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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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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February 13, 2026 at 12:33 PM
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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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February 6, 2026 at 11:40 AM