Northern Ireland Grain Trade Association

NEW FACES AT NIGTA

The Northern Ireland Grain Trade Association recently held their annual general meeting and are pleased to announce a number of changes to the office...

TIGHT SUPPLY DRIVES UP FEED AND FERTILISER PRICES

A number of global drivers are combining to push up prices of key farm inputs according to the local supply trade body. Weather in South America is...

NIGTA WELCOMES PROTEIN PILOT

The Northern Ireland Grain Trade Association has welcomed the proposed pilot scheme to promote the growing of protein crops in the province and are...

GLOBAL GRAIN MARKETS UNDER PRESSURE

Local importers and feed manufacturers are facing a perfect storm with weather events and hedge fund activity combining to drive up global commodity...

PIG RESEARCH CONSORTIUM REPORT

The challenges of reducing the impact of intensive agriculture on the environment are being addressed at all sectors of the Agri-food chain. The...

GRAIN AND FEED PRICES RISE IN THE BREXIT COUNTDOWN

Another month closer to 1^st January and there is still no clarity as to how trade in feed materials will be regulated at the end of the Brexit...

BREXIT CHALLENGES

Local feed businesses will face major challenges in the absence of a trade deal between the EU and the UK by the end of the transition period on the...

BREXIT UNCERTAINTY CONTINUES -

Local feed businesses are having to put some purchasing decisions on hold as uncertainty continues in relation to the operation of the Northern...

NIGTA Members visited Queens University in September to look around the Global Food Security Unit. Photograph: Columba O'Hare
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NIGTA Members visited Queens University in September to look around the Global Food Security Unit. Photograph: Columba O'Hare
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Doris Leeman, Secretary, NIGTA and Claudine Heron, Past President, NIGTA chat to new members of the Association Michael and Gail Redmond at the Grain Trade Quarterly Meeting. Photograph: Columba O'Hare
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Phelim O'Neill, Chief Executive, NI Meat Exporters Association was the Guest Speaker at the NI Grain Trade Association's Quarterly Meeting and is pictured with Owen Brennan, NIGTA President and Robin Irvine, NIGTA, Chief Executive. Photograph: Columba O'Hare
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Visotors to the NIGTA Seminar at Greenmount included from left: Wallace Henry, Rectify; John Kelley, AIC and George Starrett, John Thompson and Sons. Photograph: Columba O'Hare
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Visitors to Antrim for the NIGTA Roadshow on Quality Assurance. From left: Alistair Glover, James Glover and Sons; Jane Bond, R and J Lyness; Ian McWhirter, Ian S McWhirter and Paul Sloan, Tullyherron Feeds.
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