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The Hillsborough research farm in 1927 was home to 67 heifers and cows and 23 calves. The farm's power came from a combination of 9 horses and a Fordson tractor.
🔗 Read the ARINI 1927 Annual Report https://t.co/0fiWStlXAa
#Hillsborough100 #AFBIScience
New research at AFBI has found that farmers could save up to one piglet per litter by focusing on the wellbeing of pigs born late in the farrowing process.
🔗Read more https://t.co/TeOmSmEUr7
#AFBIScience #AFBIResearch #pigs
Job opportunity in AFBI: Staff Officer Accountant based at AFBI Headquarters, Newforge Lane, Belfast.
📅Closing date: 12:00 noon on 26 June 2026.
ℹ️More info: https://t.co/8LzR9wT5A2
🔗Apply: https://t.co/vRJwmTIUDy
#AFBIScience #AFBIResearch
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 🌱
#AFBIScience #AFBIResearch
🐑 Early results from a study at AFBI have shown that farmers who use a selective treatment against parasites on their lambs can reliably identify those that benefit most from wormer treatments.
@daera_ni @DefraGovUK @scotgov @QUBelfast
🔗https://t.co/KQDeOj3uXI
#AFBIScience
@AFBI_NI research is making a real difference in NI-
From climate change impact on grassland productivity to genetic innovation, outdoor pig systems & virtual fencing. Read more in the Science Impacts 2026 booklet: https://t.co/2EGP4VdPgX
#AFBIscience #Innovation #Impact
#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
#AFBIScience #AFBIResearch #SNHS_NI #auburn_university
🌱Maelle Fresne with her poster presentation at the Agriculture & Land Use Conference, Portlaoise today on Estimation of Total P loading in large river catchment: impacts of sample frequency and load calculation method.
#AFBIScience #AFBIResearch #snhs_NI #real_data
Carbon research poster presentation by Chris Chagumaira today at the Agriculture & Land Use Conference, Portlaoise on Factors influencing soil C stocks & sequestration rates in N Ireland.
#AFBIScience #AFBIResearch #SNHS_NI
AFBI celebrated the 100th anniversary of its Hillsborough site with a special event at the Balmoral Show today. Guests heard about AFBI’s long history of innovation & continuing work in leading agricultural science. Happy birthday AFBI Hillsborough! 🎂
#AFBIScience
From early hay & silage trials to advancing global knowledge on driving livestock efficiency and reducing nutrient losses, the AFBI research farm at Hillsborough has been at the heart of agricultural science for a century https://t.co/M7u2fksYaW 🧑🔬🎂👩🔬
#AFBIScience #AFBIResearch
We were delighted to welcome @daera_ni Minister @AndrewMuirNI to the AFBI stand at the Balmoral Show today. During his visit he met with AFBI scientists and Board members, who highlighted the important work being carried out across the organisation.
#AFBIScience #AFBIResearch
The Council for Awards of Royal Agricultural Societies (CARAS) held their UK annual general meeting at the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) in Hillsborough last week.
#AFBIScience #AFBIResearch
New Grasscheck plots are being prepared for the 2026 growing season, with the first Grasscheck bulletin due out on 24 March.
#AFBIScience #AFBIResearch
PGCE Biology lecturers and students visited the Anaerobic Digester and Farm Nutrient Management Centre @AFBI_Hills where Dr Gary Lyons highlighted AFBI’s slurry management research to cut costs, boost income and produce renewable biogas.
#AFBIScience #AFBIResearch
📰AFBI Hillsborough Celebrates 100 Years of Scientific Excellence and Innovation in Agricultural Research ..... https://t.co/QmQ0MlqwIG
#AFBIScience #AFBIResearch
🌱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 https://t.co/dTZYya0vFC
#AFBIScience #AFBIResearch #Grass #GrassBreeding
A new research facility aimed at optimising productivity while reducing greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions from cattle is being advanced by @AFBI_NI in partnership with @daera_ni📰https://t.co/T1V9qnvPNg #AFBIScience #AFBIResearch
🌱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
It's #WorldSoilDay. We are celebrating healthier soils across NI. Our #SNHS_NI is in its final year of sampling. Did you know 440,000 fields have been sampled across NI. Keep your soil healthy!
#AFBIScience #AFBIResearch #SoilHealth
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