Seventeen farms have signed up to participate in Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend 2018 and have undergone training to help them be prepared to welcome the public this summer. Running on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th June, the popular initiative gives consumers and their families the opportunity to visit farms across Northern Ireland, for…
The Ulster Farmers Union, in partnership with Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend and ASDA, has launched its 2018 schools competition. The competition is open to all nursery, primary, and special schools across Northern Ireland. This year pupils have been asked to put their creative skills to the test around the theme, ‘Farming through the…
Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend has acquired a new sponsor, leading pork processor Cranswick Country Foods. Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend Chairman and UFU President Barclay Bell welcomed the new sponsorship. “We are delighted to have the support of Cranswick Country Foods and look forward to working in partnership with them during Bank…
Farmers who participated in Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend 2017 were officially thanked for their efforts this summer at an event held at CAFRE Greenmount last night. Sixteen farms opened their gates and fields on Saturday 17th June whilst on Sunday 18th June, 13 farms participated across Northern Ireland. Farms also opened their gates…
This weekend, 16 farms across Northern Ireland will open to the public as part of Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend. Farm businesses are very much family businesses and females play a big role in their success. We chat with three females about their role on the farm and their plans for the weekend. Helen…
Sixteen farms across Northern Ireland will open their doors to the public for free this weekend as part of Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend 2017. Six new farms will open their doors to the public along with ten farms who have previously hosted Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend events. New farm hosts are Castlescreen Farm…
Sponsors of Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend are on the final countdown to the annual event which takes place on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th June. Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend is delivered by Ulster Farmers’ Union and is sponsored by Bank of Ireland UK and supported by The Prince’s Countryside Fund, NFU Mutual,…
The Ulster Farmers’ Union, in partnership with Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend and Asda, are pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 ‘Eating Healthy Local Food’ schools competition. The competition kindly sponsored by Asda was open to all nursery, primary and special schools across Northern Ireland. Pupils were asked to put their creative…
A member of Brookside Presbyterian Church in County Antrim is opening his farm as part of Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend and will host a special service on Sunday 18th June. Victor Turtle and his family run Drumrammer Farm, a dairy and sheep farm on the outskirts of Ahoghill and this is the first…
Sixteen farms have signed up to participate in Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend 2017 including Buchanan Turkeys outside Maghera. The farmers have undergone training to help them be prepared to welcome the public this summer. Running on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th June, the popular initiative gives consumers and their families the opportunity to…
