Thurs 29 February

  • Grounds Care machinery open day. At Cyril Johnston’s, Carryduff.
  • CAFRE conference. The Carbon Challenge on the Dairy Farm. Greenmount campus, 10am to 3.30pm. Tickets at www.cafre.ac.uk
  • UFU hustings meeting with prospective candidates. Dunsilly Hotel, Antrim, 8pm.
  • The John Deere story. With George Conn. Workspace Community Hub, Draperstown, 8pm.

    • Fri 1 March

  • Farm Strong with The Rural Chaplin. Health Check, HSENI, UFU. At Rathfriland Mart, 10.30am.
  • Bull sale for Gill Hall Estates: 9 Old Glenort AA and 4 Uppermill Beef Shorthorns. Ballymena Mart, 1pm. Details, James, 07899-936166.

    • Fri 1 March to Mon 4 March

  • Online timed sale. Swaledale sheep. At Ballymena MartEye.

    • Sat 2 March

  • Farm Strong with The Rural Chaplin. Health Check, HSENI, UFU. At Markethill Mart, 10.30am.

    • Mon 4 March

  • The Rural Chaplin. At Markethill Mart, evening.
  • BSAS and Stapledon Trust webinar, 7pm. Grassland and the Environment. Register at https://www.bsas.org.uk/events

    • Tues 5 March

  • Holstein NI bull sale. Kilrea Mart 11am.

    • Wed 6 March

  • The LMC’s Terry White answers FQAS queries. At Kilrea Mart, daytime.
  • St David’s Poultry, meeting for egg producers. “Increase your financial returns”. Glenavon House Hotel, Cookstown, 7pm. Details 028-8772-222.

    • Thurs 7 March

  • AHDB Limavady monitor farm meeting. On soils and cultivation. Drummond Hotel, Ballykelly, 10.30am to 2.30pm. Register at https://ahdb.org.uk/events
  • St David’s Poultry, meeting for egg producers. “Increase your financial returns”. Four Seasons Hotel, Monaghan, 7pm. Details 028-8772-2222.
  • The Rural Chaplin. At Hilltown Mart, evening.

    • Fri 8 March

  • The LMC’s Terry White answers FQAS queries. At Rathfriland Mart, daytime.
  • The Henry Ford story. With George Conn. Kilrea Mart, 8pm.

    • Sat 9 March

  • Limousin Young Breeders. Rising Stars calf show. Ballymena Mart, 10.30am.