Thompsons Feeding Innovation

12/11/2025

We are on the lookout for a Ruminant Technical Specialist. Click on the link to find out more details and upload your CV. Closing date is Wednesday 19th November at 5pm 🤞👍

At John Thompson and Sons Ltd , we are on the lookout for talented, innovative and ambitious individuals to join our team. We offer vacancies across a broad range of disciplines, with great career development opportunities. Thompsons is the largest Feed Mill in Europe and has the largest market shar...

10/11/2025

Last week we took our 'Rumen on the Road' - (what can I say this lot are attached to their cows!). So Bertha, the Big Blue Barrel, had a visit to the Lodge Hotel in Coleraine, where she was a fitting prop in a Thompsons Tech Team workshop.

Explaining the mode of action of our new, unique and exlusive product, IsoFerm, brought to our market in partnership with Zinpro, can be a bit more of a scientific task. But as always, our Tech Team of Mary-Jane Robinson, Richard Moore and Ronald Annett made it easier to digest 🤭

Thanks to Thompsons' sales team for making this workshop happen and of course a huge thanks to the customers that attended 👍

29/10/2025

Yesterday we attended the Poultry Industry Education Trust Conference, at Loughry College. This event was about 'Investing in people for the Poultry Industry' and consisted of key speakers discussing current and future challenges that the industry is facing.

Thompsons' Technical Director, Sam Smyth was accompanied by our Poultry Specialist Kenny McConkey (welcome back Kenny 😃), Formulations Manager Sharon Doherty and one of our Formulators, Kathryn Gibson.

Great to get to these events and be involved in supporting this key industry 💪

25/10/2025

Just incase you needed a reminder on how Zinpro IsoFerm, can benefit your herd, here's an update 👇

This product is new and exclusive to Thompsons right now, so be sure to ask your rep about it, or if you are new to Thompsons, send us a DM or ring Belfast on; 028 9035 1321 and we can put you in touch with your local specialist 💪👍

24/10/2025

Here we are with the fourth installment in our series from our Tech Team, who have been able to bring to our market the exciting, unique, new and exclusive to Thompsons, Zinpro IsoFerm. In this video, Thompsons' John Anderson explains how the product fits into the dry cow diet and how that can benefit our customers.

Thanks John, great job 💪👍

23/10/2025

What an interesting, informative, educational and uplifting day we had at the Ulster Farmers' Union’s Women in Agriculture conference Discover CAFRE’s Loughry Campus.

We sent a few of our girl gang, who represented the accounts department, the formulations team, the technical team and the marketing department. And everyone thoroughly enjoyed a different kind of work day.

Thanks to all the brilliant speakers and the informal workshops, the day was jam packed!

Looking forward to next year ☺️

17/10/2025

Through the guidance of Rural Support, The Plough On project aims to tackle rural isolation and increase social opportunities for older male farmers by offering participants the chance to connect with other like-minded individuals on areas of shared interest such as farming, rural heritage, and history.

The Ballymacbrennan group commenced in February 2023, meeting in the Old Ballymacbrennan School House near Saintfield, led by Group Leader Christina Murray and helped by volunteer Norman McMordie. The group has grown rapidly from 11 men at the first meeting to over 20 men by the sixth meeting.

And today, Thompsons were delighted to welcome them to the York Road site. With an introduction to Thompsons from our Formulations Manager Sharon Doherty, the group were then ready to head out for their mill tour, led by Senior Buyer, Jeremy Dillon, Sharon Doherty and Trudi Scott from the Formulations Team.

We hope everyone enjoyed their visit and it was great to hear all the questions and lively discussions as the men made their way around the mill.

16/10/2025

This time next week we will be attending and supporting the Women in Agriculture Conference being held at Loughry College and hosted by the Ulster Farmers' Union. We are looking forward to sending some of our girl gang to hear from the top class speakers that are due to present on the day 👍👏💪

10/10/2025

It's time for Part Three of our updates from our Technical Team and it's Mary-Jane Robinson who is giving us a review of the role Zinpro IsoFerm will play when used alongside our local forages and the results from local studies. Thanks MJ!

08/10/2025

Thompsons' Dr Ronald Annett brings us Part Two of our four technical updates on our new, unique and exclusive product Zinpro IsoFerm. When they say 'here comes the science bit', that most definitely applies to the full understanding of Zinpro IsoFerm, but no better team to talk it all through, than Thompsons' Tech Team and no better man than Ronald 💪😃

07/10/2025

Every day is a school day when this man is in town 😉 huge thanks to Dale and Vicki, who were great hosts so we were able to hold an informal, enjoyable and informative farm workshop with ’s Dr Huw McConochie. Keep an eye on our socials for more technical updates this week 😊