Agriland Team

Is a truck-trailer silage combo the key to tackling depreciation?
Is a truck-trailer silage combo the key to tackling depreciation?

By Chris McCullough A novel method of hauling grass and other agricultural commodities has been developed by Northern Ireland agricultural...

Shropshire farmer banned from keeping animals for 5 years
Shropshire farmer banned from keeping animals for 5 years

A Whixhall farmer has been banned from keeping animals for five years – with immediate effect – following a prosecution...

Man convicted in NI suspected badger baiting case
Man convicted in NI suspected badger baiting case

A 56-year-old man has been convicted of attempting to ‘Damage Or Destroy the Shelter of a Wild Animal’ and fined...

Dale Farm annual tractor run set to raise funds for Cancer Focus NI
Dale Farm annual tractor run set to raise funds for Cancer Focus NI

Dale Farm is gearing up to host its annual tractor and truck run in Co. Antrim in aid of its...

Dairy advice: Time to service your milking machine
Dairy advice: Time to service your milking machine

As farms quieten down between the first and second cut of silage, you should be looking into servicing your milking...

Dairy advice: Controlling Johne’s disease this summer
Dairy advice: Controlling Johne’s disease this summer

Johne’s disease is an incurable infection in cattle that can devastate a dairy herd’s production. It is caused by paratuberculosis,...

Defra: Badger TB vaccinations up 24% across England in 2024
Defra: Badger TB vaccinations up 24% across England in 2024

In a significant drive to end the UK badger cull, tuberculosis (TB) vaccinations administered to badgers in England increased by...

DAERA urges all farms to sign up for Soil Nutrient Health Scheme
DAERA urges all farms to sign up for Soil Nutrient Health Scheme

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has issued a final call for all unregistered farm businesses to...

CAFRE models cutting ammonia emissions on beef & sheep farms
CAFRE models cutting ammonia emissions on beef & sheep farms

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced that the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE)...

Focus: German dairy farm staying connected to consumers
Focus: German dairy farm staying connected to consumers

By Chris McCullough Making daily videos about his German dairy farm is no easy task, but it is one that...

World Seed Congress 2025 event kicks off in Istanbul
World Seed Congress 2025 event kicks off in Istanbul

Delegates from more than 70 countries across the world have gathered in Istanbul, Turkey, for what is described by the...

Rotating floor technology key to reducing pig house emissions
Rotating floor technology key to reducing pig house emissions

By Chris McCullough With around one billion pigs worldwide, the pork sector produces significant quantities of emissions per year that...

Deadline only 4 days away for National Dairy Awards
Deadline only 4 days away for National Dairy Awards

The deadline to enter the National Dairy Awards is only a few days away, and farmers or their friends are...

Court: 70-year-old convicted for agricultural pollution
Court: 70-year-old convicted for agricultural pollution

A 70-year-old man has been convicted and fined in court in Northern Ireland today (Monday, April 28) over an incident...

Mirror houses respond to demand for nature immersive breaks
Mirror houses respond to demand for nature immersive breaks

A Northern Ireland family has responded to the demand for nature-immersive breaks with the provision of mirror houses for guests...

Financial losses force dairy farm to close on Sark island
Financial losses force dairy farm to close on Sark island

By Chris McCullough A UK farmer who set up a new dairy farm on the island of Sark, off the...

Dairy farming on a pasture-based system in Zimbabwe
Dairy farming on a pasture-based system in Zimbabwe

By Chris McCullough Zimbabwe-born dairy farmer Sean Webster is leading the charge to help the African nation produce more milk...

Sheep farmers warned that there is ‘no regular worm season’
Sheep farmers warned that there is ‘no regular worm season’

Sheep farmers are being urged to conduct regular faecal egg counts, as data reveals there is no such thing as...