Agriland Team, Author at Agriland.co.uk

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Keep an eye out for the flea beetle in oilseed rape crops

September 24, 2020

Farmers who planted oilseed rape should be keeping an eye out for the flea beetle in oilseed rape crops, or the cabbage stem…

Updating a classic: JCB unveils revamped 3CX backhoe loader

September 22, 2020

Machinery

JCB has launched a new 55kW 3CX backhoe loader with an EU Stage V compliant engine, putting a more modern twist on a…

Appeal for info issued following overnight theft of Manitou

September 21, 2020

Agri-Business

An appeal for information has been made in relation to the theft of a Manitou telescopic handler that was taken from a site…

Police seize ‘large cultivation’ of cannabis plants from farm

September 21, 2020

Rural Life

Police have seized 100 cannabis plants after finding a large cultivation on a farm in Wales in recent days. Dyfed-Powys Police officers attended…

AFBI is investing in plant scientists

September 20, 2020

Agri-Business

AgriLand noted with interest that the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) of Northern Ireland is advertising two positions of Science Leaders in plant…

John Deere pulls out of all international shows in 2021

September 18, 2020

Machinery

John Deere has announced that it will not attend any international agricultural and turf trade shows in Europe during the company’s 2021 fiscal…

Driver of car towing trailer sought after collision on dual carriageway

September 18, 2020

N.Ireland

An appeal has been made for the driver of a red car towing a trailer to come forward after the vehicle in question…

Major cannabis operation discovered in underground bunkers beneath farm sheds

September 16, 2020

Rural Life

More than £500,000 (€549,480) worth of cannabis was discovered in underground bunkers which were accessed within farm sheds in the UK earlier this…

Overturned tractor trailer spills its contents all over the road

September 16, 2020

Machinery

Motorists in Cambridgeshire in the UK have faced large delays today (Wednesday September 16) after a tractor trailer overturned which forced the partial closure…

EC President warns UK that withdrawal agreement cannot be changed

September 16, 2020

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, says the British withdrawal agreement cannot be changed. Von der Leyen launched a…

Trailer transporting potatoes overturns on Scottish road

September 16, 2020

Rural Life

A road was closed after a tractor drawing a trailer full of potatoes overturned in Scotland earlier this morning (Wednesday, September 16), Traffic…

Poots encourages NI farm businesses to apply for Covid-19 support fund

September 16, 2020

Agri-Business

Northern Ireland Agriculture minister Edwin Poots has urged all eligible farm businesses to apply to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA)…