Agriland Team

Ministers assigned as Stormont NI Assembly resumes
Ministers assigned as Stormont NI Assembly resumes

The Northern Ireland Assembly is back in power after a three-year absence, following agreement from a majority of political parties...

Ministers assigned as Stormont NI Assembly resumes
Ministers assigned as Stormont NI Assembly resumes

The Northern Ireland Assembly is back in power after a three-year absence, following agreement from a majority of political parties...

Grain price: Rapeseed reaches highest price since March 2017
Grain price: Rapeseed reaches highest price since March 2017

Paris rapeseed futures reached their highest price since March 2017 this week. On Tuesday (January 7), the price closed at...

Dairy advice: 3 jobs to get ticked off your to-do list
Dairy advice: 3 jobs to get ticked off your to-do list

With the Christmas and the New Year celebrations behind us, our attention is back to the farm and what jobs...

Trying to reduce the workload during springtime? Why not install a camera…
Trying to reduce the workload during springtime? Why not install a camera…

Springtime is the busiest time of the year on many farming enterprises across the country, especially dairy and sheep. The...

Yuletide ewe: ‘Hardy’ sextuplet lambs born on Irish midlands farm
Yuletide ewe: ‘Hardy’ sextuplet lambs born on Irish midlands farm

A farming family in the midlands had a pleasant post-Christmas novelty last month with the arrival of six hale and...

’10 years ago I would have said I’d never milk a cow or stand in a parlour’ – John Kelly
’10 years ago I would have said I’d never milk a cow or stand in a parlour’ – John Kelly

The past decade has provided many opportunities and challenges for Irish farmers – particularly those involved in or with a...

Driver caught ‘red handed’ pumping agri diesel at forecourt
Driver caught ‘red handed’ pumping agri diesel at forecourt

The driver of a saloon car at one filling station in the “Red Hand County” of Tyrone was caught “red...

Driver caught ‘red handed’ pumping agri diesel at forecourt
Driver caught ‘red handed’ pumping agri diesel at forecourt

The driver of a saloon car at one filling station in the “Red Hand County” of Tyrone was caught “red...

Poultry and backyard flock owners urged to be vigilant of bird flu
Poultry and backyard flock owners urged to be vigilant of bird flu

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has reiterated the risk that avian influenza (AI) poses to the poultry...

Coca-Cola acquires remaining stake in value-added dairy joint venture
Coca-Cola acquires remaining stake in value-added dairy joint venture

The Coca-Cola Company has acquired the remaining stake in fairlife LLC from its joint venture partner Select Milk Producers. Coca-Cola...

GDT index bounces back in latest auction
GDT index bounces back in latest auction

The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) index has bounced back slightly following three decreases on the trot at the tail end...

Bovine brigade: Herd of heifers ‘invades’ area of rural RAF base
Bovine brigade: Herd of heifers ‘invades’ area of rural RAF base

Neighbours of an airbase of the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) got more than they bargained for this morning when...

Wilts Police appeals for info following 3 separate sheep thefts
Wilts Police appeals for info following 3 separate sheep thefts

An appeal for information has been made following three separate incidents of sheep thefts in the English county of Wiltshire...

Sheep dog saves flock from wildfire blazes in Australia
Sheep dog saves flock from wildfire blazes in Australia

A dog rounded up her flock of sheep with her owner and brought them to the “safest paddock on the...

NI authorities investigating suspected bird flu case
NI authorities investigating suspected bird flu case

Authorities in Northern Ireland are investigating a suspected case of bird flu on a poultry farm in Co. Fermanagh. In...

Grain price: EU export pace needs to pick up
Grain price: EU export pace needs to pick up

Moves in grain price over the Christmas period were positive, although the same moves weren’t huge. LIFFE wheat for January...

Bulgaria to cull 24,500 pigs after ASF outbreak
Bulgaria to cull 24,500 pigs after ASF outbreak

Veterinary authorities in Bulgaria have said that 24,500 pigs will be culled after another outbreak of African swine fever (ASF)...