Agriland Team

NI faces potential loss of access to 51% of veterinary medicines
NI faces potential loss of access to 51% of veterinary medicines

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has welcomed the UK Government’s commitment to finding a permanent solution to the impending threat...

Poultry farmer fined £28k for offences leading to bird flu outbreak
Poultry farmer fined £28k for offences leading to bird flu outbreak

A partner in a poultry company has been ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £28,000 for offences relating to...

France: Woman killed after car hits protesting farmers
France: Woman killed after car hits protesting farmers

A woman has died after a car hit a group of demonstrating farmers in southern France this morning (Tuesday, January...

Surrey: Lambs run over with vehicle in ‘extremely unusual’ incident
Surrey: Lambs run over with vehicle in ‘extremely unusual’ incident

Surrey Police is investigating the deaths of several lambs after they were run over with a vehicle at a farm...

Devon farm fined over £4k for polluting watercourse with slurry
Devon farm fined over £4k for polluting watercourse with slurry

Bycott Farm Ltd of Halberton, Devon, has been fined a total of £4,300 for charges related to polluting a watercourse...

Farmer found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to animals
Farmer found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to animals

A Gloucestershire farmer has pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to a ram, failing in his duty of care to...

Zuckerberg’s latest ‘delicious’ project is raising cattle
Zuckerberg’s latest ‘delicious’ project is raising cattle

One of the world’s richest men, Meta boss, Mark Zuckerberg, has revealed details of what he has described as one...

Is a secondary lice treatment needed in the cattle shed?
Is a secondary lice treatment needed in the cattle shed?

Often at this time of the year, farmers who have their cattle housed for the winter notice a resurgence in...

Scottish person dies in E.coli outbreak amid warnings over Christmas cheeses
Scottish person dies in E.coli outbreak amid warnings over Christmas cheeses

A person from Scotland has died as a result of an ongoing E.coli outbreak, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)...

Cornwall farmer receives suspended sentence for animal welfare offences
Cornwall farmer receives suspended sentence for animal welfare offences

A farmer from North Cornwall has been given a suspended prison sentence after he admitted to a string of animal...

Woman suffers ‘life-changing injuries’ after machinery falls off lorry
Woman suffers ‘life-changing injuries’ after machinery falls off lorry

A woman has sustained “life-changing injuries” after agricultural machinery that was not safety secured on a lorry detached into the...

Nationwide weather warnings in place for heavy rainfall
Nationwide weather warnings in place for heavy rainfall

Met Éireann has issued Status Orange and Status Yellow weather warnings for wind and heavy rainfall across the country with...

Meet the haulier retiring after 34 years of collecting milk
Meet the haulier retiring after 34 years of collecting milk

In the last 34 years, Co. Armagh milk haulier Brian Patterson has seen the good and the great of the...

£4m fund rolled out to back ‘smaller abattoirs’ in England
£4m fund rolled out to back ‘smaller abattoirs’ in England

‘Small-scale’ abattoirs in England will be able to apply for capital grants through a new £4 million fund, which has...

Supplement producers are going to ‘lose out’ amid carrot research
Supplement producers are going to ‘lose out’ amid carrot research

Supplement producers are going to “lose out” as a result of new research into the benefits of carrots. Brandt said:...

PSNI: £10m of cocaine was hidden in boxes containing frozen meat
PSNI: £10m of cocaine was hidden in boxes containing frozen meat

The “largest seizure” of suspected Class A drugs in Northern Ireland has been found by the Police Service of Northern...

Farming business fined after woman killed in cow attack
Farming business fined after woman killed in cow attack

A farming business has been fined after a woman was killed after being butted several times by a cow. 61-year-old...

Partnership aimed at carbon neutral malting barley
Partnership aimed at carbon neutral malting barley

A partnership between Simpsons Malt Ltd. and BASF Agricultural Solutions which is aimed towards carbon neutral malting barley has been...