Agriland Team

UK retailer claims Irish meat is ‘sold at loss’ to price it’s bought for
UK retailer claims Irish meat is ‘sold at loss’ to price it’s bought for

The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine heard from Christine Tacon, the UK’s Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA)...

Grass growth: Could be time to pull the plug
Grass growth: Could be time to pull the plug

While some farmers are continuing to graze, others have been forced to house animals due to the extremely heavy rain...

Boortmalt becomes world’s leading malt producer as Axereal acquires Cargill Malt
Boortmalt becomes world’s leading malt producer as Axereal acquires Cargill Malt

Axereal, the largest farmer-owned co-operative in France has acquired Cargill Malt on behalf of its subsidiary Boortmalt. This acquisition now...

Grain price: UK plantings back; wheat price up
Grain price: UK plantings back; wheat price up

As tillage farmers here at home struggle to plant, the same is true across the water in the UK and...

Survey results: Which machinery brand comes out on top?
Survey results: Which machinery brand comes out on top?

The ‘state of the nation’ survey – conducted with almost 3,000 farmer participants in recent weeks by AgriLand and Empathy...

Agri committee to meet food retail adjudicator
Agri committee to meet food retail adjudicator

The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine is scheduled to meet with Christine Tacon, the UK’s Groceries...

‘Hypocrisy’: ICSA calls out EAT Lancet funders following airline takeover
‘Hypocrisy’: ICSA calls out EAT Lancet funders following airline takeover

Reports that Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia has been bought by a consortium led by Petter Stordalen “exposes complete hypocrisy and...

‘Future of European beef sector’ to be discussed at EU committee
‘Future of European beef sector’ to be discussed at EU committee

The future of the European beef sector will be discussed tomorrow, Tuesday, November 5 at a session of the European...

Tractor and trailer with 11t of potatoes overturn on roadside
Tractor and trailer with 11t of potatoes overturn on roadside

Emergency services were called to the scene of a road incident where a tractor and trailer carrying 11t of potatoes...

Hemp production programme established in the US
Hemp production programme established in the US

The establishment of the US Domestic Hemp Production Program was announced this week by the US secretary of agriculture, Sonny...

Cereals 2020: Crop plots growing well despite ‘tricky and wet’ conditions
Cereals 2020: Crop plots growing well despite ‘tricky and wet’ conditions

Drilling of crop plots at the 2020 Cereals Event site in Cambridgeshire is nearing completion, with stands of oilseed rape...

Lemken self-propelled sprayer is imminent
Lemken self-propelled sprayer is imminent

When Lemken entered a “strategic partnership” with a chassis manufacturer back in 2017, it kick-started the company’s development of a...

Auction report: Remarkable Roadless sells for £46,000 (plus commission)
Auction report: Remarkable Roadless sells for £46,000 (plus commission)

A Roadless tractor sold for a very considerable £46,000 (no VAT; plus 6% buyer’s commission) on Saturday, October 19, at...

15 steps to get the best results at drying off
15 steps to get the best results at drying off

“50% of all clinical mastitis cases, in the first 100 days of the next lactation, can be linked back to...

Quarter of world’s pigs could be lost to ASF – OIE president
Quarter of world’s pigs could be lost to ASF – OIE president

Around a quarter of the world’s population of pigs could die from African swine fever (ASF), according to the president...

New stepless, electro-mechanical transmission is a ‘world first’
New stepless, electro-mechanical transmission is a ‘world first’

John Deere, in cooperation with Joskin, has unveiled the “world’s first” continuously-variable transmission with an electro-mechanical power split, including an...

Video: Running a ‘double-edged’ hedge-cutting convoy in the south-west
Video: Running a ‘double-edged’ hedge-cutting convoy in the south-west

AgriLand paid a visit to Co. Limerick (Friday, October 25) to chat to hedge-cutting contractor James Breen and to see...

60% prefer to get their farming information online
60% prefer to get their farming information online

Online media is the number one platform of choice for farming-related information. This was the message from extensive face-to-face research...