Agriland Team

68 job losses announced at LacPatrick Dairies
68 job losses announced at LacPatrick Dairies

A total of 68 staff based at LacPatrick Dairies headquarters in Coolshanagh, Co. Monaghan, have been made redundant as moves...

Thinking of synchronising your ewes for the breeding season?
Thinking of synchronising your ewes for the breeding season?

Coming into the sheep breeding season, farmers around the country will be analysing their flock, to make sure they are...

New name unveiled for one of the North’s largest rural land agencies
New name unveiled for one of the North’s largest rural land agencies

One of the north’s largest rural land and property agencies has announced it will change its name following its latest...

Grain price: Fall from last week; UK has over 1 million tonnes to export
Grain price: Fall from last week; UK has over 1 million tonnes to export

This week, Teagasc estimated the Irish cereal harvest at 2.1 million tonnes. This is behind the five-year average of 2.3...

170 more Welsh farmers sign up to livestock efficiency scheme
170 more Welsh farmers sign up to livestock efficiency scheme

Over 170 farmers from across Wales have been selected to participate in the next round of an animal health planning...

Brexit: ‘We are just going to have to wait and see what happens’
Brexit: ‘We are just going to have to wait and see what happens’

Can a company like ours absorb 9% costs supplying major multi-retailers? The answer to that is no. In addition to...

Brexit: ‘We are just going to have to wait and see what happens’
Brexit: ‘We are just going to have to wait and see what happens’

Can a company like ours absorb 9% costs supplying major multi-retailers? The answer to that is no. In addition to...

Tracey and Whelan ploughing in US today and tomorrow
Tracey and Whelan ploughing in US today and tomorrow

Eamonn Tracey and John Whelan are competing in the World Ploughing Championships today and tomorrow – August 30 and 31....

Waiting with bated breath for a no-deal Brexit impact on business
Waiting with bated breath for a no-deal Brexit impact on business

A business like mine is very exposed to the implications of a no-deal Brexit; we are talking about everyday products...

Waiting with bated breath for a no-deal Brexit impact on business
Waiting with bated breath for a no-deal Brexit impact on business

A business like mine is very exposed to the implications of a no-deal Brexit; we are talking about everyday products...

3 injured as tractor spills bales outside English pub
3 injured as tractor spills bales outside English pub

A number of people were injured when a tractor towing a trailer of bales shed its load outside a pub...

Bridging the great divide with due diligence and a sense of care
Bridging the great divide with due diligence and a sense of care

McNamee’s Bakery was established in Crossmaglen in 1939 – on the day World War II began the family signed for...

Bridging the great divide with due diligence and a sense of care
Bridging the great divide with due diligence and a sense of care

McNamee’s Bakery was established in Crossmaglen in 1939 – on the day World War II began the family signed for...

US government to investigate beef pricing margins for unfair practices
US government to investigate beef pricing margins for unfair practices

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is to investigate beef pricing margins for evidence of unfair practices as part of...

‘This Brexit will set us back years and years – it’s difficult times’
‘This Brexit will set us back years and years – it’s difficult times’

Arthur O’Neill of O’Neill’s Tractors in Crossmaglen set up the business in 1985 and, while it has weathered a few...

‘This Brexit will set us back years and years – it’s difficult times’
‘This Brexit will set us back years and years – it’s difficult times’

Arthur O’Neill of O’Neill’s Tractors in Crossmaglen set up the business in 1985 and, while it has weathered a few...

Increased lamb supply impacts prime sheep market prices
Increased lamb supply impacts prime sheep market prices

An increased supply of lambs has acted as a brake on prime sheep prices over the past couple of months,...

Irishman jailed in UK for scamming farmers out of £40,000
Irishman jailed in UK for scamming farmers out of £40,000

An Irishman has been jailed in the UK for scamming three Welsh farmers out of more than £40,000 (€44,000). According...