Agriland Team

EU Commission rejects criticism of EU-US beef agreement
EU Commission rejects criticism of EU-US beef agreement

The European Commission has rejected claims that the agreement between the EU and the US on beef trade is a...

Is your ram ready for the breeding season? Here’s what to look out for…
Is your ram ready for the breeding season? Here’s what to look out for…

With the breeding season only a few weeks away, it’s an ideal time for farmers to analyse their ram’s condition....

Grain price: No pot of gold at the end of the rainbow
Grain price: No pot of gold at the end of the rainbow

There doesn’t look to be any pot of gold at the end of the rainbow for this season, despite what...

Catch crops: Getting down to the roots
Catch crops: Getting down to the roots

Soil compaction can cause yield losses and difficult working conditions on farms. Cover crops can help to solve and prevent...

UN report: Better land management and dietary changes needed
UN report: Better land management and dietary changes needed

A new UN report has urged for better land management and dietary changes in efforts to limit the impact of...

Top ‘shear’: TV host Clarkson invests in different ‘Lambo’
Top ‘shear’: TV host Clarkson invests in different ‘Lambo’

Well-known television personality Jeremy Clarkson is upping the ante on his recent efforts to bring farming to the small screen as part...

Poultry farmer named North East’s ‘Unsung Hero’
Poultry farmer named North East’s ‘Unsung Hero’

A stalwart of both the poultry industry and NFU Scotland has taken the NFU Scotland North East Region’s ‘Unsung Hero’...

Bulgaria ‘could lose entire pig breeding industry’ as ASF rages
Bulgaria ‘could lose entire pig breeding industry’ as ASF rages

It has been reported that Bulgaria “could lose its entire pig breeding industry and have 600,000 pigs culled” as a result...

Possible dairy cattle cull in NI after ‘no-deal’ Brexit – reports
Possible dairy cattle cull in NI after ‘no-deal’ Brexit – reports

A no-deal Brexit may result in around 45,000 dairy cattle being culled in Northern Ireland because of new tariffs that...

6 teens arrested in connection with 140ac UK crop fire
6 teens arrested in connection with 140ac UK crop fire

Six teenage boys have been arrested in connection with a large-scale crop fire in Cleethorpes, England earlier this week. The...

‘Panic’ gripping UK meat industry over no-deal tariff fears
‘Panic’ gripping UK meat industry over no-deal tariff fears

A “sense of panic is now gripping the UK meat industry”, according to the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA), due...

GDT falls 2.6% in latest auction
GDT falls 2.6% in latest auction

The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) has fallen in its latest auction, held today, Tuesday, August 6. Today’s tender – Event...

Cash incentive for landowners to restore UK peatland
Cash incentive for landowners to restore UK peatland

OF&G (Organic Farmers & Growers) has teamed up with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) UK Peatland...

Herefordshire horticulture firm to lead on labour productivity
Herefordshire horticulture firm to lead on labour productivity

A Herefordshire based business will lead the way in demonstrating labour saving techniques to help the horticulture industry offset the...

Quad stolen from farm sparks appeal for information
Quad stolen from farm sparks appeal for information

An appeal for information has been launched by police following the theft of a Honda quad late last week. Stolen...

Quad stolen from farm sparks appeal for information
Quad stolen from farm sparks appeal for information

An appeal for information has been launched by police following the theft of a Honda quad late last week. Stolen...

Petition launched to ‘edit’ plant-breeding ruling
Petition launched to ‘edit’ plant-breeding ruling

The ruling to classify gene-edited crops as genetically modified crops – and to follow the same legislation as these crops...

Tillage focus: Progressive and open…leading the way in Ontario, Canada
Tillage focus: Progressive and open…leading the way in Ontario, Canada

“I built this drill.” That was one of the first things that Mark Brock said when he greeted a group...