Agriland Team

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...

EU and US sign agreement on imports of hormone-free beef
EU and US sign agreement on imports of hormone-free beef

The EU and US have signed an agreement reviewing the functioning of an existing quota to import hormone-free beef into...

FUW urges Welsh Government to lighten burden on farmers
FUW urges Welsh Government to lighten burden on farmers

It is within the Welsh Goverment’s power to lighten burden on farmers, the Farmers Union of Wales (FUW) told the...

Video: ‘It’s fast becoming the [tractor] brand to have in the south-east’
Video: ‘It’s fast becoming the [tractor] brand to have in the south-east’

AgriLand paid a visit to Co. Wexford to catch up with Barth Landy (Cooney Furlong Machinery Company), as he put...

Grain price: No sign of anything to shake up markets
Grain price: No sign of anything to shake up markets

As the harvest progresses, Irish farmers are still awaiting a price for their grain and as the European harvest continues...

Video: Flagship Claas Lexion gets a 790hp MAN engine
Video: Flagship Claas Lexion gets a 790hp MAN engine

AgriLand paid a visit to France to see the new-generation Claas Lexion – up close and personal. The new line-up...

Rabe encounters major financial difficulties
Rabe encounters major financial difficulties

Rabe, the German-based machinery manufacturer, has applied for “bankruptcy in self-administration”. That’s according to a report in German publication Top...