Agriland Team

Air Ambulance dispatched to man overcome by slurry fumes
Air Ambulance dispatched to man overcome by slurry fumes

Emergency ambulance crews in Northern Ireland have responded to a call at a farm in south Armagh on Friday afternoon,...

Farmers have less leisure time than hunter-gatherers, study suggests
Farmers have less leisure time than hunter-gatherers, study suggests

Hunter-gatherers in the Philippines who convert to farming work around 10 hours a week longer than their forager neighbours, a...

Business idea to help farmers move to organic wins investment for student
Business idea to help farmers move to organic wins investment for student

A business that provides a dedicated label of quality for farms in the process of becoming organic has won a...

Snow sees corn planting behind…switch to soybeans on the way?
Snow sees corn planting behind…switch to soybeans on the way?

Just like St. Patrick’s Day marks the ideal spring barley sowing season here in the UK and Ireland, many US...

McCormick tractor dealer appointed in Co. Antrim
McCormick tractor dealer appointed in Co. Antrim

McKeever Tractors has been appointed as a McCormick dealer for Co. Antrim. The dealership, based at Portglenone near Ballymena, will “draw...

Theresa May to step down as Conservative Party leader
Theresa May to step down as Conservative Party leader

The UK Prime Minister Theresa May has today, Friday, May 24, announced that she will resign from her role as...

Pair of ‘unmanned’ Valtras on test at active airport
Pair of ‘unmanned’ Valtras on test at active airport

Robotic vacuum cleaners and lawnmowers are already here, but can the same technology be applied to a 7t machine that...

Farmer uses pocket knife to amputate leg following auger incident
Farmer uses pocket knife to amputate leg following auger incident

A farmer in the US has suffered a traumatic accident recently when he stepped on the opening of a grain...

Hoey’s winning formula: ‘Face your crisis. Address it. Drive through it’
Hoey’s winning formula: ‘Face your crisis. Address it. Drive through it’

Starting out as “the new kid on the block” and dealing with the horsemeat scandal of 2013 have been “the...

What is the carbon footprint of the entire US beef industry?
What is the carbon footprint of the entire US beef industry?

It’s not just in Ireland that the beef industry has been targeted as a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions...

Farmer finds missing calf…buried in badger burrow
Farmer finds missing calf…buried in badger burrow

A farmer has made quite an unexpected discovery in a badger burrow on his farm when he discovered one of...

Police intervention required for ‘distressed bullock’ on the loose
Police intervention required for ‘distressed bullock’ on the loose

Police were called to an incident involving a “distressed bullock” on the loose earlier today, Monday, May 20, according to...

Police intervention required for ‘distressed bullock’ on the loose
Police intervention required for ‘distressed bullock’ on the loose

Police were called to an incident involving a “distressed bullock” on the loose earlier today, Monday, May 20, according to...

‘Enquiries ongoing’ into ‘quarrel at Balmoral’
‘Enquiries ongoing’ into ‘quarrel at Balmoral’

Enquiries are ongoing into an assault that took place at last week’s Balmoral Show, a spokesperson for the Police Service...

‘Enquiries ongoing’ into ‘quarrel at Balmoral’
‘Enquiries ongoing’ into ‘quarrel at Balmoral’

Enquiries are ongoing into an assault that took place at last week’s Balmoral Show, a spokesperson for the Police Service...

Investigations into ‘hit-and-run’ incident…involving tractor
Investigations into ‘hit-and-run’ incident…involving tractor

Police investigations are ongoing into a fail-to-stop ‘hit-and-run’ style collision in the UK last month. Dorset Police have issued a...

Renewed appeal for info on farmyard cattle raid
Renewed appeal for info on farmyard cattle raid

Police have made a renewed appeal for information on cattle which were stolen from a farmyard in Co. Armagh in...

Firefighters tackle blaze affecting 6 barns on Gloucestershire holding
Firefighters tackle blaze affecting 6 barns on Gloucestershire holding

Firefighters were up against it earlier this week following a response to a fire affecting six barns on a premises...