Agriland Team

Research update: How has timed AI fared on suckler cows?
Research update: How has timed AI fared on suckler cows?

Currently, the amount of suckler farms in Ireland using AI is low; somewhere in the region of 25% of progeny...

Pre-mowing vs. topping: Which is the better option?
Pre-mowing vs. topping: Which is the better option?

Trying to get the cows to graze out paddocks fully – during this time of year – can be difficult;...

Grain price: Markets take a step back
Grain price: Markets take a step back

Grain markets calmed down this week, having initially reacted to the US weather and taken a jump about three weeks...

Fair Oaks Farms takes action following emergence of calf abuse video
Fair Oaks Farms takes action following emergence of calf abuse video

Fair Oaks Farms, one of the largest dairy farms in the US, has announced that it has sacked a number...

CLA joins consortium building long-term approach to environmental policymaking
CLA joins consortium building long-term approach to environmental policymaking

The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has joined forces with a range of business, environmental, academic and professional groups...

Activists target UK farmer bringing sheep to factory
Activists target UK farmer bringing sheep to factory

A number of what are believed to be vegan activists recently attempted to impede on a farmer bringing sheep to...

‘Endocrine disruptor’ fungicide withdrawn in France
‘Endocrine disruptor’ fungicide withdrawn in France

Fungicide products based on the substance epoxiconazole have been withdrawn from the French market, allegedly because the substance disrupts the...

Jeremy Clarkson trades Toyotas for tractors in new farm show
Jeremy Clarkson trades Toyotas for tractors in new farm show

Well-known television personality Jeremy Clarkson is set to bring farming to the small screen as part of a new television...

Beef boost for Canada with expansion of Japanese market access
Beef boost for Canada with expansion of Japanese market access

Canada has received a boost to its beef sector following the announcement of expanded beef access to the Japanese market...

Appeal for information issued following theft of quad
Appeal for information issued following theft of quad

Police have put forth an appeal for information in relation to a quad stolen with a number of other items...

Appeal for information issued following theft of quad
Appeal for information issued following theft of quad

Police have put forth an appeal for information in relation to a quad stolen with a number of other items...

Appeal for information issued following theft of quad
Appeal for information issued following theft of quad

Police have put forth an appeal for information in relation to a quad stolen with a number of other items...

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...