Agriland Team

Appeal for information following border cattle theft
Appeal for information following border cattle theft

Police have appealed for information following the theft of cattle near the Northern Irish border in Co. Armagh in recent...

Dairy giant Fonterra forms strategic alliance with Coca-Cola
Dairy giant Fonterra forms strategic alliance with Coca-Cola

One of the world’s largest dairy co-ops, New Zealand based Fonterra, and the world’s biggest soft drinks giant, Coca-Cola, have...

Ballymena farmer given suspended prison sentence for waterway pollution
Ballymena farmer given suspended prison sentence for waterway pollution

A Co. Antrim farmer pleaded guilty to causing a polluting discharge to enter a waterway at Ballymena Magistrates’ Court today. William...

Ballymena farmer given suspended prison sentence for waterway pollution
Ballymena farmer given suspended prison sentence for waterway pollution

A Co. Antrim farmer pleaded guilty to causing a polluting discharge to enter a waterway at Ballymena Magistrates’ Court today. William...

Teens arrested for throwing stones at sheep
Teens arrested for throwing stones at sheep

A number of teenagers have been arrested by police in Hampshire on suspicion of animal cruelty following the injuring of...

GDT: Slight increase continues positive trend
GDT: Slight increase continues positive trend

The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) index has made it 11 consecutive rises on the trot following a slight increase in its...

French school enrolls sheep in final effort to ‘boost numbers’
French school enrolls sheep in final effort to ‘boost numbers’

With numbers of students in a remote French school dropping, locals took ‘an alternative approach’ to sustaining numbers of pupils...

Police probe digger interference as ‘attempt made to start’
Police probe digger interference as ‘attempt made to start’

An incident of interference with a digger, in which the machine’s battery was stolen, is believed by police to have...

Appeal for info following collision involving tractor
Appeal for info following collision involving tractor

Police have launched an appeal for information following a collision involving a tractor and a van on a primary route....

Thieves ‘stung’ with decoy in fight on rural crime
Thieves ‘stung’ with decoy in fight on rural crime

Police are stepping up the fight against thieves who target remote farm buildings and equipment in the UK through the...

Border rustling: ‘They’re taking the cattle in lorry loads’
Border rustling: ‘They’re taking the cattle in lorry loads’

The president of a farmers’ lobby group in Northern Ireland has said: “It’s not one or two cattle now, they’re...

Forward focused discussions enjoyed at NSA Breed Society Forum
Forward focused discussions enjoyed at NSA Breed Society Forum

The National Sheep Association’s (NSA) Breed Society Forum proved the perfect platform for discussion on the future of UK sheep...

Moree herd dispersal sale to take place on Friday as Kelso brothers end partnership
Moree herd dispersal sale to take place on Friday as Kelso brothers end partnership

Jonathan, Bertie and Andrew Kelso, owners of Moree Holsteins, have announced their intention to sell off the entire milking group...

Harper Adams leaps a huge 21 places in national league table
Harper Adams leaps a huge 21 places in national league table

British agricultural university Harper Adams had managed to leapfrog a huge 21 places in one of the main national league...

New investment in water-saving techniques for growers
New investment in water-saving techniques for growers

AHDB is now co-funding a centre of excellence to develop new commercial water-saving techniques for precision irrigation and fertigation, for...

SCOPS appoints first ever chair-elect
SCOPS appoints first ever chair-elect

The Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) group is pleased to announce the appointment of South Gloucestershire sheep farmer...

Job position now available on Saudi Arabian dairy farm
Job position now available on Saudi Arabian dairy farm

A dairy farm in Saudi Arabia has announced that it is recruiting an assistant herds manager. The farm is headquartered...

US EPA glyphosate ruling: ‘No risks to public health’
US EPA glyphosate ruling: ‘No risks to public health’

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that it “continues to find that there are no risks to public...