Agriland Team

Application for ‘fracking exploration’ in border region lodged
Application for ‘fracking exploration’ in border region lodged

A UK-based oil and gas company has applied for a new drilling licence which could lead to the fracking of...

Application for ‘fracking exploration’ in border region lodged
Application for ‘fracking exploration’ in border region lodged

A UK-based oil and gas company has applied for a new drilling licence which could lead to the fracking of...

Dale Farm secures UK-wide cheese contract with Greggs
Dale Farm secures UK-wide cheese contract with Greggs

Dale Farm has secured a major three-year contract to supply food-on-the-go retailer Greggs with cheese for use in its shops...

Dale Farm secures UK-wide cheese contract with Greggs
Dale Farm secures UK-wide cheese contract with Greggs

Dale Farm has secured a major three-year contract to supply food-on-the-go retailer Greggs with cheese for use in its shops...

Cows arrive aboard ā€˜world’s first’ floating farm in Dutch city
Cows arrive aboard ā€˜world’s first’ floating farm in Dutch city

A total of 32 cows have taken up residence in “the world’s first” floating farm in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The...

Couple awarded $2 billion following Roundup cancer claim
Couple awarded $2 billion following Roundup cancer claim

A California jury has awarded more than US$2 billion to a couple who claimed Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based Roundup weed killer...

Fonterra secures $380 million for popular Tip Top ice cream brand
Fonterra secures $380 million for popular Tip Top ice cream brand

Fonterra, a New Zealand based dairy co-op, has announced the sale of its popular Tip Top ice cream brand to...

Producing high-iron wheat in the UK
Producing high-iron wheat in the UK

Researchers at the John Innes Centre in the UK have developed wheat with a high-iron content. The wheat is genetically...

Scottish livestock farmers urged to sign up for Open Farm Sunday
Scottish livestock farmers urged to sign up for Open Farm Sunday

With one month to go until LEAF Open Farm Sunday, Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) is calling on Scottish livestock farmers...

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 waterwayĀ 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 waterwayĀ 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

TheĀ 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....