Agriland Team

Latest potato stocks figures down almost a quarter on last year
Latest potato stocks figures down almost a quarter on last year

The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board’s (AHDB) latest estimates show potato stock levels held by British growers are 24% down...

All Breeds All Britain Calf Show judges confirmed for 2019
All Breeds All Britain Calf Show judges confirmed for 2019

The East of England Showground will see the return of this year’s All Breeds All Britain (ABAB) Calf Show. Organised...

SmartHort automation challenge launches
SmartHort automation challenge launches

A competition to match expert engineers from the manufacturing industry with horticulture producers to develop new technology has been announced...

Checking and moving stock on the farm…with drones that bark
Checking and moving stock on the farm…with drones that bark

Farmers are increasingly using technology to try and take the hardship out of farming, with drones now taking on the...

Teens to compete in ABP Angus Young Challenge semi-final
Teens to compete in ABP Angus Young Challenge semi-final

More than 50 teenagers from across Northern Ireland will be showcasing their beef production knowledge at the ABP Angus Youth...

Teens to compete in ABP Angus Young Challenge semi-final
Teens to compete in ABP Angus Young Challenge semi-final

More than 50 teenagers from across Northern Ireland will be showcasing their beef production knowledge at the ABP Angus Youth...

Straw diet warnings following reports of impaction
Straw diet warnings following reports of impaction

Reports of cows dying from straw impaction is highlighting the risks associated with feeding straw-based rations to suckler cows. Straw...

Devenish and Queen’s University launch doctoral programme
Devenish and Queen’s University launch doctoral programme

The Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS) at Queen’s University Belfast is to host a doctoral training programme in partnership...

AHDB takes dairy message to the silver screen
AHDB takes dairy message to the silver screen

Cinema advertising will be used for the first time in AHDB and Dairy UK’s £1.2 million consumer marketing campaign, which...

Seasonal workers pilot opens for applications
Seasonal workers pilot opens for applications

The seasonal workers pilot, announced by the Home Secretary and Environment Secretary in September 2018, has now opened. The pilot...

Arbitrary sheep ageing rules not to change due to Brexit uncertainty
Arbitrary sheep ageing rules not to change due to Brexit uncertainty

The sheep sector this week received confirmation from the UK Government that it was unlikely to introduce a change to...

Farm lobby groups band together to campaign against a ‘no-deal’ exit
Farm lobby groups band together to campaign against a ‘no-deal’ exit

A group of seven UK and Irish farm lobby groups have banded together to urge the Government to avoid a...

UK growers urged to be on lookout for new tomato virus
UK growers urged to be on lookout for new tomato virus

UK growers are being urged to look out for symptoms of a potential new virus that could be devastating to...

Historic potato conference in store for top European researchers
Historic potato conference in store for top European researchers

The latest scientific progress in all fields of post-harvest potato research and development will be presented at a conference in...

Stolen tractor found…overturned on roadside
Stolen tractor found…overturned on roadside

Police are appealing for information after a stolen tractor was found overturned on the side of a road in England...

This year’s lambs at risk from nematodirus much earlier
This year’s lambs at risk from nematodirus much earlier

The sudden increase in temperatures in February has put earlier-born lambs at risk from nematodirus, the Sustainable Control of Parasites...

Video: Ulster farmer to put 900 heifers ‘on the market’ this Saturday
Video: Ulster farmer to put 900 heifers ‘on the market’ this Saturday

Father/son farming duo in Randalstown, Co. Antrim, James and Nelson Alexander will host an open day this Saturday, March 9,...

Lakeland LacPatrick merger given the green light
Lakeland LacPatrick merger given the green light

The much anticipated merger between Lakeland Dairies and LacPatrick Dairies has finally been given the green light. Competition authorities in...