Agriland Team

51% of NI’s electricity came from renewable sources in 2022
51% of NI’s electricity came from renewable sources in 2022

In 2022, more than half (51%) of Northern Ireland’s electricity consumption was generated from renewable sources located in the six...

Sustainability is the focus of the 2023 Great Agri-Food Debate
Sustainability is the focus of the 2023 Great Agri-Food Debate

Sustainability and its role in the future of the agri-food industry is to be central to the discussions between the...

NI man arrested for possible badger baiting
NI man arrested for possible badger baiting

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has arrested a 34-year-old Fermanagh man in connection with animal cruelty. The man...

You grow girl: Connecting food and land in The Edible Flower
You grow girl: Connecting food and land in The Edible Flower

No story feels better to share today – International Women’s Day (Wednesday, March 8) – than that of two women...

Farmers ‘cannot continue to tolerate’ livestock worrying – UFU
Farmers ‘cannot continue to tolerate’ livestock worrying – UFU

Deputy president of the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU), William Irvine, has said that farmers “cannot continue to tolerate” instances of...

Antrim food company fined for water pollution offence
Antrim food company fined for water pollution offence

A Northern Irish food company has been fined for causing a discharge of trade effluent to enter a waterway, the...

CAFRE course to highlight food vulnerability
CAFRE course to highlight food vulnerability

A course focussed on the food supply chain and the issues its facing, ‘Exploring Food Vulnerability’, is set to held...

No poultry classes at this year’s Balmoral Show
No poultry classes at this year’s Balmoral Show

There will be no poultry or pigeon classes at this year’s Balmoral Show in light of the ongoing avian influenza...

NI: 10 out of 14 farm sectors increased margins in 2021/22
NI: 10 out of 14 farm sectors increased margins in 2021/22

10 out of 14 of the main types of farming enterprises in Northern Ireland recorded increases in gross margins between...

Weanling heifer sells for £13,000 at Clogher Mart
Weanling heifer sells for £13,000 at Clogher Mart

The Northern Ireland Commercial Cattle Exhibiters Club recently hosted a show and a sale of breeding cattle at Clogher Valley...

Nominations now open for NI Tidy Farmyard Awards
Nominations now open for NI Tidy Farmyard Awards

NFU Mutual has relaunched its Tidy Farmyard Awards in Northern Ireland, which aim to recognising those in agriculture who are “championing...

New scholarship for Ballymena adults to study at CAFRE for free
New scholarship for Ballymena adults to study at CAFRE for free

Adults in the Ballymena area of Co. Antrim have a new opportunity to study agriculture-related courses at the College of...

Retailers asked to review farmer relationships amid shortages
Retailers asked to review farmer relationships amid shortages

Farming Minister Mark Spencer has asked retailers to review how they work with farmers amid the current fruit and vegetable...

NI poultry numbers down 16% in 2022 – ag census
NI poultry numbers down 16% in 2022 – ag census

Total poultry numbers on Northern Ireland farms have decreased 16% year-on-year according to the Agricultural Census 2022. The results from...

AHWNI concerned about sheep scab levels in Northern Ireland
AHWNI concerned about sheep scab levels in Northern Ireland

Animal Health and Welfare Northern Ireland (AHWNI) has said it is concerned about the levels of sheep scab being diagnosed...

What is the Windsor Framework?
What is the Windsor Framework?

The UK and EU have today (Monday, February 27) reached an agreement in principal on the new Windsor Framework, which...

UK and EU reportedly reach deal on Northern Ireland Protocol
UK and EU reportedly reach deal on Northern Ireland Protocol

The UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen have reportedly reached an...

NI smallholder launches Ethical Schoolwear venture
NI smallholder launches Ethical Schoolwear venture

A man who moved back to Co. Down from Manchester after becoming a father to two adopted children has launched...