Agriland Team

Land in Armagh suspected of being bought with fraud money
Land in Armagh suspected of being bought with fraud money

The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) is investigating land in Co. Armagh suspected to have been purchased with fraud money....

Video: Combi round baler making no-net silage in Cavan
Video: Combi round baler making no-net silage in Cavan

Main-season first-cut silage has kicked off over the past week on farms across Ireland with the arrival of more settled...

Regenerative agriculture top of agenda at Spanish Expo
Regenerative agriculture top of agenda at Spanish Expo

Regenerative agriculture, which uses technologies such as precision agriculture, conservation tillage and crop rotation can reduce environmental impacts according to...

European spotlight on future movement of livestock to NI
European spotlight on future movement of livestock to NI

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has highlighted that it is “unclear” how the re-tagging of livestock moved to...

New report shows more  women in senior meat industry jobs
New report shows more women in senior meat industry jobs

The UK and Irish meat industry has “made progress” in appointing more women to senior leadership roles, according to a...

Video: See inside a traditional wet market in Shanghai
Video: See inside a traditional wet market in Shanghai

A traditional food wet market is a marketplace in China that sells fresh foods such as meat, fish, fruit and...

Watch: Diminishing routes to market for Manx farmers
Watch: Diminishing routes to market for Manx farmers

Farmers on the Isle of Man (IOM) are becoming more dependent on exporting their produce as the local routes to...

CAN fertiliser falls below €500/t – a first since crisis
CAN fertiliser falls below €500/t – a first since crisis

For the first time since the fertiliser crisis began back in early 2022, Calcium Ammonium Nitrate (CAN) has dropped to...

Agri-food Brexit impact: ‘Even printer ink was taking 6 weeks’
Agri-food Brexit impact: ‘Even printer ink was taking 6 weeks’

By Barbara Collins Since Britain voted to leave the European Union (EU) in 2016, there have been years of debate...

ABP to help farming charity with shed as prize at Balmoral Show
ABP to help farming charity with shed as prize at Balmoral Show

Agri-food business, ABP, is marking 25 years at Balmoral Show, which gets underway this week (May 10-13), with a draw...

World’s first oral lice treatment for sheep registered
World’s first oral lice treatment for sheep registered

The world’s first oral product for managing lice in sheep has been registered for use by Australia’s veterinary medicines authority....

Commercial heifer hits record £23,000 at Jalex on-farm sale
Commercial heifer hits record £23,000 at Jalex on-farm sale

A number of records were broke at James and Nelson Alexander’s Jalex Select on-farm sale of commercial heifers which took...

Diversifying from dairy to become a ‘Farm Foodie’ in Co. Antrim
Diversifying from dairy to become a ‘Farm Foodie’ in Co. Antrim

By Barbara Collins The cliché of the farmer’s wife making ‘pin money’ with pots of jam is a well-worn trope,...

Irish finished bullocks €100/head behind NI beef prices
Irish finished bullocks €100/head behind NI beef prices

Beef prices in Northern Ireland and across the UK have lifted substantially over the past number of weeks, with last...

NI farm incomes increase by over 17% in 2022
NI farm incomes increase by over 17% in 2022

Farm incomes in Northern Ireland have increased by 17.4%, according to figures published today (Thursday, April 27) by the Department...

Spain’s ag minister requests EU crisis funds amid severe drought
Spain’s ag minister requests EU crisis funds amid severe drought

Spain has requested the use of crisis funds from the EU to deal with the drought conditions the country is...

Antimicrobial use in agriculture could fuel future epidemics – study
Antimicrobial use in agriculture could fuel future epidemics – study

A new University of Oxford study has revealed that antimicrobial overuse in livestock production can breed bacteria that are resistant...

NI herd named British Friesian Herd of the Year
NI herd named British Friesian Herd of the Year

The British Friesian Herd of the Year Award has been won by the Northern Irish Inch herd from Downpatrick, Co....