Agriland Team

More than 400 stolen animals located in police raid
More than 400 stolen animals located in police raid

Police are working to reunite hundreds of suspected stolen animals with their rightful owners in north Yorkshire following a recent...

NI closed spreading period kicks in tonight
NI closed spreading period kicks in tonight

Northern Irish farmers are reminded that the closed spreading period comes into effect from midnight tonight (Monday, October 15), the...

9 cattle die after eating yew tree trimmings dumped in field
9 cattle die after eating yew tree trimmings dumped in field

A total of nine cattle have died in the UK after they ate yew tree clippings which had been dumped...

EU live cattle exports expected to ‘weaken significantly’ in second half of 2018
EU live cattle exports expected to ‘weaken significantly’ in second half of 2018

The number of live cattle exported out of the EU during the first half of 2018 was 11% higher than...

Stolen vehicles recovered in Down, leading to 4 arrests
Stolen vehicles recovered in Down, leading to 4 arrests

Four men were arrested in a police operation targeting stolen vehicles in Northern Ireland recently, the Police Service of Northern...

Video: Nitrate poisoning claims 11 cattle on reseeded field in Ireland
Video: Nitrate poisoning claims 11 cattle on reseeded field in Ireland

“I went up on the Tuesday morning to check them and give them a bit of grass and all I...

African swine fever outbreak kills 72 pigs in China – report
African swine fever outbreak kills 72 pigs in China – report

A total of 72 pigs have purportedly died in another outbreak of African swine fever in China, according to reports....

Glanbia announces $350 million Slimfast acquisition
Glanbia announces $350 million Slimfast acquisition

Irish milk giant Glanbia has announced an agreement to acquire US diet milkshake firm SlimFast and other brands for $350 million....

Pilot makes ‘unintended’ touchdown while checking livestock
Pilot makes ‘unintended’ touchdown while checking livestock

A pilot flying a gyroplane recently made an “unintended touchdown” when he got distracted while checking up on his livestock in...

1.5° climate warming impacts ‘far greater than previously thought’
1.5° climate warming impacts ‘far greater than previously thought’

A limit of 1.5° in global warming is feasible – but will still have far greater implications than previously thought,...

Cattle worth £10,000 stolen in farm raid
Cattle worth £10,000 stolen in farm raid

Cattle worth £10,000 were stolen in a farm raid in Co. Tyrone last week, according to the Police Service of...

Cattle worth £10,000 stolen in farm raid
Cattle worth £10,000 stolen in farm raid

Cattle worth £10,000 (€11,362) were stolen in a farm raid in Co. Tyrone last week, according to the Police Service...

Merger terms agreed between Lakeland and LacPatrick
Merger terms agreed between Lakeland and LacPatrick

Major Irish milk processors Lakeland Dairies and LacPatrick Dairies have reached agreement to merge following months of discussion. The boards...

GDT downward trend continues in latest auction
GDT downward trend continues in latest auction

The latest Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction – Event 221 – has seen the recent downward trend continue, concluding with...

Cattle chaos: Livestock lorry overturns on US interstate
Cattle chaos: Livestock lorry overturns on US interstate

A large number of cattle escaped from the lorry they were travelling in when the vehicle overturned on a busy...

Pregnant ewe skinned and butchered in field
Pregnant ewe skinned and butchered in field

A farmer made the grisly discovery of one of his ewes skinned and butchered in a field yesterday morning (Sunday,...

Pregnant ewe skinned and butchered in field
Pregnant ewe skinned and butchered in field

A farmer made the grisly discovery of one of his ewes skinned and butchered in a field yesterday morning (Sunday,...

Record year for JCB as sales turnover jumps 28%
Record year for JCB as sales turnover jumps 28%

JCB set new records for turnover and machine sales in 2017 as global markets continued to rebound strongly during the...