Agriland Team

Lucky escape: Cows cut from overturned trailer
Lucky escape: Cows cut from overturned trailer

Firefighters cut six cows from an overturned trailer outside Carlisle yesterday morning (Wednesday, August 1). Emergency services were called to...

37ac solar farm powering Dale Farm’s cheddar cheese plant
37ac solar farm powering Dale Farm’s cheddar cheese plant

Dale Farm has launched the largest ‘self-consumption’ solar farm in Ireland at its cheese processing facility in Co. Tyrone. The...

Vandals in Scotland set fire to £100,000 worth of wheat
Vandals in Scotland set fire to £100,000 worth of wheat

Police in Scotland are appealing for witnesses following a suspicious fire at a farm that led to the destruction of...

£100,000 worth of wheat burnt by vandals on UK farm
£100,000 worth of wheat burnt by vandals on UK farm

Police in Scotland are appealing for witnesses following a suspicious fire at a farm that led to the destruction of...

Silage Extravaganza was tight for grass, but ‘awash’ with tractors
Silage Extravaganza was tight for grass, but ‘awash’ with tractors

This year’s Silage Extravaganza (in Fethard, Co. Tipperary) was destined to be a somewhat subdued affair (due to the prolonged drought reducing...

New Case IH combine suffers no ‘sensory deprivation’
New Case IH combine suffers no ‘sensory deprivation’

The latest iteration of the Case IH Axial-Flow combine harvester was recently launched in Dresden (Germany). The new machines were given...

70 pigs rescued from slurry tank after floor collapses
70 pigs rescued from slurry tank after floor collapses

Yesterday morning (Sunday, July 29) Nigel Grant was doing his routine jobs on the farm when he went into one...

‘Brexit-proofing’: Kepak acquires 2 Sisters UK red meat business
‘Brexit-proofing’: Kepak acquires 2 Sisters UK red meat business

Kepak Group has reached agreement to acquire the UK business and assets of 2 Sisters Red Meat Ltd for an...

Man airlifted to hospital after falling into slurry tank
Man airlifted to hospital after falling into slurry tank

A man had to be airlifted to hospital after falling into a slurry tank on a farm in Limavady, Co....

Man airlifted to hospital after falling into slurry tank
Man airlifted to hospital after falling into slurry tank

A man had to be airlifted to hospital after falling into a slurry tank on a farm in Limavady, Co....

French farmers bring Tour de France to standstill with protest
French farmers bring Tour de France to standstill with protest

Protesting French farmers brought the Tour de France to a temporary standstill earlier today, with bales of hay reportedly being...

60 years on: Ifor Williams rolls out 750,000th trailer
60 years on: Ifor Williams rolls out 750,000th trailer

Welsh trailer manufacturer Ifor Williams recently celebrated two important milestones – its 60th anniversary and the 750,000th trailer rolling off...

Latest Gira report profiles world meat trends for the next decade
Latest Gira report profiles world meat trends for the next decade

Northern Ireland’s Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) has procured the latest Long Term Meat Strategy Report, produced by the renowned...

Lorry transporting bales goes up in smoke on UK motorway
Lorry transporting bales goes up in smoke on UK motorway

A lorry transporting a large number of straw bales went on fire on the side of a motorway yesterday (Thursday,...

Quad drivers: Take note before you take off
Quad drivers: Take note before you take off

When people think of farm vehicles, the first ones that come to mind are tractors and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs). These...

Rock and hard place: Tractor driver mishap
Rock and hard place: Tractor driver mishap

In recent years, tractors and farm machinery have significantly increased in size and weight – with roads and avenues struggling...

New world record for mowing: But who, where and how fast?
New world record for mowing: But who, where and how fast?

With a Disco 1100 RC mower-conditioner, Claas claims to have set a new world record for the amount mowed in...

Live WWII explosive found on Scottish farm
Live WWII explosive found on Scottish farm

An artillery shell dating back to World War II (WWII) was discovered on a farm in Scotland on Monday (July...