Agriland Team

AFBI seminar highlights advances in poultry research
AFBI seminar highlights advances in poultry research

A highly informative and enjoyable poultry seminar was recently hosted by the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), at its Hillsborough...

GDT takes nosedive in latest auction
GDT takes nosedive in latest auction

The most recent Global Dairy Trade auction – Event 215 – has just finished, resulting in a sharp drop in the...

Is this the ultimate way to haul and unload straw?
Is this the ultimate way to haul and unload straw?

An eagle-eyed AgriLand reader came across this video (see below) recently. What caught his eye was the way in which a haulier...

Heat stress in livestock: 4 tips for keeping your cool this summer
Heat stress in livestock: 4 tips for keeping your cool this summer

Dr. Norman Weatherup, senior beef and sheep technologist, at the College of Agriculture Food and Rural Enterprise gives his tips...

Heat stress in livestock: 4 tips for keeping your cool this summer
Heat stress in livestock: 4 tips for keeping your cool this summer

Dr. Norman Weatherup, senior beef and sheep technologist, at the College of Agriculture Food and Rural Enterprise gives his tips...

British animal nutrition firm Volac announces major investment in Ireland
British animal nutrition firm Volac announces major investment in Ireland

British firm Volac has announced it will spend £3 million on a new purpose-built finishing and packing facility in Ireland....

Video: Farmers race to save sheep from searing flames
Video: Farmers race to save sheep from searing flames

Dramatic footage has emerged on social media this week, showing farmers in greater Manchester battling blazes to bring home a...

Digging deep: JCB announces £50 million investment in new plant
Digging deep: JCB announces £50 million investment in new plant

JCB has announced an investment of more than £50 million in a new British plant which it says will create...

Farmer ousts abandoned Audi the agri way
Farmer ousts abandoned Audi the agri way

A farmer in the UK took comprehensive action over the weekend when a car was found abandoned after being crashed...

Big ‘moves’ from Claas; see what’s clever about this mower
Big ‘moves’ from Claas; see what’s clever about this mower

With the Disco 3200 Move, available with (FC) or without a conditioner (F), Claas has expanded its product dossier to...

Potatoes enjoy a 12-month period of significant growth
Potatoes enjoy a 12-month period of significant growth

The last 12 months have been marked by a significant increase in the size of the potato market in Northern...

Dairy hygiene giant announces UK and Irish acquisition
Dairy hygiene giant announces UK and Irish acquisition

Kersia – the new name for brands including Hypred, Anti-Germ, Medentech, LCB Food Safety and G3 – has announced the...

Production of Lely-branded grass/silage machinery to end in March 2020
Production of Lely-branded grass/silage machinery to end in March 2020

AGCO announced today (June 27) that production of Lely-branded grass/silage harvest machinery will come to an end in March 2020....

Zetor hits the ‘highlands’ with its new-look workhorses
Zetor hits the ‘highlands’ with its new-look workhorses

Zetor brought eight tractors to the recent Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh, Scotland (June 21-24) – a line-up which included...

Farmers on Brexit: ‘East-west’ trumps ‘north-south’
Farmers on Brexit: ‘East-west’ trumps ‘north-south’

Farmers and agri-food operators are becoming anxious about the “weight of consideration” being given to the border question post-Brexit, according...

Up to 40 bales damaged in Somerset farm vandal attack
Up to 40 bales damaged in Somerset farm vandal attack

A Somerset dairy farmer has took to social media to vent his frustration after vandals slashed and set alight several...

Know the symptoms of heat stress in your cattle?
Know the symptoms of heat stress in your cattle?

Temperatures are expected to touch 30° in some parts of the country over the coming days and, as a result,...

New man joins Landini and McCormick tractor team
New man joins Landini and McCormick tractor team

Tractor distributor AgriArgo UK & Ireland has expanded its management team with the appointment of Ben Agar as sales director....