Agriland Team

Farmer at centre of neighbour cattle theft case sentenced
Farmer at centre of neighbour cattle theft case sentenced

By Michael Kenwood A north Down farmer found guilty of stealing five pedigree Holstein heifers from his neighbour’s farm, removing...

Top ‘drawer’ tractors? Silage from the eras at ‘Mogeely’ day out
Top ‘drawer’ tractors? Silage from the eras at ‘Mogeely’ day out

Members of Mogeely Vintage Club gathered on Sunday (June 10) to put a barrage of classic tractors and machines through their paces. The venue...

NI’s ammonia woes under fire at UK level
NI’s ammonia woes under fire at UK level

Ammonia levels in Northern Ireland have come under scrutiny at UK level in a draft Government report which is out...

GrassCheck: Growth stalls as NI sees biggest extremes in 10 years
GrassCheck: Growth stalls as NI sees biggest extremes in 10 years

Grass growth in Northern Ireland has slumped as rainfall becomes an issue on many farms, the latest GrassCheck data shows....

‘Frenzy’ of Fiats out in force at Waterford ‘working day’
‘Frenzy’ of Fiats out in force at Waterford ‘working day’

Amidst searing sunshine, members of Mogeely Vintage Club gathered on Sunday (June 10) to put a barrage of classic tractors and machines...

Auction report: In-season machinery brings out the bidders
Auction report: In-season machinery brings out the bidders

A major auction was hosted by Clarke & Simpson (May 26) in Suffolk (England). A huge haul of lots was...

Glanbia offers condolences to family of Fermanagh farm accident victim
Glanbia offers condolences to family of Fermanagh farm accident victim

Glanbia chairman Martin Keane has expressed his sympathy to the family and friends of the late Gerard Collins, who died...

Glanbia offers condolences to family of Fermanagh farm accident victim
Glanbia offers condolences to family of Fermanagh farm accident victim

Glanbia chairman Martin Keane has expressed his sympathy to the family and friends of the late Gerard Collins, who died...

Fermanagh sucklers make a splash with annual island swim
Fermanagh sucklers make a splash with annual island swim

Cattle at a National Trust wildlife haven have completed their unconventional annual pilgrimage – by swimming 100m across a lake...

US-Ireland agri-research funding programme now open
US-Ireland agri-research funding programme now open

Submissions are now open for research institutions in Northern Ireland to apply for funding for joint projects with the United...

Farm fatality in Fermanagh
Farm fatality in Fermanagh

A man has died on a farm in Co. Fermanagh earlier today (Monday, June 11), in a sudden machinery incident,...

Farm fatality in Fermanagh
Farm fatality in Fermanagh

A man has died on a farm in Co. Fermanagh earlier today (Monday, June 11), the Police Service of Northern...

The real on-field competition: Are you backing Clare…or Denmark?
The real on-field competition: Are you backing Clare…or Denmark?

It would appear that AgriLand readers have a capacious interest in slurry tankers; particularly those so big that they’d hardly squeeze through...

Northern agri-food stalwarts named in Birthday Honours
Northern agri-food stalwarts named in Birthday Honours

Three stalwarts of Northern Ireland’s agri-food industry have been named on this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Janet McCollum will...

Energy enigma: EU must become ‘as self-sufficient as possible’
Energy enigma: EU must become ‘as self-sufficient as possible’

EU ministers have been urged to become as ‘self-sufficient as possible in terms of energy‘ – with the primary focus...

Farm worker in court for deliberately smearing dung-covered boots in police car
Farm worker in court for deliberately smearing dung-covered boots in police car

A Co. Antrim farm worker who deliberately smeared cow manure from his boots onto the upholstery inside a police car...

‘Long-overdue’ UK Brexit paper is insufficient – MEP
‘Long-overdue’ UK Brexit paper is insufficient – MEP

Yesterday’s UK paper on Brexit is a long-overdue step that is insufficient and incomplete, according to Mairead McGuinness, MEP and...

How successful was your 2018 lambing?
How successful was your 2018 lambing?

By Dr. Eileen McCloskey, Sheep Technologist at CAFRE, Greenmount For the majority of farmers lambing is over, and for those...