Agriland Team

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...

Global food security experts met in Belfast this week
Global food security experts met in Belfast this week

Food security experts from all over the world converged in Belfast this week (May 28-31) for a major summit on...

Police hunting for arsonists after fires break out at Greenmount
Police hunting for arsonists after fires break out at Greenmount

Police in Antrim are appealing for information following two suspected arson incidents at Greenmount Campus last night (Wednesday, May 30,...

GrassCheck: Contractors reel in bumper first cut as growth spurt continues
GrassCheck: Contractors reel in bumper first cut as growth spurt continues

Northern Ireland’s grass growth has been almost off the chart this week, as a combination of sunshine and light rain...

‘Contractors are nearly begging people to go work for them’
‘Contractors are nearly begging people to go work for them’

Conditions may be ideal for grass cutting across the country, yet contractors are seriously struggling to find tractor drivers to...

Was this Balmoral’s beefiest ‘beast’?
Was this Balmoral’s beefiest ‘beast’?

No; it’s not an optical illusion – this monstrous tracked CAT (Caterpillar) may well have been the beefiest beast you’d...

Sprawling machinery event draws a crowd…but is all about just one brand
Sprawling machinery event draws a crowd…but is all about just one brand

Amatechnica, a bi-annual show displaying all things Amazone – big and small, took place at the company’s headquarters in Germany...

Trade focus: Manufacturing in Meath…no machine too big or too small
Trade focus: Manufacturing in Meath…no machine too big or too small

Ireland is currently enjoying a small industrial renaissance; certainly in the agricultural sector where there are many small and medium-sized...

Trade focus: Family-owned German giant marries big machines and ‘big data’
Trade focus: Family-owned German giant marries big machines and ‘big data’

We may never hear it said publicly, but there is a growing awareness within the trade that the agricultural machinery...

Open day planned at NI’s first RamCompare flock
Open day planned at NI’s first RamCompare flock

Northern farm research body AgriSearch is set to host a farm walk explaining the results of pioneering commercial progeny study,...