Agriland Team

AFBI to present profit-based research findings at major dairy open day
AFBI to present profit-based research findings at major dairy open day

The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) is set to hold a major dairy open day at its Hillsborough research site...

Poll results: 1 in 5 still haven’t got their cows out
Poll results: 1 in 5 still haven’t got their cows out

A poll carried out by AgriLand shows that almost a fifth of dairy farmers who voted have still not been...

McGlone: ‘Brexiteers cannot be trusted to act for Ag’
McGlone: ‘Brexiteers cannot be trusted to act for Ag’

SDLP rural affairs spokesman Patsy McGlone MLA has said that the labour struggle that farmers could face after the UK...

Northern police officers given livestock training
Northern police officers given livestock training

Police officers in Newry and south Armagh have been given livestock training so they can become better equipped to deal...

Why meat’s packaging could be about to change
Why meat’s packaging could be about to change

Meat packaging could see big changes over the next seven years as meat processing giant ABP has vowed to cut...

Former Ulster farming president Ian Marshall to take seat in Seanad
Former Ulster farming president Ian Marshall to take seat in Seanad

Co. Armagh farmer Ian Marshall has been elected to the Irish Seanad in today’s by-election. Markethill man Marshall was put...

GrassCheck: Growth set to exceed 10-year average
GrassCheck: Growth set to exceed 10-year average

After a disappointing start to the season, Northern Ireland’s grass growth is set to exceed the 10-year average, according to...

Classic corner: 1990s Lamborghini back to its former glory in Co. Fermanagh
Classic corner: 1990s Lamborghini back to its former glory in Co. Fermanagh

The difference between Lamborghini and Same is often considered to be no more than the colour scheme. That’s an understandable...

NIEA chief admits ammonia is becoming ‘the new nitrates’
NIEA chief admits ammonia is becoming ‘the new nitrates’

A response to the ammonia consultation held earlier this year is expected imminently, with a working action plan set to...

UFU launches in-house training division
UFU launches in-house training division

The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) launched its own in-house training division with courses designed specifically to help members in the...

Lakeland sets ambitious €1 billion 5-year sales target
Lakeland sets ambitious €1 billion 5-year sales target

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Lakeland Dairies heard today that the cross-border dairy co-operative has set an ambitious five-year...

UFU presidential team election results announced
UFU presidential team election results announced

Ulster Farmers’ Union’s 400 council members have voiced their opinion on who will lead Northern Ireland farmers through one of...

Exercise Blackthorn begins today with simulated Foot and Mouth outbreak
Exercise Blackthorn begins today with simulated Foot and Mouth outbreak

Senior figures from the UK’s four regional agricultural departments have come together today for a major Government exercise to test Foot...

Northern fodder prices soar as weather pressure continues
Northern fodder prices soar as weather pressure continues

Silage, straw and hay prices have soared as northern buyer demand for fodder remains high following the wet winter. Silage...

Trade focus: Charting an ‘independent’ path with a tightly-run ship
Trade focus: Charting an ‘independent’ path with a tightly-run ship

Few people have ever accused the machinery trade across the entirety of the 32 counties as being a bland, homogenous...

‘We want to bring our strong balance sheet to LacPatrick farmers’
‘We want to bring our strong balance sheet to LacPatrick farmers’

Aaron Forde, CEO of Aurivo Society Co-operative Ltd, has stated that he wants to bring the co-op’s “strong and stable”...

‘We want to bring our strong balance sheet to LacPatrick farmers’
‘We want to bring our strong balance sheet to LacPatrick farmers’

Aaron Forde, CEO of Aurivo Society Co-operative Ltd, has stated that he wants to bring the co-op’s “strong and stable”...

Through the inspector’s eyes: First look at NI’s new environmental audit
Through the inspector’s eyes: First look at NI’s new environmental audit

A new pilot scheme to improve the environment, reduce the number of on-farm inspections and help farmers comply with payment...