Agriland Team

Latest grass growth predictions well below 10-year average
Latest grass growth predictions well below 10-year average

GrassCheck researchers are advising farmers to review their forage budgets as the latest predictions for growth sit at just a...

GM crops field trial planned in UK
GM crops field trial planned in UK

A UK research organisation is seeking permission to release Camelina plants genetically modified to potentially replace petrochemically-derived lubricants. The application,...

Jaegerbomb owner: ‘I thought of selling everything and quitting’
Jaegerbomb owner: ‘I thought of selling everything and quitting’

The owner of champion AI bull Ballinloan Jaegerbomb has warned the mix-up could have cost millions in compensation had the...

‘Brexit must herald an agricultural revolution’
‘Brexit must herald an agricultural revolution’

The UK’s farming unions have called on the Government to facilitate an ‘agricultural revolution’ post-Brexit – but what exactly does...

Dutch farmers visit Northern Ireland’s green fields
Dutch farmers visit Northern Ireland’s green fields

Dutch farmers are known globally for their innovative approach to the industry, but could a group of leading dairy farmers...

Farm lobby group to protest at Stormont
Farm lobby group to protest at Stormont

Farming lobby group Farmers For Action (FFA) is calling for farmers to take to Stormont to urge Northern Ireland’s politicians...

‘Close to 100% of UK farms could be worse off after Brexit’
‘Close to 100% of UK farms could be worse off after Brexit’

The high levels of uncertainty that continue to surround Brexit just a year out from the UK’s departure of the...

Why there’s one tractor this Co. Antrim dealer will never sell
Why there’s one tractor this Co. Antrim dealer will never sell

While dozens of tractors and machinery might come and go every month from Co. Antrim agricultural machinery dealer Hunter Kane’s...

Is your fertiliser spreader set up correctly?
Is your fertiliser spreader set up correctly?

Fertiliser is a costly commodity and farmers should aim to get the most out of it. With this in mind,...

£500,000 earmarked for north-west flooding
£500,000 earmarked for north-west flooding

Half a million pounds have been ear-marked for a department-funded project to tackle impact of flooding in the north-west. The...

Union’s centenary folk museum takeover event set for May
Union’s centenary folk museum takeover event set for May

For one weekend only, visitors to the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum can experience the farming reality of their grandparents...

Check out the latest agri job openings
Check out the latest agri job openings

Every month a variety of agri job openings arise in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and further afield, a...

Check out the latest agri job openings
Check out the latest agri job openings

Every month a variety of agri job openings arise in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and further afield, a...

Machinery valued at €80,000 stolen from Louth farmyard
Machinery valued at €80,000 stolen from Louth farmyard

Farm machinery worth an estimated €80,000 was stolen in a break-in at a farmyard in the Dundalk/Ardee area of Co.Louth...

Tea with May: Down farmer requests ‘end to calendar farming’
Tea with May: Down farmer requests ‘end to calendar farming’

Co. Down dairy farmer Stephen Jackson couldn’t have gone much higher when he took the ‘calendar farming’ concerns of thousands...

Trade focus: What doesn’t a Wexford ‘breaker’ know about these tractors?
Trade focus: What doesn’t a Wexford ‘breaker’ know about these tractors?

The image of vehicle breakers has not always been the most glamorous or environmentally friendly. Visions of grease-covered and indifferent...

Theresa May visit: See behind the scenes on the Co. Down farm…
Theresa May visit: See behind the scenes on the Co. Down farm…

Father and son David and Stephen Jackson run their farm together in North Down, but Brexit and challenges with the border...

Invent Awards: Have you got the next big agri-science idea?
Invent Awards: Have you got the next big agri-science idea?

Northern Ireland’s premier awards programme for inventors is calling on innovators from the agri-science industry to enter this year’s competition...