Agriland Team

Milk and bakery job losses at Armagh firm Linwoods
Milk and bakery job losses at Armagh firm Linwoods

Around 90 jobs are to go across the milk and bakery divisions of Armagh-based food firm Linwoods. The company began...

Chief vet urges farmers to respond to live export consultation
Chief vet urges farmers to respond to live export consultation

Northern Ireland’s chief veterinary officer Robert Huey has urged the industry to respond to a UK-wide review on the live...

3-crop rule could tighten barley seed supplies
3-crop rule could tighten barley seed supplies

Arable farmers in Northern Ireland say they are running out of options to allow them to comply with the ‘three-crop...

Under review: UK’s live export ban comes one step closer
Under review: UK’s live export ban comes one step closer

A consultation has been launched on the effects of a potential ban on the live export of animals for slaughter...

NI safety figures make grim reading
NI safety figures make grim reading

A new draft corporate plan launched by Northern Ireland’s Health and Safety Executive (HSENI) has highlighted the grisly reality of...

Centenary dinner and calendar raise £31,000 for air ambulance
Centenary dinner and calendar raise £31,000 for air ambulance

The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has raised over £21,000 for Air Ambulance NI at its annual dinner – a figure...

Grass event to help sheep farmers ‘play catch up’ on a late season
Grass event to help sheep farmers ‘play catch up’ on a late season

As fodder supplies become scarce across the country, playing ‘catch up’ once grass starts to grow will be more important...

Supermarket’s local produce sales up 8%
Supermarket’s local produce sales up 8%

Sales of locally produced food in Asda’s Northern Ireland stores grew by 8% in 2017, proving that customers are actively...

Dungiven dairy farmer ‘fed up’ of red tape to move to Canada
Dungiven dairy farmer ‘fed up’ of red tape to move to Canada

Red tape and poor prospects for the region’s farming future has pushed a Dungiven farmer and his family to start...

Supplementary feed costing Antrim farmer £10,000 a month
Supplementary feed costing Antrim farmer £10,000 a month

Supplementary feed is costing a Co. Antrim farmer £10,000 (€11,440) a month as he struggles to make it through the...

Classic corner: Betting on a ‘Winner’ in Co. Limerick
Classic corner: Betting on a ‘Winner’ in Co. Limerick

Fiat has always gone about the business of growing its agricultural division in a rather quiet but very determined way....

Trade focus: How a Westmeath man can get an ‘edge’ on your machinery
Trade focus: How a Westmeath man can get an ‘edge’ on your machinery

It was an invoice amounting to nearly €4,000 which set James Geoghegan on the path to building his own knife...

Balmoral traffic woes could be history as M1 link is back on the table
Balmoral traffic woes could be history as M1 link is back on the table

Plans for a motorway slip road are far from off the agenda for Balmoral, according to new Royal Ulster Agricultural...

Fodder in the North: ‘Not a crisis – but it’s not far off one’
Fodder in the North: ‘Not a crisis – but it’s not far off one’

As their southern counterparts are declaring a crisis, farmers in Northern Ireland are still giving mixed reports on their fodder...

Jaegerbomb: Society weighing up changes
Jaegerbomb: Society weighing up changes

The possibility of policy changes in the wake of the Jaegerbomb saga is set to come under discussion at the...

Union to take department to court over CAP appeals decision
Union to take department to court over CAP appeals decision

The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has said it will challenge through judicial review the department’s decision to move from a two-stage review...

Video: How does a newcomer break into the tightly-wrapped Irish baler market?
Video: How does a newcomer break into the tightly-wrapped Irish baler market?

Pottinger has just recently launched its first own-design round baler – but can it pick up a sward of the...

New RUAS boss to turn Balmoral into ‘hub of international excellence’
New RUAS boss to turn Balmoral into ‘hub of international excellence’

It might have just completed the biggest change in its 150-year history in moving showgrounds and adding an extra day...