Agriland Team

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...

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...