Agriland Team

Murphy’s Motors scoops top New Holland accolade
Murphy’s Motors scoops top New Holland accolade

Kilkenny-based dealership Murphy’s Motors has landed the top prize at the annual New Holland Dealer of the Year awards. At...

NI food chief elected UK body’s vice president
NI food chief elected UK body’s vice president

Northern Ireland food boss Michael Bell has been elected vice president of The Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST) in...

NI ag workers’ pay increase: What you need to know
NI ag workers’ pay increase: What you need to know

Plans to up the agricultural minimum wage in Northern Ireland have been given the green light. The pay increase for...

LacPatrick announces milk price for February
LacPatrick announces milk price for February

The board of LacPatrick Dairies met earlier today (Tuesday, March 20) to set a price for February milk. LacPatrick will...

LacPatrick announces milk price for February
LacPatrick announces milk price for February

The board of LacPatrick Dairies met earlier today (Tuesday, March 20) to set a price for February milk. LacPatrick will...

Ag student’s self-designed aerater wins big plaudits
Ag student’s self-designed aerater wins big plaudits

Despite only being in the second year of his agricultural engineering degree, Co. Antrim student David Kelso has already designed...

The parent trap: Inaccurate records stalling Irish breeding progress
The parent trap: Inaccurate records stalling Irish breeding progress

Investing in genetics is one of the most important decisions a farmer can make, but much of the good work...

Last chance to attend soil analysis report training
Last chance to attend soil analysis report training

If you are one of over 1,000 farmers across Northern Ireland who received free soil sampling and analysis reports and...

Tree planting could soak up Tyrone floodwater
Tree planting could soak up Tyrone floodwater

A tree planting programme in Co. Tyrone could offer a long-term solution for rural flooding, according to a research report...

Change in direction for Northern TB rates
Change in direction for Northern TB rates

Bovine TB rates in Northern Ireland have dropped for the first time in more than a year. The disease hit...

Derry farmer in court over carcass and movement offences
Derry farmer in court over carcass and movement offences

A north-west farmer has been convicted of failing to comply with animal traceability regulations after he failed to notify the...

Beef focus: Close to 800 cattle on show at Jalex herd open day
Beef focus: Close to 800 cattle on show at Jalex herd open day

Farming in Randalstown, Co. Antrim, James and Nelson Alexander – a father-and-son team – run an in-calf heifer selling enterprise....

Beef focus: Close to 800 cattle on show at Jalex herd open day
Beef focus: Close to 800 cattle on show at Jalex herd open day

Farming in Randalstown, Co. Antrim, James and Nelson Alexander – a father-and-son team – run an in-calf heifer selling enterprise....

Beef focus: Close to 800 cattle on show at Jalex herd open day
Beef focus: Close to 800 cattle on show at Jalex herd open day

Farming in Randalstown, Co. Antrim, James and Nelson Alexander – a father-and-son team – run an in-calf heifer selling enterprise....

Tier 1: Letters of offer on the way to NI farmers
Tier 1: Letters of offer on the way to NI farmers

Waiting time could be up already for those in for Tier 1, as Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and...

Meet the 1 in 11 million calves from Co. Down
Meet the 1 in 11 million calves from Co. Down

One Co. Down farmer had the surprise of his life last Thursday night when his heifer gave birth to four...

BBC goes ‘Tractor Mad’ across the counties
BBC goes ‘Tractor Mad’ across the counties

It’s all about tractors in the latest True North programme for BBC One Northern Ireland as this weekend viewers meet...

TB to halt NI’s Spanish calf exports post-Brexit
TB to halt NI’s Spanish calf exports post-Brexit

Northern Ireland’s TB crisis has already begun to affect its future trade prospects, with Spain already saying it will not...