Agriland Team

Classic corner: As good as it gets? No-nonsense workhorse can still earn a crust
Classic corner: As good as it gets? No-nonsense workhorse can still earn a crust

During the 1970s and 1980s the race to sell tractors moved from one of getting as many standard models out...

Beef societies join forces for first time for bumper spring bull sale
Beef societies join forces for first time for bumper spring bull sale

Northern Ireland’s Blonde Club and British Blue Society have teamed up with the region’s Simmental club to hold their individual...

Industry specialists to go head-to-head over antimicrobial resistance
Industry specialists to go head-to-head over antimicrobial resistance

Some of Northern Ireland’s leading brains in the world of animal and human health will come together to discuss ‘Antimicrobial...

Grass: Learning from the lessons of 2017
Grass: Learning from the lessons of 2017

After a challenging 2017 and a difficult start to 2018, the lessons to be learned from grass management studies are...

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....