Agriland Team

Video: Watch this manure-powered feed lorry in action
Video: Watch this manure-powered feed lorry in action

A US organic dairy farmer has recently developed an electric feed lorry to feed his cows – powered by manure....

Kubota could have driverless tractors on the market next year
Kubota could have driverless tractors on the market next year

Japanese-originated manufacturer Kubota is currently selling autonomous ‘driverless’ tractors on a trial basis, with the intention to launch the machines...

Co. Down farmer helps to rear barn owl chicks
Co. Down farmer helps to rear barn owl chicks

A Co. Down farmer has been helping to rear three barn owl chicks after the adult male was injured on...

Newly-appointed conservation advisor leads east Down farming project
Newly-appointed conservation advisor leads east Down farming project

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has just appointed Sean Woods as Conservation Advisor to lead the ‘Farming...

Tyrone’s International Miss Macra back in wellies after big win
Tyrone’s International Miss Macra back in wellies after big win

Newly crowned International Miss Macra, Lynsay Hawkes, was back in her wellies on her dad, Kenny’s dairy farm outside Omagh,...

Pics: Wealth of classics and nostalgia at midlands vintage day
Pics: Wealth of classics and nostalgia at midlands vintage day

The ‘Camross Vintage Road Run and Day in Grass’ was held in the village of Camross, Co. Laois, last Sunday,...

Case involving Pottinger and machinery dealer goes to the High Court
Case involving Pottinger and machinery dealer goes to the High Court

Late last month, the High Court delivered its ‘ex tempore judgment’ on a case involving Pottinger Ireland (Poettinger Ireland Ltd) and machinery...

Used (imported) tractor registrations on the up as new tractor figures drop
Used (imported) tractor registrations on the up as new tractor figures drop

There were 178 new tractors registered in the month of July – continuing the recent downward trend this year –...

Vredo Trac spreader fleet en route to UK customers
Vredo Trac spreader fleet en route to UK customers

Dutch machinery manufacturer Vredo recently sent an eye-catching fleet of 14 self-propelled ‘Trac’ spreaders to customers. The spreading bodies of the...

Tyrone man fined for illegal waste disposal
Tyrone man fined for illegal waste disposal

A Tyrone man was fined for waste offences yesterday, August 8, according to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural...

Pottinger unveils €14 million spare parts logistics centre
Pottinger unveils €14 million spare parts logistics centre

Austrian agricultural machinery firm Pottinger has unveiled its new spare parts logistics centre – which will be the point of...

NI dairy farmers wanted for ‘exciting’ colostrum project
NI dairy farmers wanted for ‘exciting’ colostrum project

A total of 30 dairy farms from around Northern Ireland are being sought after to participate in an “exciting new...

Farmers’ group welcomes advance payments news
Farmers’ group welcomes advance payments news

The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has welcomed the announcement that advance payments will be made, where possible, from October 16...

Construction company fined for waterway pollution
Construction company fined for waterway pollution

A Northern Irish construction firm was fined for causing pollution to a waterway in Co. Derry this week, according to the...

NI department announces date for BPS payments
NI department announces date for BPS payments

Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has confirmed its intention to issue advance payments for the Basic Payment...

‘Down’ on the farm – how one artist takes inspiration from the land
‘Down’ on the farm – how one artist takes inspiration from the land

A Co. Down artist who specialises in painting animals takes inspiration from his brother-in-law’s beef farm. Aidan Sloan is originally...

Pics: Glimpse of what’s on offer at next month’s major FTMTA auction
Pics: Glimpse of what’s on offer at next month’s major FTMTA auction

The Farm Tractor and Machinery Trade Association (FTMTA), which will hold a large unreserved machinery auction in Co. Kildare next...

‘Processors have wiped 10% off the value of a lamb in recent weeks’
‘Processors have wiped 10% off the value of a lamb in recent weeks’

Recent lamb price cuts in Northern Ireland have been criticised by the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU), with the organisation pointing...