Agriland Team

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...

People need to be able to ‘sell renewable electricity to the National Grid’
People need to be able to ‘sell renewable electricity to the National Grid’

The UK government has recently announced plans for how electricity and renewable energy will be produced, stored and used in...

Mandatory NI sheep dipping course in force for autumn 2017
Mandatory NI sheep dipping course in force for autumn 2017

Farmers in Northern Ireland who will be dipping their sheep this autumn will need to have a Certificate of Competence...

Claas-ic machinery on show at Harvest Working Day this weekend
Claas-ic machinery on show at Harvest Working Day this weekend

The De Courcey Classic and Vintage Club Harvest Working Day is set to take place on bank holiday Monday, August...

UK think tank calls for farm subsidies to be axed after Brexit
UK think tank calls for farm subsidies to be axed after Brexit

Policy Exchange has advised the British government to phase-out direct subsidies and income support for farmers by 2025 – even...

Demand for high welfare meat ‘depends on consumers’ post-Brexit
Demand for high welfare meat ‘depends on consumers’ post-Brexit

Whether or not the UK maintains a good reputation for animal welfare in the production of meat will depend on...

Northern Ireland’s Dale Farm sees profits soar 16%
Northern Ireland’s Dale Farm sees profits soar 16%

One of Northern Ireland’s largest agri-food companies, Dale Farm Cooperative, has seen its pre-tax profit increase by 16% to £7.9...

France’s Emmanuel Macron a former ‘Massey man’
France’s Emmanuel Macron a former ‘Massey man’

The French President, Emmanuel Macron, was once a tractor plant intern at Massey Ferguson, the chief executive officer (CEO) of...

Defra announces £200 million boost for rural broadband and investment
Defra announces £200 million boost for rural broadband and investment

The UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has unveiled a £200 million (€223 million) package for the...

Video: 4,000ac Murragh Farm hitting yields of 4.5t/ac
Video: 4,000ac Murragh Farm hitting yields of 4.5t/ac

The harvesting of winter barley was coming to an end on Murragh Farm in Oldtown, Co. Dublin earlier this week. The...

Case New Holland revenue rises to nearly €6 billion
Case New Holland revenue rises to nearly €6 billion

Case New Holland Industrial (CNHI) has seen its revenue rise by almost 3% year-on-year to $6.9 billion (€5.89 billion) for...

Striking gold with an oil farm enterprise
Striking gold with an oil farm enterprise

A Limavady woman developed a rapeseed oil enterprise after a meal to celebrate her first pregnancy and the completion of...

The biggest CVT-equipped tractor in the world
The biggest CVT-equipped tractor in the world

Machinery giant Case IH is set to introduce a new Quadtrac CVX line-up, bringing its continuously-variable transmission (CVT) to its big...

Ex-farming union leader appointed to global food institute at Queen’s
Ex-farming union leader appointed to global food institute at Queen’s

The former President of the Ulster Farmers’ Union, Ian Marshall, has been appointed as Business Development Manager at the Institute for...

JCB gets order for 1,200 machines in €60 million deal
JCB gets order for 1,200 machines in €60 million deal

JCB has received an order for over 1,200 machines and a range of generators, valued at more than £55 million...