Agriland Team

LacPatrick announces December milk price
LacPatrick announces December milk price

LacPatrick Dairies has decided to hold the price for milk supplied in December, both in the Republic of Ireland and...

This week on Rare Breed: TB testing, a rejected calf and collecting semen
This week on Rare Breed: TB testing, a rejected calf and collecting semen

TB testing, a rejected calf and semen collection all feature on this week’s episode of ‘Rare Breed’. The second episode...

Classic corner: Straight lines and sharp angles adorn this gleaming ‘DX’
Classic corner: Straight lines and sharp angles adorn this gleaming ‘DX’

Modern tractor manufacturers will tell you that they spend an awful lot of time and money on styling their products....

Farmers urged to take extra care when mixing slurry
Farmers urged to take extra care when mixing slurry

With the closed period for spreading slurry coming to an end at midnight on January 31, the Health and Safety...

Department accused of using ‘flawed science’ to measure NI ammonia emissions
Department accused of using ‘flawed science’ to measure NI ammonia emissions

Getting a true picture of ammonia emissions in Northern Ireland remains one of the “biggest challenges” for the agri-food industry...

Mega farming: Meet the southern Australia family managing 2,300 cattle
Mega farming: Meet the southern Australia family managing 2,300 cattle

Just two months ago Co. Down dairy farmer Heather Martin found out she would take part in the trip of...

Trade focus: Stretching right across the ‘sunny’ south-east
Trade focus: Stretching right across the ‘sunny’ south-east

Agriculture is constantly evolving; trying to discern the future is a question of picking out trends. Although ‘digitalisation’ of just...

Department launches new online BPS entitlement register
Department launches new online BPS entitlement register

A new online entitlement register service is now available on DAERA Online Services, which allows farmers or their agents to...

Slurry export deadline extended in NI
Slurry export deadline extended in NI

Northern Ireland farmers now have an extra month to submit their slurry export forms as Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA)...

Buyer’s guide: What you should look out for in a used MF 4300 Series
Buyer’s guide: What you should look out for in a used MF 4300 Series

Massey Ferguson’s 4300 Series was the last of a long line of tractors built at Banner Lane, Coventry. The factory...

‘Everyone wants to be more environmentally responsible; but we have to keep our farmers farming’
‘Everyone wants to be more environmentally responsible; but we have to keep our farmers farming’

Every farmer wants to do more for the environment, but future farming policy must prioritise supporting efficient and profitable production,...

Further movement restrictions announced for BVD-status cattle
Further movement restrictions announced for BVD-status cattle

Animal Health and Welfare Northern Ireland (AHWNI) and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs have announced further measures...

Bird flu prevention zone extended to cover whole of England
Bird flu prevention zone extended to cover whole of England

A bird flu prevention zone has been declared across the whole of England, chief veterinary officer Nigel Gibbens has confirmed...

Proposals made to introduce a TB levy in a bid to save compensation
Proposals made to introduce a TB levy in a bid to save compensation

Farmers are debating the possibility of introducing a levy on farm meat or milk to be used towards tackling the...

LAMMA Show cancelled due to ‘serious wind damage’
LAMMA Show cancelled due to ‘serious wind damage’

The UK’s biggest farm machinery and agricultural show – LAMMA – has been cancelled today due to “serious wind damage”....

DAERA to begin NI badger sett surveys in bid to tackle TB crisis
DAERA to begin NI badger sett surveys in bid to tackle TB crisis

Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture (DAERA) will begin badger sett surveys in two bovine tuberculosis (bTB) problem areas. It comes...

Farmers suffering ‘Brexit fatigue’ as talks process hits critical stage
Farmers suffering ‘Brexit fatigue’ as talks process hits critical stage

Ulster farmers are becoming sickened with Brexit talk, Ulster Farmers’ Union deputy president Ivor Ferguson told journalists at the UFU’s...

Classic corner: ‘Truck-like’ tractor is a rare beast here in Ireland
Classic corner: ‘Truck-like’ tractor is a rare beast here in Ireland

The MB Trac has the distinction of not only being a very well-known machine but also, at the same time,...