Agriland Team

How more than 100 Scottish farmers pooled together for fairer prices
How more than 100 Scottish farmers pooled together for fairer prices

A group of farmers in Scotland, who banded together to negotiate the first post Milk Marketing Board milk price contract,...

CAFRE cows to welcome visitors on dairy open days
CAFRE cows to welcome visitors on dairy open days

Upcoming College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) open dairy days will focus on six main themes, including: feed...

Fundraising Waterford walk hot on heels of big tractor run
Fundraising Waterford walk hot on heels of big tractor run

Having organised a hugely successful tractor run on December 27, to support the family of baby Emily Byrne, the Knockanore Melleray...

‘Ammonia recommendations highlight need to work together’
‘Ammonia recommendations highlight need to work together’

Department officials have said the ammonia recommendations made this week highlight the “need for the government and agri-food sector to...

Attention to detail, management time and running costs: Don’t buy new kit until you know
Attention to detail, management time and running costs: Don’t buy new kit until you know

Farmers at an Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) meeting in Cornwall (England) were warned of the dangers of buying new equipment...

Ammonia deadlock stalling farm planning applications but ‘no one thought to tell farmers’
Ammonia deadlock stalling farm planning applications but ‘no one thought to tell farmers’

Northern Ireland’s environment agency (NIEA) is understood to have put a virtual deadlock on many major farm building projects because...

Gove’s Oxford Farming Conference remarks ‘an insult to farmers’
Gove’s Oxford Farming Conference remarks ‘an insult to farmers’

Former Lib Dem leader Tim Farron has hit out at comments made today at the Oxford Farming Conference by UK...

Ammonia action ‘urgently needed on every farm’
Ammonia action ‘urgently needed on every farm’

A working group commissioned by Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture has published several recommendations to curb the problem of excess...

Direct payments in the UK set to be maintained for ‘a number of years’
Direct payments in the UK set to be maintained for ‘a number of years’

This morning the UK Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Michael Gove, gave assurances that Basic Payment...

Plant protection product given approval for UK use in record time
Plant protection product given approval for UK use in record time

UK herb growers will be able to protect their crops with a new weed control product approved in record time,...

Classic corner: Cut straight to the chase; it’s time for a TW
Classic corner: Cut straight to the chase; it’s time for a TW

Strictly speaking the Ford TW series was not the company’s first foray into the 4WD market; that honour belongs to...

Pics: €24,000 raised for great cause in 500-vehicle extravaganza
Pics: €24,000 raised for great cause in 500-vehicle extravaganza

A recent Monster Tractor Run, organised by the Knockanore Melleray Fundraising Committee, was a great success according to the organisers....

‘Moving the goalposts’: Tier 2 farmer out £15,000 blames NIEA for planning ordeal
‘Moving the goalposts’: Tier 2 farmer out £15,000 blames NIEA for planning ordeal

A Co. Antrim farmer who says he has been put out around £15,000 (€16,900) preparing for a Tier 2 application...

NI indepth: ‘Most of my meetings are held around the kitchen table and I really enjoy that’
NI indepth: ‘Most of my meetings are held around the kitchen table and I really enjoy that’

For Tyrone farmer’s son, Rodney Brown, work as Danske’s new deputy head of agriculture is about much more than just farmers’ finances....

Tractors, farm equipment and straw damaged in recent shed fires
Tractors, farm equipment and straw damaged in recent shed fires

Tractors and farm equipment were damaged in a recent shed fire, while around 60 4X4 round bales of straw were...

Date for the diary: CAFRE arable conference to focus on soils
Date for the diary: CAFRE arable conference to focus on soils

‘Making the most of what you’ve got’ is the title of this year’s agronomy and business management conference for arable...

Date for the diary: CAFRE arable conference to focus on soils
Date for the diary: CAFRE arable conference to focus on soils

‘Making the most of what you’ve got’ is the title of this year’s agronomy and business management conference for arable...

Voluntary AD certification scheme could improve farm businesses
Voluntary AD certification scheme could improve farm businesses

The “most comprehensive scheme of its type” has been launched to certify Anaerobic Digestion (AD) plants in the UK. The voluntary,...