Agriland Team

Charity livestock auctions reach just shy of £100,000 target
Charity livestock auctions reach just shy of £100,000 target

The grand total raised by farmers for a children’s heart charity has managed to pass the £80,000 mark – hitting...

Senior leadership appointment confirmed at Moy Park
Senior leadership appointment confirmed at Moy Park

Moy Park, one of Europe’s leading poultry producers, has confirmed the senior leadership appointment of Kirsty Wilkins to the role of...

Lively questions at farm tax and succession advice nights
Lively questions at farm tax and succession advice nights

Farmers and other family members from across Northern Ireland are turning out in droves for an ongoing series of taxation...

TV farmer Bobby Lennox: An exchange shaped 40 years of my breeding
TV farmer Bobby Lennox: An exchange shaped 40 years of my breeding

An exchange trip to New Zealand over 40 years ago inspired TV sheep farmer Bobby Lennox to give easy care...

Barn dance catfight ends in assault conviction
Barn dance catfight ends in assault conviction

Two Co. Down women ended up in court after a barn dance catfight resulted in one woman receiving facial injuries....

Farm census: 1,000 more farm jobs than 2016 and sheep make a comeback
Farm census: 1,000 more farm jobs than 2016 and sheep make a comeback

The number of agricultural people employed on farms in Northern Ireland increased by 2% over the last year, the latest...

Credibility of proposals to ban the live export of livestock from the UK questioned
Credibility of proposals to ban the live export of livestock from the UK questioned

The credibility of proposals to ban the live export of livestock from the UK, post-Brexit, has been questioned by the...

Is a sprayer that can identify weeds on the way?
Is a sprayer that can identify weeds on the way?

Can you imagine a sprayer that identifies weeds and decides on the most appropriate chemical and rate to apply? Bayer...

Farm Modernisation Tier 1 offers £7.5 million for farm technology
Farm Modernisation Tier 1 offers £7.5 million for farm technology

The second round of Northern Ireland’s Farm Business Improvement Scheme Tier 1 grant will open for applications in the new...

Drones, clean energy and precision: Plans for UK’s farming future
Drones, clean energy and precision: Plans for UK’s farming future

Financial incentives for sustainable agriculture and efficient food production will become central to the UK’s farming future, according to the...

Border paradox: DUP claims hard border concession is ‘speculation’
Border paradox: DUP claims hard border concession is ‘speculation’

Democratic Unionist leader Arlene Foster has dismissed claims Northern Ireland will leave the EU under a different arrangement to the...

Decision on Brexit talks expected imminently – but border paradox remains
Decision on Brexit talks expected imminently – but border paradox remains

The Irish border has become a major sticking point in finishing the first round of UK-EU negotiations as British negotiators...

NIEA launches groundwater survey
NIEA launches groundwater survey

Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) has launched a survey on the use and protection of natural water resources in the...

IFEX to bring world’s best butchers to the test in Belfast
IFEX to bring world’s best butchers to the test in Belfast

IFEX – Northern Ireland’s food-service trade expo – is expected to host an extra 500 people from 12 countries next...

New dairy research aims to increase Irish industry competitiveness
New dairy research aims to increase Irish industry competitiveness

New research commissioned in Northern Ireland aims to give the Irish dairy industry a competitive edge in global markets and...

Tillage focus: TAMS sees farmers move to more efficient machines
Tillage focus: TAMS sees farmers move to more efficient machines

Four new combines to be sold by Christmas Eve; the elves will be busy in Borris. Maurice Kelly of Kelly’s...

The ‘£60 Club’ is back – but this time without the financial incentive
The ‘£60 Club’ is back – but this time without the financial incentive

The third tranche of the Business Development Groups (BDG) scheme is set to open for applications today. The scheme has...

‘TB proposals cause serious concern – but difficult decisions must be made’
‘TB proposals cause serious concern – but difficult decisions must be made’

TB action is long over-due; but some of the measures proposed by the department are “seriously concerning”, the UFU’s deputy...