Agriland Team

Monitor farms wanted for research programme
Monitor farms wanted for research programme

The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is looking for six new monitor farms to join its research network –...

Former World Expo Dairyman of the Year to judge this year’s Winter Fair
Former World Expo Dairyman of the Year to judge this year’s Winter Fair

US stockman and former World Dairy Expo Dairyman of the Year Hank Van Exel has been confirmed as the 2017...

Could futures contracts solve the problem of milk price volatility?
Could futures contracts solve the problem of milk price volatility?

Dairy industry leaders this week debated the pros and cons of using futures contracts to solve the problem of milk...

Auction report: Machinery pics and prices from Co. Carlow sale
Auction report: Machinery pics and prices from Co. Carlow sale

A wide variety of good quality farm machinery drew a large crowd to the auction premises of Micheal Doyle in...

NI milk production levels and prices continue to rise in 2017
NI milk production levels and prices continue to rise in 2017

Both milk prices and milk production levels across dairy farms in Northern Ireland have continued on their upward trend in...

Man killed in quad accident in Co. Tyrone
Man killed in quad accident in Co. Tyrone

A man has been killed in a quad bike accident in Co. Tyrone earlier this evening (Thursday, November 2). The...

Man killed in quad accident in Co. Tyrone
Man killed in quad accident in Co. Tyrone

A man has been killed in a quad bike accident in Co. Tyrone earlier this evening (Thursday, November 2). The...

Man killed in quad accident in Co. Tyrone
Man killed in quad accident in Co. Tyrone

A man has been killed in a quad bike accident in Co. Tyrone earlier this evening (Thursday, November 2). The...

Disease for design: A Kilkenny man and his ‘clever’ bale collecting trailer
Disease for design: A Kilkenny man and his ‘clever’ bale collecting trailer

“I suppose you could say I have a ‘disease for design’. It’s not uncommon that I would be in the...

Lakeland Dairies’ second fixed price contract to include summer and winter rates
Lakeland Dairies’ second fixed price contract to include summer and winter rates

One of Ireland’s largest milk processors, Lakeland Dairies, has announced its second fixed price contract this week. The contract offers...

Artisan food sector given £88,000 research boost
Artisan food sector given £88,000 research boost

Northern Ireland’s artisan food sector has been given a £88,000 (€99,138) boost from Invest NI funding to help increase the...

Almost 90% of BPS stage two reviews are still ongoing
Almost 90% of BPS stage two reviews are still ongoing

Almost 90% of the North’s stage two Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) reviews are still ongoing, shocking figures have revealed. The findings,...

Butter bubble: ‘If someone wanted to lock in a contract at €7,000 we’ll have a celebration’
Butter bubble: ‘If someone wanted to lock in a contract at €7,000 we’ll have a celebration’

Current butter prices are unlikely to last, the head of one of Ireland’s biggest milk processors has warned. “If someone...

Farm antibiotic sales hit ‘all time low’ in the UK
Farm antibiotic sales hit ‘all time low’ in the UK

Antibiotic usage fell by more than a quarter in the UK over 2016, the latest figures show. Over the same...

6-row Grimme beet giant is one of a kind in Northern Ireland
6-row Grimme beet giant is one of a kind in Northern Ireland

Not so long ago the Irish sugar beet industry was booming. People of my age will most likely remember the...

6-row Grimme beet giant is one of a kind in Northern Ireland
6-row Grimme beet giant is one of a kind in Northern Ireland

Not so long ago the Irish sugar beet industry was booming. People of my age will most likely remember the...

Farmer fined after 14-year-old involved in slurry accident
Farmer fined after 14-year-old involved in slurry accident

A Co. Tyrone farmer has been fined £1,000 (€1,138) today, after a slurry accident saw a teenage casual employee fall unconscious...

TB update: Chief vet says ‘better surveillance’ pushing up TB incidence rates
TB update: Chief vet says ‘better surveillance’ pushing up TB incidence rates

TB rates in the North have hit their worst in more than a decade, according to the latest DAERA figures,...