Agriland Team

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

NI beef exporters given the green light to trade under BSE negligible risk status
NI beef exporters given the green light to trade under BSE negligible risk status

Beef exporters in Northern Ireland have been given the green light to trade under Bovine Spongiform Encelphalapathy (BSE) negligible risk (NR)...

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...

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...

Better origin labelling laws called for, as level of import checks criticised
Better origin labelling laws called for, as level of import checks criticised

Calls for improved origin labelling laws have been made by the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU), amid criticism over the level...