Agriland Team

Co. Down farmer helps to rear barn owl chicks
Co. Down farmer helps to rear barn owl chicks

A Co. Down farmer has been helping to rear three barn owl chicks after the adult male was injured on...

Newly-appointed conservation advisor leads east Down farming project
Newly-appointed conservation advisor leads east Down farming project

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has just appointed Sean Woods as Conservation Advisor to lead the ‘Farming...

Newly-appointed conservation advisor leads east Down farming project
Newly-appointed conservation advisor leads east Down farming project

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has just appointed Sean Woods as Conservation Advisor to lead the ‘Farming...

Tyrone’s International Miss Macra back in wellies after big win
Tyrone’s International Miss Macra back in wellies after big win

Newly crowned International Miss Macra, Lynsay Hawkes, was back in her wellies on her dad, Kenny’s dairy farm outside Omagh,...

Tyrone’s International Miss Macra back in wellies after big win
Tyrone’s International Miss Macra back in wellies after big win

Newly crowned International Miss Macra, Lynsay Hawkes, was back in her wellies on her dad, Kenny’s dairy farm outside Omagh,...

‘NI’s approval to export pork to China could be worth in excess of £10 million’
‘NI’s approval to export pork to China could be worth in excess of £10 million’

Northern Ireland’s final approval to export pork to China could be worth in excess of £10 million (€11 million) to the...

Pics: Wealth of classics and nostalgia at midlands vintage day
Pics: Wealth of classics and nostalgia at midlands vintage day

The ‘Camross Vintage Road Run and Day in Grass’ was held in the village of Camross, Co. Laois, last Sunday,...

Case involving Pottinger and machinery dealer goes to the High Court
Case involving Pottinger and machinery dealer goes to the High Court

Late last month, the High Court delivered its ‘ex tempore judgment’ on a case involving Pottinger Ireland (Poettinger Ireland Ltd) and machinery...

UK’s approval to export beef to the Phillippines a ‘major boost’ for Northern Ireland
UK’s approval to export beef to the Phillippines a ‘major boost’ for Northern Ireland

The announcement that the UK has received approval to export beef to the Philippines has been hailed as a “major boost”...

Used (imported) tractor registrations on the up as new tractor figures drop
Used (imported) tractor registrations on the up as new tractor figures drop

There were 178 new tractors registered in the month of July – continuing the recent downward trend this year –...

Vredo Trac spreader fleet en route to UK customers
Vredo Trac spreader fleet en route to UK customers

Dutch machinery manufacturer Vredo recently sent an eye-catching fleet of 14 self-propelled ‘Trac’ spreaders to customers. The spreading bodies of the...

Tyrone man fined for illegal waste disposal
Tyrone man fined for illegal waste disposal

A Tyrone man was fined for waste offences yesterday, August 8, according to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural...

Pottinger unveils €14 million spare parts logistics centre
Pottinger unveils €14 million spare parts logistics centre

Austrian agricultural machinery firm Pottinger has unveiled its new spare parts logistics centre – which will be the point of...

NI dairy farmers wanted for ‘exciting’ colostrum project
NI dairy farmers wanted for ‘exciting’ colostrum project

A total of 30 dairy farms from around Northern Ireland are being sought after to participate in an “exciting new...

Farmers’ group welcomes advance payments news
Farmers’ group welcomes advance payments news

The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has welcomed the announcement that advance payments will be made, where possible, from October 16...

Construction company fined for waterway pollution
Construction company fined for waterway pollution

A Northern Irish construction firm was fined for causing pollution to a waterway in Co. Derry this week, according to the...

Construction company fined for waterway pollution
Construction company fined for waterway pollution

A Northern Irish construction firm was fined for causing pollution to a waterway in Co. Derry this week, according to the...

NI department announces date for BPS payments
NI department announces date for BPS payments

Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has confirmed its intention to issue advance payments for the Basic Payment...