Agriland Team

Want a career in agriculture? CAFRE (Greenmount Campus) to hold ‘open day’ next week
Want a career in agriculture? CAFRE (Greenmount Campus) to hold ‘open day’ next week

The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) is hosting a major open day for applicants and would-be students...

UFU: ‘Farmers should not miss out on BVD scheme opportunity’
UFU: ‘Farmers should not miss out on BVD scheme opportunity’

Livestock farmers should ensure that they get into the BVD (Bovine Viral Diarrhoea) Incentive Scheme, which targets the removal of...

January milk prices increase in Northern Ireland as production falls
January milk prices increase in Northern Ireland as production falls

Milk prices last January increased by 7.48p/L (9c/L) in Northern Ireland compared to January 2016 levels, the latest figures show. Figures...

January milk prices increase in Northern Ireland as production falls
January milk prices increase in Northern Ireland as production falls

Milk prices last January increased by 7.48p/L (9c/L) in Northern Ireland compared to January 2016 levels, the latest figures show. Figures...

Farmer convicted and fined for polluting a waterway
Farmer convicted and fined for polluting a waterway

A farmer from Co. Antrim was recently convicted and fined £750 (€867) at Ballymena Magistrates’ Court for polluting a waterway. An...

The Brazilian beef industry: Just how big is it?
The Brazilian beef industry: Just how big is it?

The scale of the Brazilian meat production and processing sector is simply massive. Total meat exports from Brazil amounted to...

Farmer fined for polluting waterway with slurry
Farmer fined for polluting waterway with slurry

A Co. Armagh farmer has been fined £500 (€575) for polluting a waterway with slurry at Newry Magistrates Court recently. Sean Magill,...

Tyrone farmer gets over £600,000 from NI heat scheme…using 13 boilers
Tyrone farmer gets over £600,000 from NI heat scheme…using 13 boilers

The Belfast Telegraph has reported today that a Co. Tyrone farmer and businessman, who runs a poultry enterprise, is the...

New initiative hopes to promote farm safety in schools
New initiative hopes to promote farm safety in schools

A new initiative which aims to promote farm safety in schools in Northern Ireland has been launched recently by Ulster...

2 weeks left for farmers to apply for NI Environmental Farming Scheme
2 weeks left for farmers to apply for NI Environmental Farming Scheme

Farmers in Northern Ireland have just two weeks left to apply for the Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS), with the deadline set...

Video: Conditions of how cattle dealer was held hostage revealed
Video: Conditions of how cattle dealer was held hostage revealed

The conditions of where and how a cattle dealer was held hostage for five days in October 2012 have now...

Farmer fined close to £10,000 for fraud and cattle identification offences
Farmer fined close to £10,000 for fraud and cattle identification offences

A farmer in Northern Ireland has been fined close to £10,000 (€11,530) for multiple fraud and cattle identification offences. David...

Bereaved farm families in the North face ‘extremely inflexible’ inheritance policy
Bereaved farm families in the North face ‘extremely inflexible’ inheritance policy

Bereaved farm families in Northern Ireland are facing difficulties with DAERA’s policy on the inheritance of herd and flock numbers, the Ulster...

Poultry section of 2017 Balmoral Show cancelled due to bird flu
Poultry section of 2017 Balmoral Show cancelled due to bird flu

The poultry section of the 2017 Balmoral Show has been cancelled, Rhonda Geary, The Royal Ulster Agricultural Society (RUAS) Operations...

Quiz: Have you got what it takes to marry a farmer?
Quiz: Have you got what it takes to marry a farmer?

The general consensus, well the consensus among many on a Saturday night, is that farming and farmers are sexy. With...

Compulsory poultry housing order in the North set to be lifted
Compulsory poultry housing order in the North set to be lifted

The compulsory poultry housing order currently in place in Northern Ireland is set to be lifted this month, Chief Veterinary Officer,...

SIMA 2017: Electric hedgecutter sparks plenty of interest
SIMA 2017: Electric hedgecutter sparks plenty of interest

New at the SIMA agricultural show this week was an electric-drive hedgecutter from Rousseau. Alas, it has arrived too late for Irish contractors...

Less ‘pressure’ using latest drill from Horsch
Less ‘pressure’ using latest drill from Horsch

Horsch has launched a new control system, AutoForce, that automatically adjusts coulter pressure on the move to suit varying soil conditions. According...