Agriland Team

Fermanagh bird flu restrictions to lift tomorrow
Fermanagh bird flu restrictions to lift tomorrow

The chief veterinary officer (CVO) for Northern Ireland, Robert Huey, has announced that the avian influenza (bird flu) surveillance zones...

DAERA publishes 2022 Farm Business Data handbook
DAERA publishes 2022 Farm Business Data handbook

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has today (Tuesday, December 20) published the Farm Business Data 2022...

Bird flu doesn’t take a Christmas break – NI chief vet
Bird flu doesn’t take a Christmas break – NI chief vet

By Robert Huey, chief veterinary officer for Northern Ireland As Christmas approaches and winter sets in, I want to highlight...

Channel Islands: Over 100 cows fall ill and die in 4 days
Channel Islands: Over 100 cows fall ill and die in 4 days

More than 100 cows on a Jersey dairy farm have fallen ill and died since Thursday (December 15), the Jersey...

Antrim brothers named Nature Friendly Farmers of the Year
Antrim brothers named Nature Friendly Farmers of the Year

At this year’s Farming Life awards, brothers James and David Bonnar from the Glenwherry area of the Antrim plateau, were...

Cost of bTB is soaring in Northern Ireland – UFU
Cost of bTB is soaring in Northern Ireland – UFU

The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has said that bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is costing Northern Ireland more and more each year....

Omagh agri-engineer shortlisted for LAMMA award
Omagh agri-engineer shortlisted for LAMMA award

Daniel Broderick, an agricultural engineer from Omagh, Co.Tyrone, has been selected today (Thursday, December 15) as a finalist for the...

Rural schools play role in farm safety initiative
Rural schools play role in farm safety initiative

The Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland (HSENI) has said it is being supported by over 430 rural and special...

NI Protocol: UFU calls for resolution of 4 ‘potentially devastating’ issues
NI Protocol: UFU calls for resolution of 4 ‘potentially devastating’ issues

The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has called for the Dairy Council of Northern Ireland (DCNI) to support the resolution of...

HSENI launches farm safety campaign aimed at older farmers
HSENI launches farm safety campaign aimed at older farmers

The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has today (Thursday, December 8) launched a farm safety awareness campaign...

Clarkson’s Farm season 2 release date announced
Clarkson’s Farm season 2 release date announced

The release date for season two of the popular TV series Clarkson’s Farm has been confirmed. According to the show’s...

NI: 15 spots on DAERA-sponsored dairy visit to England
NI: 15 spots on DAERA-sponsored dairy visit to England

Northern Ireland's Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is offering fifteen dairy farmers the opportunity to travel to...

The twentysomethings changing the future of agriculture
The twentysomethings changing the future of agriculture

Electric-powered trailers, modular vertical farming units, mushroom-picking robots, probiotics for plants and more-efficient fertilisers. These are just some of the...

Pedigree Aberdeen Angus heifer star prize in memorial raffle
Pedigree Aberdeen Angus heifer star prize in memorial raffle

A pedigree Aberdeen Angus heifer from an award-winning cow family is the star prize in a memorial raffle in aid...

Moy Park to restart live processing line in Ballymena
Moy Park to restart live processing line in Ballymena

Moy Park has confirmed it will restart its live processing line at its Ballymena factory in Co. Antrim, which will...

NI farmer charged for causing unnecessary suffering to 28 sheep
NI farmer charged for causing unnecessary suffering to 28 sheep

A farmer from Co. Down has been convicted in court for causing unnecessary suffering to 16 sheep and 11 lambs....

Belfast to host UK Wildfire Conference this week
Belfast to host UK Wildfire Conference this week

The UK Wildfire Conference will take place in the Europa Hotel, Belfast, on Wednesday and Thursday of this week (November...

Dale Farm reports big jump in pre-tax profits for year to March
Dale Farm reports big jump in pre-tax profits for year to March

Dale Farm, the Northern Ireland co-op which is owned by 1,300 dairy farmers, has reported a significant year-on-year jump in...