Agriland Team

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...

Dairy markets: GDT index back again after latest auction
Dairy markets: GDT index back again after latest auction

The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) index has fallen for the third successive auction event today (Tuesday, November 1). The index...

Man dies following collision between tractor and car in Tyrone
Man dies following collision between tractor and car in Tyrone

A man has died following a two-vehicle collision between a car and a tractor in Co Tyrone. The Police Service...

Sunak pledges to ‘protect our environment’
Sunak pledges to ‘protect our environment’

Rishi Sunak, the UK’s new Prime Minister, has pledged to “protect our environment”. This commitment he said, is at the...

New Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on farming
New Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on farming

Rishi Sunak has emerged the winner of the internal Conservative Party race to become the next Prime Minister of the...

Tips for autumn calving and breeding in the suckler herd
Tips for autumn calving and breeding in the suckler herd

Autumn-calving suckler farms are well through calving by now, and in most cases, attention has started to turn to breeding....

Tirlán suppliers in NI to be paid under A+B-C model from 2025
Tirlán suppliers in NI to be paid under A+B-C model from 2025

All payments for milk supplied to Tirlán by Northern Ireland farmers will be made on an A+B-C model from 2025....

Former agriculture student named as Newry crash victim
Former agriculture student named as Newry crash victim

The 23-year-old man who died in a car crash outside Newry on Tuesday (October 18) has been named as former...

Fonterra to invest $1 billion by 2030 to cut emissions
Fonterra to invest $1 billion by 2030 to cut emissions

New Zealand dairy co-operative and processor Fonterra will invest NZ$1 billion (€582 million at the current exchange rate) by 2030...

Suspected case of bird flu in Co. Down – DAERA
Suspected case of bird flu in Co. Down – DAERA

Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has introduced disease control measures following initial confirmation of avian...

Arla to reward farmers for sustainability practices via milk price
Arla to reward farmers for sustainability practices via milk price

Arla Foods has today (Friday, October 7) announced that it will start paying its farmer milk suppliers for sustainability activities...

New Zealand parliament votes to end live exports by sea
New Zealand parliament votes to end live exports by sea

The New Zealand parliament has voted to end the export of livestock by sea, a decision that will come into...

Japan takes ‘World’s Best Steak’ title with Wagyu sirloin
Japan takes ‘World’s Best Steak’ title with Wagyu sirloin

The 2022 World Steak Challenge results were announced at an event which took place at the Round Room at the...