Agriland Team

Tesco supports its UK egg suppliers with new contracts
Tesco supports its UK egg suppliers with new contracts

Tesco has today (Thursday, May 26) announced new five-year contracts for all of its five shell egg suppliers. These are:...

Avian Influenza Prevention Zone in NI lifted
Avian Influenza Prevention Zone in NI lifted

The Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) which was introduced back in November to help slow the spread of bird flu...

Sowing white clover: Advice for beef and sheep farms
Sowing white clover: Advice for beef and sheep farms

The benefits of sowing white clover was one of the key topics discussed at a recent farm walk near Maguiresbridge...

Beef Focus: Managing rising costs on Fermanagh beef farm
Beef Focus: Managing rising costs on Fermanagh beef farm

Managing the rising costs on beef and sheep farms was the central theme of a series of farm walks hosted...

UK food import-control delays caused by regulatory challenge post-Brexit
UK food import-control delays caused by regulatory challenge post-Brexit

The ongoing delay to the implementation of food import-controls by the UK in the wake of Brexit is being partially...

Over 1,900 UK farmers partook in the Big Farmland Bird Count
Over 1,900 UK farmers partook in the Big Farmland Bird Count

Over 1,900 farmers took part in this year’s Big Farmland Bird Count, organised by the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust...

First-time vendor sells bull for ‘world record’ price at Carlisle
First-time vendor sells bull for ‘world record’ price at Carlisle

What has been described as a world-record paid has been paid at the British Limousin Cattle Society’s annual May bull...

Holstein UK CEO Sue Cope passes away
Holstein UK CEO Sue Cope passes away

Sue Cope, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Holstein UK, passed away yesterday (Wednesday, May 11) after a short battle...

Goat farm fined after worker fatally struck by telehandler
Goat farm fined after worker fatally struck by telehandler

A goat farm in Yorkshire has been fined £180,000 and ordered to pay £20,000 in costs for safety breaches that...

NI: Less than a week to submit Single Applications
NI: Less than a week to submit Single Applications

Farmers in Northern Ireland have less than a week to submit Single Applications without financial penalty. The deadline for submission...

Poots retains Stormont seat following Assembly election
Poots retains Stormont seat following Assembly election

Northern Ireland's Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Edwin Poots has retained a seat in the Assembly, following the...

Antrim farmer fined £1,250 for causing water pollution
Antrim farmer fined £1,250 for causing water pollution

A 58-year-old farmer from Co. Antrim has been fined £1,250, and ordered to pay a £15 offender levy, for water...

Can cultured meat create a sustainable food system?
Can cultured meat create a sustainable food system?

Food awareness organisation ProVeg International will be speaking on the potential of cultured meat to create a sustainable food system...

In-calf blue heifer sells for £10,000 at Jalex on-farm sale
In-calf blue heifer sells for £10,000 at Jalex on-farm sale

An in-calf Belgian Blue heifer took the top price of £10,000 at the Jalex on-farm sale on Saturday, April 30....

Fermanagh farmer elected new UFU president
Fermanagh farmer elected new UFU president

David Brown, a livestock farmers from Co. Fermanagh, has been elected the new president of the Ulster Farmers' Union (UFU)....

Letter to the editor: Conflict must not overshadow climate concerns
Letter to the editor: Conflict must not overshadow climate concerns

While our thoughts are with the people of the Ukraine, some of the polarised arguments circulating in response to the...

Latest EFS application window opens for NI farmers
Latest EFS application window opens for NI farmers

The sixth tranche of the Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS) Higher Level is now open for applications, and will remain so...

Mineral series: Do your cows suffer from Pica?
Mineral series: Do your cows suffer from Pica?

Mineral Series in association with Terra NutriTECH In the last few weeks there has been a surge in reports from...