Agriland Team

Lakeland supply doubles in 10 years as continued increase projected
Lakeland supply doubles in 10 years as continued increase projected

Lakeland Dairies unexpectedly announced a 'Milk Supply Management Scheme' yesterday (Wednesday, March 30) which will see suppliers paid a reduced...

NSA disappointed in NI’s Future Agricultural Policy
NSA disappointed in NI’s Future Agricultural Policy

The National Sheep Association (NSA) has expressed disappointment at the lack of support for the sheep sector in Northern Ireland's...

NI: New appointment to Office for Environmental Protection
NI: New appointment to Office for Environmental Protection

Environment Minister Edwin Poots has announced the appointment of Malcolm Beatty OBE as a Northern Ireland Non-Executive Member of the...

RUAS elects new president
RUAS elects new president

The Royal Ulster Agricultural Society (RUAS) has elected Christine Adams as the 36th president of the society. Adams lives in...

NI farmers urged to remain vigilant to wildfires
NI farmers urged to remain vigilant to wildfires

Farmers in Northern Ireland are being urged to remain vigilant to wildfires as the weather is unprecedently warm and dry...

NI: Long-term bovine TB eradication-strategy launched
NI: Long-term bovine TB eradication-strategy launched

A new, long-term bovine tuberculosis (TB) eradication strategy for Northern Ireland has been launched by Minister for Agriculture, Environment and...

Fertiliser: International prices reach highest ever levels
Fertiliser: International prices reach highest ever levels

International prices for fertiliser have reached their highest levels ever, according to a key business and market intelligence company. CRU...

Poots meets with Stena Line over P&O Ferries
Poots meets with Stena Line over P&O Ferries

Northern Ireland Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Edwin Poots has met with representatives from Stena Line to hear...

EFS payments of over £6m issue to NI farmers
EFS payments of over £6m issue to NI farmers

Payments of more than £6 million have issued to Northern Irish farmers participating in the Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS). The...

NI: £45m Soil Nutrient Health Scheme opens
NI: £45m Soil Nutrient Health Scheme opens

The new Northern Ireland Soil Nutrient Health Scheme (SNHS), a £45 million investment over a four-year period, has opened. The...

Poots calls on UK gov to help farmers
Poots calls on UK gov to help farmers

Northern Ireland Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Edwin Poots, has called on George Eustice, UK Secretary of State...

The effect of myostatin on suckler progeny
The effect of myostatin on suckler progeny

Myostatin is a term some suckler farmers will be quite familiar with, while others may have never heard of it....

Bessbrook vintage tractor run ready to roll
Bessbrook vintage tractor run ready to roll

Bessbrook District Vintage Tractor Club will hold a tractor road-run tomorrow, (Saturday, March 19) at 12 noon from Safe Fuels,...

Minister announces £2m support package for NI pig farmers
Minister announces £2m support package for NI pig farmers

A new support scheme worth £2 million for local pig farmers in Northern Ireland has been announced today (Friday, March...

‘Farm communities must not be scapegoated in climate bill’ – Brolly
‘Farm communities must not be scapegoated in climate bill’ – Brolly

Aontú candidate for East Derry, Gemma Brolly, has called for a commitment from Stormont to support and fully engage with...

Poots welcomes ‘historic’ Climate Change Bill
Poots welcomes ‘historic’ Climate Change Bill

Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Edwin Poots, has welcomed Northern Ireland's first Climate Change Bill and called its...

Armagh farmer convicted of transporting unfit animal
Armagh farmer convicted of transporting unfit animal

A farmer from Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland has been convicted of one charge of transporting a bovine animal that was...

Five-legged lamb born in northeast England
Five-legged lamb born in northeast England

A five-legged lamb has been born on a farm in Northumberland, northeast England. What's more, the extra leg also has...