Agriland Team

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...

Farming couples to walk Belfast marathon for Air Ambulance NI
Farming couples to walk Belfast marathon for Air Ambulance NI

Three farming couples from Ballymena, Co. Antrim, have signed up to take part in the eight-mile walking challenge at this...

AgriSearch seeks independent farmer trustee
AgriSearch seeks independent farmer trustee

AgriSearch, the Northern Ireland Agricultural Research and Development Council, is seeking a new independent farmer trustee to join its board. The...

Projections for NI ag sector GHG emissions to 2030
Projections for NI ag sector GHG emissions to 2030

The agriculture sector in Northern Ireland is projected to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 3% in the 11 years...

UK farming unions write letter of solidarity to Ukrainian farmers
UK farming unions write letter of solidarity to Ukrainian farmers

The presidents of four UK farming unions have sent a letter expressing solidarity with Ukrainian farmers to the Ukrainian National...

Climate bill amendments a ‘win for common sense’ – Poots
Climate bill amendments a ‘win for common sense’ – Poots

Northern Ireland Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Edwin Poots has welcomed Assembly support of his proposed amendments to...

NI: £300m Single Application funding window opens today
NI: £300m Single Application funding window opens today

Farm businesses in Northern Ireland can apply for their Single Application funding from today (Tuesday, March 1), Minister for Agriculture,...