Agriland Team

CAFRE to host free Dry Stone Walling courses
CAFRE to host free Dry Stone Walling courses

The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) will host free Dry Stone Walling training events at its Glenwherry...

Bird flu: Suspected notifiable case in Tyrone
Bird flu: Suspected notifiable case in Tyrone

Disease control measures have been put in place in Northern Ireland (NI) following suspicion of notifiable avian influenza (AI) -...

AgriSearch to present research on low carbon farming at RUAS Winter Fair
AgriSearch to present research on low carbon farming at RUAS Winter Fair

Research results of relevance to producers will be displayed and discussed at the AgriSearch stand at the Royal Ulster Winter...

Inaugural Genetic Gems sale sees top price of €9,000
Inaugural Genetic Gems sale sees top price of €9,000

The inaugural 'Genetic Gems' sale of select Hereford females took place at GVM Tullamore, on Saturday, November 20. According to...

Farmer convicted for transporting an animal unfit for journey
Farmer convicted for transporting an animal unfit for journey

A Northern Ireland farmer has been convicted in court for transporting an animal that was not fit for the journey....

Firefighters at scene of two-shed blaze in Newry
Firefighters at scene of two-shed blaze in Newry

A fire has broken out in two sheds at a well-known pig farm on Derrywilligan Road, Mullaghglass in Newry, Agriland...

‘Urgency of strengthening’ agri-food system ‘cannot be stressed enough’
‘Urgency of strengthening’ agri-food system ‘cannot be stressed enough’

The "urgency of strengthening" agri-food system capacities around the world to endure shocks "cannot be stressed enough". Countries need to...

RUAS Winter Fair to be streamed online
RUAS Winter Fair to be streamed online

The Royal Ulster Winter Fair will be streamed online this year, direct from the action taking place at Balmoral Park...

Extension to the term of appointment of members to AFBI board announced
Extension to the term of appointment of members to AFBI board announced

Northern Ireland Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Edwin Poots has announced an extension to the term of appointment for...

Farmer safety at marts remains a priority
Farmer safety at marts remains a priority

Despite many Covid-19 restrictions having now eased, key safety messages remain for farmers at livestock marts. Since the onset of...

Rabobank: Markets expected to settle in 2022, but drivers of recent change remain
Rabobank: Markets expected to settle in 2022, but drivers of recent change remain

While it is expected that markets will settle somewhat in 2022, many drivers of recent change will remain, according to...

11 new members appointed to AFBI board
11 new members appointed to AFBI board

Northern Ireland Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Edwin Poots has announced the appointment of eleven new members to...

Charity calls out Jeremy Clarkson for ‘shocking misunderstanding’ of cattle disease
Charity calls out Jeremy Clarkson for ‘shocking misunderstanding’ of cattle disease

Badger Trust has called out Clarkson’s Farm star and TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson for a ‘shocking misunderstanding of a serious...

Farm fires in NI reach £14.7m cost; farmers urged to put new prevention plans in place
Farm fires in NI reach £14.7m cost; farmers urged to put new prevention plans in place

Rural insurer National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Mutual is urging farmers to put new fire prevention and control plans in place...

DAFM announces biosecurity measures for bird flu
DAFM announces biosecurity measures for bird flu

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has announced the introduction of regulations requiring flock keepers to apply...

Avian influenza prevention zone introduced in Northern Ireland
Avian influenza prevention zone introduced in Northern Ireland

An avian influenza prevention zone (AIPZ) will be introduced in Northern Ireland from midnight on November 17, Agriculture Minister Edwin...

Lakeland announces change to pricing system for NI suppliers
Lakeland announces change to pricing system for NI suppliers

Lakeland Dairies has announced a new payment system for milk suppliers in Northern Ireland which it says will encourage suppliers...

Poots ‘confident’ that agri is ‘committed’ to playing part in reducing emissions
Poots ‘confident’ that agri is ‘committed’ to playing part in reducing emissions

Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has welcomed the "positive action already underway" within the farming community to reduce emissions and tackle...