Agriland Team

Key considerations for rural crime prevention on farms
Key considerations for rural crime prevention on farms

With the year pushing on, and darker evenings on the horizon, farmers will be keeping an eye on securing their...

HCC launches new educational resources for schools
HCC launches new educational resources for schools

A brand-new platform and package of educational resources aimed at teachers and health professionals in Wales have been launched today...

Balmoral to celebrate ‘Parful Produce’ with new Healthy Horticulture section
Balmoral to celebrate ‘Parful Produce’ with new Healthy Horticulture section

A new 'Healthy Horticulture' section is planned as part of this year's postponed Balmoral Show. The display, launched by the...

Video: Land Rover launches new Defender V8 to mark Bond film
Video: Land Rover launches new Defender V8 to mark Bond film

Land Rover SV Bespoke has created a new Land Rover Defender V8 'Bond Edition' to celebrate the 25th James Bond...

Somerset cereal farmer named first White’s Organic Grower of the Year
Somerset cereal farmer named first White’s Organic Grower of the Year

Pete Cheek from Godminster Farm in Somerset has been awarded the inaugural Organic Grower of the Year award by White’s...

Women in Ag course ‘Be Your Best Self’ to begin in October
Women in Ag course ‘Be Your Best Self’ to begin in October

The Scottish Government has announced plans to fund a series of training courses – titled ‘Be Your Best Self’ –...

UK animal charity wound up amid allegations of ‘serious mismanagement’
UK animal charity wound up amid allegations of ‘serious mismanagement’

A Lincolnshire animal charity which raised more than £10 million in just over a decade has been wound up after...

Unauthorised veterinary medicine seized at Heathrow Airport
Unauthorised veterinary medicine seized at Heathrow Airport

Veterinary medicine not authorised for use in the UK have been seized at Heathrow Airport. The veterinary medicines were imported...

NFU Scotland launches 2021 harvest survey
NFU Scotland launches 2021 harvest survey

The signs are showing that this year’s harvest has been a good one, but the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Scotland...

UK appoints new Trade Commissioners for Europe and Asia
UK appoints new Trade Commissioners for Europe and Asia

International Trade Secretary Liz Truss has named two new HM Trade Commissioners (HMTCs). The commissioners will play a crucial role...

Webinar to be held on upcoming UK trade changes
Webinar to be held on upcoming UK trade changes

The Republic of Ireland's (RoI's) Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is holding a webinar with the UK government...

Hydrogen-powered dual-fuel excavator unveiled
Hydrogen-powered dual-fuel excavator unveiled

A hydrogen-powered dual fuel excavator has been unveiled this month by Belgian companies CMB.TECH and Luyckx. Designed by CMB.TECH, a...

Animal welfare activists blockade UK dairy factory
Animal welfare activists blockade UK dairy factory

A group of animal welfare activists has blockaded an Arla Foods dairy distribution centre in the UK in an overnight...

UK’s landmark Environment Bill strengthened to halt biodiversity loss by 2030
UK’s landmark Environment Bill strengthened to halt biodiversity loss by 2030

The UK government has strengthened its commitment to protect the environment for future generations with new amendments to the landmark...

Agricultural livelihoods ‘under extreme pressure’ in Afghanistan
Agricultural livelihoods ‘under extreme pressure’ in Afghanistan

The combination of "severe drought, Covid-19 related economic impacts and widespread displacement" has hit rural communities in Afghanistan hard, particularly...

Welsh government hubs to put lamb on the menu for Love Lamb Week
Welsh government hubs to put lamb on the menu for Love Lamb Week

Love Lamb Week, the farmer-led UK-wide annual celebration of all things lamb and mutton, is being celebrated in Wales with...

Minister takes to the waves to visit wader breeding islands
Minister takes to the waves to visit wader breeding islands

Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister, Edwin Poots, took to the waves recently in Lower Lough Erne to see some...

50 solar farms across Ireland and UK to be financed by German bank
50 solar farms across Ireland and UK to be financed by German bank

50 solar farms across Ireland and the UK are to be financed by German bank Berenberg. Berenberg Green Energy Junior...