Agriland Team

Fodder planning: Have you enough silage for this winter?
Fodder planning: Have you enough silage for this winter?

Silage cutting is in full swing again this week as the sunny spells and settled weather conditions have provided an...

Rabobank: Argentina making waves on global beef market
Rabobank: Argentina making waves on global beef market

Rising cattle prices, cost pressure and Argentine restrictions are the big talking points on the international beef market, according to...

Australia leads the way with world’s first lower emission steak
Australia leads the way with world’s first lower emission steak

Australian company FutureFeed has served up a world’s first this month, dishing up sustainable seaweed-fed lower emission steak with celebrity...

Movement of untested BVD cattle to be prohibited in UK
Movement of untested BVD cattle to be prohibited in UK

Members of the Northern Ireland Beef and Lamb Farm Quality Assurance Scheme (FQAS) have been reminded to ensure all animals...

Agriland Media internship programme opens for applications
Agriland Media internship programme opens for applications

Agriland Media has opened its internship programme for the 2021/2022 year. The company, based in west Dublin, has been experiencing...

28-year-old killed in Co. Tyrone quad accident
28-year-old killed in Co. Tyrone quad accident

Police have confirmed a 28-year-old was killed in a quad accident in Co. Tyrone on Tuesday (August 17). The incident...

Letter to the editor: Hare coursing clubs aid conservation
Letter to the editor: Hare coursing clubs aid conservation

I respond to the letter titled: ‘Government is far from eco-aware’ regarding hare coursing. The writer makes a number of...

SSE Renewables gave over €1m to community groups in Ireland in the last year
SSE Renewables gave over €1m to community groups in Ireland in the last year

SSE Renewables gave €1.1 million in funding to 412 community groups near its wind farms in the Republic of Ireland...

Minister Poots visits local farm businesses making a difference
Minister Poots visits local farm businesses making a difference

Northern Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has visited two farm businesses near Crossgar, Co. Down, to see how their innovative approach...

#SaveGeronimo campaign is ‘undermining the current TB controls’
#SaveGeronimo campaign is ‘undermining the current TB controls’

A campaign to save an alpaca called Geronimo in the UK - #SaveGeronimo - who has twice tested positive for...

Agriland journalist nominated for food writing awards
Agriland journalist nominated for food writing awards

Agriland senior northern correspondent, Rachel Martin has been nominated for a number of prestigious writing awards. The Co. Down native...

GDT sees slight lift for first rise in 9 auctions
GDT sees slight lift for first rise in 9 auctions

The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) index has recorded a small lift in index marking an end to eight straight index...

Volac announces acquisition of Micron Bio Systems
Volac announces acquisition of Micron Bio Systems

The dairy nutrition company Volac has announced its acquisition of Micron Bio Systems, the UK based bio-science solutions business. Micron...

2 arrests made as part of rural crime clampdown in Down
2 arrests made as part of rural crime clampdown in Down

Two arrests were made for criminal offences during vehicle checkpoints conducted as part of an operation targeting rural crime in...

Indian scientists develop system to generate hydrogen from agricultural residue
Indian scientists develop system to generate hydrogen from agricultural residue

Sentient Labs, an Indian-based R&D innovation lab and MACS - Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), have developed what they claim to...

56% of NI prime cattle beef kill from suckler-bred stock
56% of NI prime cattle beef kill from suckler-bred stock

During the second quarter of 2021, suckler-bred cattle accounted for 56% of the total prime cattle beef kill in Northern...

Minister Poots visits conservation project in Antrim hills
Minister Poots visits conservation project in Antrim hills

Northern Ireland Agriculture and Environment Minister Edwin Poots was in Glenwherry, Co. Antrim today (Thursday August 12) to meet the...

Applications open for AHDB’s Pig Industry Scholarship programme
Applications open for AHDB’s Pig Industry Scholarship programme

Companies in the pig industry have until August 31 to apply to take an agricultural student on in their business...