Agriland Team

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...

‘Transparency’ needed when it comes to ‘net zero’ and ‘carbon neutral’ claims
‘Transparency’ needed when it comes to ‘net zero’ and ‘carbon neutral’ claims

A new initiative launched recently will focus on trying to improve the "integrity" of 'voluntary carbon markets', to help ensure...

Milkman mistaken for burglar and arrested by UK police
Milkman mistaken for burglar and arrested by UK police

A milkman doing a delivery run for a local dairy was arrested by police in the UK in recent days...

United Auctions staff to take on 500-mile Great Glen Challenge for RSABI
United Auctions staff to take on 500-mile Great Glen Challenge for RSABI

Around 40 members of United Auctions staff are in training to take on the first-ever Virtual Great Glen Challenge this year....

Global food commodity prices fall in July
Global food commodity prices fall in July

Global food commodity prices fell in July for a second consecutive month. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Food Price...

Poots commits £332,000 to aid Mournes Wildfire Recovery
Poots commits £332,000 to aid Mournes Wildfire Recovery

Almost £350,000 has been set aside to help the Mourne Mountains recover following the devastating wildfire in April 2021, Environment...

38 veterinary surgeons welcomed as RCVS Fellows
38 veterinary surgeons welcomed as RCVS Fellows

A total of 38 UK veterinary surgeons will be welcomed as RCVS Fellows later. The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons...