Agriland Team

Info sought following theft of trailers in Down
Info sought following theft of trailers in Down

An appeal for information has been made by police following the theft of two trailers from Co. Down in recent...

Video: Methane-powered tractor to enter New Holland range this year
Video: Methane-powered tractor to enter New Holland range this year

New Holland Agriculture is driving forward its Clean Energy Leader strategy, with its T6 methane-powered tractor reaching the final stages...

Pics: New Holland upgrades D Series loader range
Pics: New Holland upgrades D Series loader range

New Holland Agriculture has revealed an upgrade for its D Series wheel loader range – with the machinery giant claiming...

Prices reach €2,550 at Carnaross dairy sale
Prices reach €2,550 at Carnaross dairy sale

Dungannon farmers’ mart, Co. Tyrone, held its dairy sale last Thursday (February 18). To get a bit of insight into...

NBA rows in on animal trading obstacles between GB and NI
NBA rows in on animal trading obstacles between GB and NI

According to National Beef Association (NBA) chief executive Neil Shand, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is...

Calving at 24 months for optimum economic and lifetime performance
Calving at 24 months for optimum economic and lifetime performance

In order to maintain dairy herd size and performance, it is necessary to have a good supply of quality heifers...

Limousins topped at 6,800gns in Dungannon
Limousins topped at 6,800gns in Dungannon

Buyers travelled from far and wide to choose the animal that caught their eye from the first British Limousin Cattle...

Best practice for stomach tubing
Best practice for stomach tubing

The calving season is a busy time of year on farms, as calves on many farms are now being born...

How to avoid an outbreak of scour
How to avoid an outbreak of scour

We are entering the thick of the calving season on dairy farms across the country, and as the number of...

Co-ops: ‘Up to 14-day delay in UK trade anticipated’ unless EU and UK engage further
Co-ops: ‘Up to 14-day delay in UK trade anticipated’ unless EU and UK engage further

Co-ops have called for the EU to simplify and streamline trade with the UK – and for mixed milk origin...

Aurivo announces January milk price rise and bonus
Aurivo announces January milk price rise and bonus

Aurivo has become the latest processor to reveal its milk price for last month, announcing a price increase for January...

Don’t get caught out by grass tetany
Don’t get caught out by grass tetany

If it slips under the radar, grass tetany/hypomagnesaemia can suddenly prove very costly to farmers. The transition period post-calving is...

Gardaí and PSNI tackle rural crime in cross-border operation
Gardaí and PSNI tackle rural crime in cross-border operation

An Garda Síochána and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) carried out a planned cross-border operation tackling rural crime...

Letter to the editor: It’s now time to ‘dissolve AHDB horticulture and punitive levy’
Letter to the editor: It’s now time to ‘dissolve AHDB horticulture and punitive levy’

I’m writing to you as a carrot grower, an Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) levy payer and chair of...

New CEO appointed at milking equipment company DeLaval
New CEO appointed at milking equipment company DeLaval

The Tetra Laval Group Board has appointed Paul Lofgren as president and chief executive officer (CEO) of DeLaval, effective April...

Marshall believes unionist background could prove beneficial in Seanad
Marshall believes unionist background could prove beneficial in Seanad

Former Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) president Ian Marshall believes that his potential re-election to Seanad Éireann will help to improve...

Aid package for wool discussed in Northern Ireland
Aid package for wool discussed in Northern Ireland

Representatives from the farmers’ cooperative Ulster Wool, the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) and the National Sheep Association (NSA) have met...

Almost €3m for research project on oats
Almost €3m for research project on oats

Researchers in Ireland and Wales have been awarded €2.7 million to explore the development of oat varieties that are climate-resistant...