Agriland Team

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...

Kverneland reveals new products – featuring spreaders, harrows and cultivators
Kverneland reveals new products – featuring spreaders, harrows and cultivators

Kverneland has revealed a new set of products, including new disc spreaders, cultivators, harrows and an in-cabin processor to make...

Strong start to 2021 continues for GDT with 7th consecutive index rise
Strong start to 2021 continues for GDT with 7th consecutive index rise

The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) index has posted an increase in the fourth auction of 2021 to mark seven increases...

Land Rover to unveil 6 electric SUV models in next 5 years
Land Rover to unveil 6 electric SUV models in next 5 years

Jaguar Land Rover has announced a dramatic shakeup in the form of a new global strategy which will see the...

BNP limits finance to customers of beef or soybean from converted Amazon land
BNP limits finance to customers of beef or soybean from converted Amazon land

French lender BNP Paribas has said it will no longer provide financing services to customers who grow or buy Brazilian...

Could soybean become a mainstream tillage option?
Could soybean become a mainstream tillage option?

A recent report from Rothamsted Research indicates that climate change could make soybean production a viable crop option in places...

Accelerated milk replacer rates will boost calves’ life-long milking ability
Accelerated milk replacer rates will boost calves’ life-long milking ability

According to College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) dairy advisor Gary Duffy, accelerated calf replacer feeding rates can...

Work begins to secure the inclusion of Northern Ireland in grass-fed PGI
Work begins to secure the inclusion of Northern Ireland in grass-fed PGI

The Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) is heading up a group of stakeholder bodies that have been charged with the...