Agriland Team

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...

Sheep management: Taking action quickly when it comes to thinner ewes
Sheep management: Taking action quickly when it comes to thinner ewes

For March-lambing flocks, it is important farmers keep an eye on their ewes’ body condition over the coming weeks. If...

Sheep, sucklers and saving lives… all in a day’s work for one Fermanagh farmer
Sheep, sucklers and saving lives… all in a day’s work for one Fermanagh farmer

By Rodney Magowan David Sheridan farms across several holdings around Letterbreen and Florencecourt in Co. Fermanagh with some further acreage...

Dairy advice: Steps you can take to avoid mastitis
Dairy advice: Steps you can take to avoid mastitis

The easiest way to prevent clinical or sub-clinical mastitis cases is through good milking practices. Mastitis is the most economically challenging...

Winter milk: Reviewing late season feeding
Winter milk: Reviewing late season feeding

A recent report by Michael Garvey, a dairy development adviser, with the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE),...

Soya feed alternative scoops Royal Dairy Innovation Award
Soya feed alternative scoops Royal Dairy Innovation Award

A UK-grown sustainable feed that can replace soya in dairy cow rations has scooped this year’s Royal Dairy Innovation Award...

John Deere appoints new agricultural division sales manager
John Deere appoints new agricultural division sales manager

Following John Deere’s recent business reorganisation in Europe, Brian D’Arcy has been appointed agricultural division sales manager for John Deere...

Driver of 4×4 towing trailer sought following hit-and-run incident
Driver of 4×4 towing trailer sought following hit-and-run incident

The driver of a 4×4 which was towing a “distinctive” flatbed trailer is being sought by members of the Police...

China will control the tenor of the UK and global food markets
China will control the tenor of the UK and global food markets

It can be taken for granted that the UK government intends securing free trade arrangements with countries around the world,...

DAERA port staff return to work in Northern Ireland
DAERA port staff return to work in Northern Ireland

Staff of Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) have returned to work at two ports today...

Dechomet dispersal sale sees top price of 3,100gns
Dechomet dispersal sale sees top price of 3,100gns

Dungannon farmers’ mart, Co. Tyrone, held the dispersal sale of the Dechomet herd for Bill and Gordon McCully, Castlewellan, Co. Down,...

LMC to prioritise sustainability in 2021
LMC to prioritise sustainability in 2021

Working to improve the sustainability of the beef and sheep sectors will be a priority for the Livestock and Meat...