Agriland Team

AHDB and UK govt promote red meat and dairy exports at Anuga
AHDB and UK govt promote red meat and dairy exports at Anuga

The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) and the UK government are working together to promote UK red meat and...

Tyrone farmer convicted for failing to present animals for TB testing
Tyrone farmer convicted for failing to present animals for TB testing

A farmer from Dungannon, Co. Tyrone has been convicted for failing to present all animals for tuberculosis (TB) testing. Ian...

Rural Resilience Project to help NI farmers with climate change
Rural Resilience Project to help NI farmers with climate change

Northern Ireland Environmental Link (NIEL) has announced its Rural Resilience Project, which “supports progress towards sustainable agriculture by providing information...

Court: Armagh company convicted on animal transport charge
Court: Armagh company convicted on animal transport charge

A Co. Armagh company, Killyfaddy Farms Ltd., of Killyfaddy Road, has been convicted at Armagh Magistrates Court sitting in Newry...

Banbridge farmer convicted for failing to notify cattle movements
Banbridge farmer convicted for failing to notify cattle movements

A farmer from the Banbridge area in Co. Down has been convicted for failing to notify the movement of cattle...

Dairy Focus: Economic and environmental sustainability at Glastry Farm
Dairy Focus: Economic and environmental sustainability at Glastry Farm

By Barbara Collins Glastry Farm is a specialised dairy farm which extends to 247ac owned, as well as a further...

Armagh, Newry and Enniskillen ‘hotspots’ for BVD – AHWNI
Armagh, Newry and Enniskillen ‘hotspots’ for BVD – AHWNI

Recent testing in Northern Ireland has identified Armagh, Newry and Enniskillen as hotspot areas for bovine viral diarrhea (BVD). The incidence...

PSNI appeal for information about farm theft in Fermanagh
PSNI appeal for information about farm theft in Fermanagh

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has issued an appeal for information following a double theft on a farm...

9-year-old girl killed in tractor crash in Scotland
9-year-old girl killed in tractor crash in Scotland

A nine-year-old girl has died in a crash involving a tractor and a trailer in Scotland, police have said. The...

Focus: Adding value to a sheep enterprise with ‘lamb ham’
Focus: Adding value to a sheep enterprise with ‘lamb ham’

By Barbara Collins Alan and Wendy Dempster breed sheep on their 50ac farm near Ballymoney in Co. Antrim. It is...

Exports of Scottish seed potatoes to NI to resume in October
Exports of Scottish seed potatoes to NI to resume in October

The UK government has confirmed that exports of Scottish seed potatoes to Northern Ireland will resume on October 1. Plants...

UFU to address livestock movements in Windsor Framework at House of Lords
UFU to address livestock movements in Windsor Framework at House of Lords

The House of Lords is holding a evidence session today (Wednesday, September 13) to hear from business representatives about how...

Tractor collides with train carrying 40 people in Lancashire
Tractor collides with train carrying 40 people in Lancashire

A train carrying 40 passengers and a tractor collided at a level crossing earlier today (Tuesday, September 5), British Transport...

NI open day set to showcase Shorthorn-cross suckler herd
NI open day set to showcase Shorthorn-cross suckler herd

Ballynahinch, Co. Down-based commercial suckler farmer Barry Fitzsimons is set to show how a switch to Beef Shorthorn genetics has...

Lambs ‘mauled’ in Armagh dog attack – PSNI
Lambs ‘mauled’ in Armagh dog attack – PSNI

An number of lambs were “mauled” in a recent dog attack in Armagh, Police Service Northern Ireland (PSNI) has said....

Pic: Sussex firefighters tackle tractor fire on A22
Pic: Sussex firefighters tackle tractor fire on A22

Firefighters from East Sussex and West Sussex are working to put out a tractor fire on the A22, Forest Row....

US EPA denies petitions to tighten ‘factory farm’ water quality rules
US EPA denies petitions to tighten ‘factory farm’ water quality rules

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the US has denied two petitions from environmental groups which sought to tighten water...

New Zealand: Concern over ‘whole farms’ being sold into forestry
New Zealand: Concern over ‘whole farms’ being sold into forestry

The body responsible for promoting beef and lamb in New Zealand and regulating the country’s quality mark for these products...