Agriland Team

NIFDA concludes the Atlantic Food Export Project
NIFDA concludes the Atlantic Food Export Project

Despite the impact of Covid-19 on international trade, a three-year food export programme has succeeded in its goal of helping...

Ulster Wool seeks non-executive board member nominations
Ulster Wool seeks non-executive board member nominations

Farmer-owned wool marketing collective Ulster Wool is seeking nominations for its next non-executive board member. Current member Brendan Kelly (pictured...

RUAS announces new date for the 2021 Balmoral Show
RUAS announces new date for the 2021 Balmoral Show

The Royal Ulster Agricultural Society (RUAS) has announced that the 2021 Balmoral Show will move from its usual May date...

Final call issued for Livingstone Christmas Virtual Tractor Run entries
Final call issued for Livingstone Christmas Virtual Tractor Run entries

Organisers of the 9th Livingstone Christmas Tractor Run, which is taking place virtually this year due to the ongoing Covid-19...

Lakeland adds bonus payment to November milk price
Lakeland adds bonus payment to November milk price

Lakeland Dairies has become the latest processor to reveal its milk price for November supplies, announcing a special bonus for...

France introducing tax credits for farmers no longer using glyphosate
France introducing tax credits for farmers no longer using glyphosate

Farmers in France that declare they no longer use glyphosate will be granted temporary tax credits. The French Ministry for...

DAERA to hold a final EU Exit awareness webinar
DAERA to hold a final EU Exit awareness webinar

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is encouraging agri-food businesses and traders to take part in the...

Farmers recognise their role in reducing emissions, says UFU
Farmers recognise their role in reducing emissions, says UFU

Following the release of the Climate Change Committee’s (CCC) sixth carbon budget, the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) says that reducing...

Tractor towing a trailer crashes through the front of a house
Tractor towing a trailer crashes through the front of a house

A tractor which was towing a trailer has smashed through the front of a house on the B5062 in Telford...

‘Ambitious strategy’ needed to achieve net zero carbon future in Northern Ireland
‘Ambitious strategy’ needed to achieve net zero carbon future in Northern Ireland

Dr. Amanda Slevin, chairperson of Climate Coalition NI, has called for an ambitious and forward-looking strategy to achieve a net...

Dairy analysis: Mixed market with contrasting fortunes for butter and powders
Dairy analysis: Mixed market with contrasting fortunes for butter and powders

It’s been a mixed few weeks for European dairy commodity markets with butter and SMP seeing contrasting fortunes, according to...

NI Water inspections to be carried out on farms
NI Water inspections to be carried out on farms

The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) is informing members that Northern Ireland Water is in the process of completing water regulation...

Lack of fatalities in collision between tractor and car described by police as a ‘miracle’
Lack of fatalities in collision between tractor and car described by police as a ‘miracle’

A road in York in the UK was left covered in slurry following a collision between a Volkswagen Beetle and...

UK and EU agree ‘in principle’ on rules regarding Northern Ireland following Brexit
UK and EU agree ‘in principle’ on rules regarding Northern Ireland following Brexit

The EU and UK have today (Tuesday December 8) agreed ‘in principle’ the rules surrounding the implementation of the Protocol...

Report: Peas Please report behind extra 162 million servings of veg
Report: Peas Please report behind extra 162 million servings of veg

A progress report released today by the Peas Please project claims the initiative has helped serve an extra 162 million portion...

Major change on the cards for AHDB
Major change on the cards for AHDB

Major change is on the cards for AHDB as it proposes a new five-year strategy for 2021-2026. Change will focus...

Average temperature in Europe from September to November is highest on record
Average temperature in Europe from September to November is highest on record

The average temperature in Europe from September to November this year is the highest on record, according to new data....

Improving performance efficiency of the suckler cow
Improving performance efficiency of the suckler cow

In recent times the topic of improving the efficiency of the suckler cow has been discussed on many occasions. With...