Agriland Team

Balmoral Show will be ‘bigger and better’ in 2021
Balmoral Show will be ‘bigger and better’ in 2021

Balmoral Show will return with an enhanced presence over four days in 2021. This is the declared objective of Royal...

Blue 1, 2 at the RUAS Beef and Lamb Championships
Blue 1, 2 at the RUAS Beef and Lamb Championships

Co. Tyrone exhibitor Alan McCrea hit the jackpot when winning the Supreme Interbreed Beef award at this week’s Royal Ulster...

Spotted Dutch crosses carry the day at RUAS lamb championship
Spotted Dutch crosses carry the day at RUAS lamb championship

A pair of Spotted Dutch-cross ewe lambs took the major honours in the sheep ring at this week’s RUAS Beef...

Poots pumps over £1.1 million into NI environmental projects
Poots pumps over £1.1 million into NI environmental projects

Environment Minister Edwin Poots has announced over £1.1 million of funding for 35 environmental projects across Northern Ireland thanks to...

Pics: The lowdown on the Massey Ferguson MF 8S series
Pics: The lowdown on the Massey Ferguson MF 8S series

Massey Ferguson launched its new MF 8S Series earlier this year – but what does the new series bring to...

Cow trade takes another setback in Northern Ireland
Cow trade takes another setback in Northern Ireland

There was little or no change in the prices offered for prime cattle last week in Northern Ireland, according to...

Improved situation for EU winter cereal crops
Improved situation for EU winter cereal crops

Heavy rain in October delayed planting across Europe, but dry weather in November has allowed many areas to catch up,...

Oil and gas industry commits to new framework for reporting methane
Oil and gas industry commits to new framework for reporting methane

In a move that will help tackle one of the “biggest and most solvable contributors to the climate crisis”, major...

Report: Decrease in air pollution across Europe
Report: Decrease in air pollution across Europe

The European Environment Agency’s (EEA) ‘Air quality in Europe – 2020 report’ published yesterday (Monday November 23) shows that better...

Limousin bulls average over £3,200 at Welsh sale
Limousin bulls average over £3,200 at Welsh sale

The British Limousin Cattle Society hosted its autumn male and female sale at Brecon Livestock Market last Saturday (November 14)....

NI’s 5 Angus Youth Challenge finalist teams named
NI’s 5 Angus Youth Challenge finalist teams named

Agri-food business ABP is taking five teams forward to the final stage of its skills development programme for teenagers, the...

Peat slide: Ministers ‘shocked’ at devastation as cross-border response group visits site
Peat slide: Ministers ‘shocked’ at devastation as cross-border response group visits site

Ministers Poots and McConalogue were shocked to see the devastation caused by a peat slide that has polluted the Mourne Beg...

Pics: JCB unveils first ever ‘zero-emission’ electric Loadall
Pics: JCB unveils first ever ‘zero-emission’ electric Loadall

JCB is launching its first ever electric Loadall model as the expansion of its E-TECH range of zero-emissions machines gathers...

Prime cattle quotes on the rise in Northern Ireland
Prime cattle quotes on the rise in Northern Ireland

There are positive price trends emerging for prime cattle this week in Northern Ireland. Unlike the southern trade, processor quotes...

Dungiven farmer fined £750 for breaches of movement notifications
Dungiven farmer fined £750 for breaches of movement notifications

A Dungiven farmer has been convicted of five charges relating to failure to record animal movements to and from his...

Dairy analysis: Strong supplies and weaker exports put pressure on spot prices
Dairy analysis: Strong supplies and weaker exports put pressure on spot prices

European dairy commodity prices ground lower in recent weeks as strong milk supplies and weaker dairy exports put downward pressure...

CAP issues discussed at North South Ministerial Council meeting
CAP issues discussed at North South Ministerial Council meeting

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue, attended the Agriculture Sectoral meeting of the North South Ministerial...

GDT index bounces back with increase in latest auction
GDT index bounces back with increase in latest auction

The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) index has bounced back with an increase this week, following a solitary decrease on the previous...