Agriland Team

How did the biggest agricultural states vote in the US election?
How did the biggest agricultural states vote in the US election?

The race remains tight between Republican and current president of the US Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden as the...

Poots encourages NI farmers to apply for farm business funding
Poots encourages NI farmers to apply for farm business funding

Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has encouraged farmers to consider applying to the third tranche of Tier 1 of...

Cows processed reaches highest weekly throughput in Northern Ireland
Cows processed reaches highest weekly throughput in Northern Ireland

In Northern Ireland for the week ending October 25, processed prime cattle throughput amounted to 7,418 head, according to the...

CAFRE launches new Honours Degree in Sustainable Agriculture
CAFRE launches new Honours Degree in Sustainable Agriculture

The Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Edwin Poots, has announced the launch of a new Honours Degree in...

GDT index drops in latest auction
GDT index drops in latest auction

The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) index has dropped for the first time in four auctions, following three consecutive increases. The...

HSENI launches advisory programme for safety of farm contractors
HSENI launches advisory programme for safety of farm contractors

The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) is set to begin a series of telephone and virtual agriculture...

Report: Agricultural crime down 7.6% in the last 12 months – PSNI
Report: Agricultural crime down 7.6% in the last 12 months – PSNI

A Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) report has stated that agricultural crime rates have continued to fall in the...

Fonterra posts ‘most encouraging progress to date’ in latest sustainability report
Fonterra posts ‘most encouraging progress to date’ in latest sustainability report

Fonterra has reported its “most encouraging sustainability results since starting its annual reporting four years ago”, according to the Kiwi...

Poultry flock slaughtered on Kent farm after suspected case of avian influenza
Poultry flock slaughtered on Kent farm after suspected case of avian influenza

A poultry farm in Kent has had an entire flock of birds slaughtered after the flock was suspected to have low-pathogenic...

Research finds open fires ‘could pose substantial hazard to older people’s health’
Research finds open fires ‘could pose substantial hazard to older people’s health’

Collaborative research from scientists at the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) led by Trinity College Dublin and Lancaster University...

Illegal Halloween rave discovered on an abandoned Scottish farm
Illegal Halloween rave discovered on an abandoned Scottish farm

Police in Scotland were called to the scene of an illegal rave in Newton Mears last Saturday (October 31) where...

‘Next is Now’: Bobcat unveils new R-Series loaders
‘Next is Now’: Bobcat unveils new R-Series loaders

Bobcat has recently unveiled its new R-Series loaders and excavators at the company’s “largest ever virtual launch event” in Europe,...

Beef kill: 2020 figures continue to race ahead of last year
Beef kill: 2020 figures continue to race ahead of last year

Last week a total of 37,143 head of cattle were processed. This figure has suffered a decline of 520 head...

Grain price: Keep an eye on the weather
Grain price: Keep an eye on the weather

Nearby grain prices dropped back this week, but are still relatively steady. Matif wheat for December was at €206/t on...

Soil moisture levels remain a concern in parts of the US
Soil moisture levels remain a concern in parts of the US

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its latest Crop Progress Report on Monday (October 26). As of October...

Pint-sized power: Bobcat enters wheel loader market
Pint-sized power: Bobcat enters wheel loader market

Bobcat is entering the European wheel loader market for compact wheel loaders (CWLs) and small articulated loaders (SALs). The move...

Market analysis: European dairy prices flatten out with butter unchanged
Market analysis: European dairy prices flatten out with butter unchanged

European dairy commodity prices flattened out over the last couple of weeks with the European butter quotation unchanged since mid-October,...

International survey launched on Women in Food and Agriculture
International survey launched on Women in Food and Agriculture

A major international survey to assess the impact of Covid-19 on women in food and agriculture as well as where...