Agriland Team

Search is on to find Scots ‘Make it’ ambassadors
Search is on to find Scots ‘Make it’ ambassadors

Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) chairman Kate Rowell, is encouraging farmers, butchers, auctioneers, hauliers, processors, chefs and red meat industry professionals...

New guide to identify opportunities to improve grass utilisation
New guide to identify opportunities to improve grass utilisation

A new guide hopes to help livestock farmers seeking to improve their profitability through better grazing management, by explaining the...

Renowned ‘high-end agricultural enterprise’ on the market in Co. Fermanagh
Renowned ‘high-end agricultural enterprise’ on the market in Co. Fermanagh

A residential farm offering the “highest quality facilities and agricultural land” is up for sale as whole or in two...

Scots project gets funding to develop digital dairy tracing
Scots project gets funding to develop digital dairy tracing

A digital dairy project led by Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) has been awarded £50,000 in seed-corn funding by UK Research...

The UK can ‘match Ireland’s doubling of its dairy output’
The UK can ‘match Ireland’s doubling of its dairy output’

Mark Roach, the managing director of Grosvenor Farms near Chester in England, has said that the UK dairy sector could...

UK takeaway market back in growth after coronavirus lockdown
UK takeaway market back in growth after coronavirus lockdown

Brits are buying more takeaways than they did before lockdown, with latest figures showing a 2% rise in orders compared...

Lakeland Dairies increases milk price for July
Lakeland Dairies increases milk price for July

Lakeland Dairies has become the latest processor to reveal its milk price for July, revealing an increase to the base...

Dairy market analysis: Some price weakness in SMP but butter holds stable
Dairy market analysis: Some price weakness in SMP but butter holds stable

The last couple of weeks have seen some price weakness creep into skim milk powder (SMP) markets while butter prices...

‘All night silage-cutting’ complaint prompts fiery online debate
‘All night silage-cutting’ complaint prompts fiery online debate

A complaint made by a local community page in Co. Down about “all night silage-cutting”, which encouraged members of the...

Info sought following collision between motorbike and 4X4 with cattle trailer
Info sought following collision between motorbike and 4X4 with cattle trailer

An appeal has been made for witnesses following a road collision between a motorbike and a 4X4 towing a cattle...

Escaped cow put down after walkers leave gate open
Escaped cow put down after walkers leave gate open

A cow that escaped from her field when rural walkers left a gate open had to be put down after...

Escaped cow put down after walkers leave gate open
Escaped cow put down after walkers leave gate open

A cow that escaped from her field when rural walkers left a gate open had to be put down after...

Winds topple US corn crops
Winds topple US corn crops

100mph winds have devastated some corn crops and farmland in the US. Corn crops were flattened and grain bins destroyed...

AHDB midweek meals campaign leads to £12.4 million pork sales boost
AHDB midweek meals campaign leads to £12.4 million pork sales boost

Nine out of 10 of people who saw the latest AHDB promotional campaign said it showed pork as a healthy...

Broadband funding welcomed, but it must reach UK’s most rural communities
Broadband funding welcomed, but it must reach UK’s most rural communities

The Farmers’ Union of Wales has welcomed plans to bring full-fibre broadband to an additional three million homes and businesses...

QMS chairman finalist in major industry awards
QMS chairman finalist in major industry awards

Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) chairman Kate Rowell, has been selected as a finalist in a major award in recognition of...

Record number of vets admitted to the RCVS Fellowship this year
Record number of vets admitted to the RCVS Fellowship this year

A record number of veterinary surgeons have been admitted to the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) Fellowship this year,...

New smart tool to help growers minimise residue leaching
New smart tool to help growers minimise residue leaching

A new ‘smart tool’ aims to help growers mitigate the potential for key active ingredients and their residues to leach....