Agriland Team

Demand for champagne goes ‘flat’ as up to 100 million bottles expected to go unsold
Demand for champagne goes ‘flat’ as up to 100 million bottles expected to go unsold

Champagne makers in France have seen a dramatic drop in potential sales for this year with the Le Comite Interprofessionnel...

Meirionnydd farmland flooding could have been avoided, says FUW
Meirionnydd farmland flooding could have been avoided, says FUW

Flooding of agricultural land in Meirionnydd, North Wales, could have been avoided, if essential work had been carried out by...

Harvest halted by heavy rain in parts of the UK
Harvest halted by heavy rain in parts of the UK

Heavy rain hit the UK this week and flooded fields amidst what is a difficult harvest – similar to Ireland....

Farmer takes revenge on ‘flytipper’ who dumped over 400 tyres on his land
Farmer takes revenge on ‘flytipper’ who dumped over 400 tyres on his land

A frustrated UK farmer who found 421 tyres dumped illegally on his land, kindly returned them to the owner –...

New European Roundtable for Beef Sustainability chairman announced
New European Roundtable for Beef Sustainability chairman announced

Europe’s largest multi-stakeholder group for beef sustainability has appointed OSI Europe’s operations director and head of sustainability, Claire Donoghue as...

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...