Agriland Team

Sheep management: Selecting replacement ewe lambs and culling ‘problem ewes’
Sheep management: Selecting replacement ewe lambs and culling ‘problem ewes’

Since the beginning of June, depending on when the lambing season kicked off, weaning will have or will be taking...

Weaning: Avoid ‘one size fits all’ approach, warns vet
Weaning: Avoid ‘one size fits all’ approach, warns vet

A mid-Wales vet has encouraged farmers to consider three main aspects when weaning lambs, in order to promote the long-term...

9-year-old Aberdeenshire lad named Farm Kid Diaries competition winner
9-year-old Aberdeenshire lad named Farm Kid Diaries competition winner

A young farmer from Aberdeenshire has picked up a top prize after winning Quality Meat Scotland’s ‘Farm Kid Diaries’ competition....

Farmers reminded: ‘Just one lungful of slurry gas can kill’
Farmers reminded: ‘Just one lungful of slurry gas can kill’

There are additional risks just now with farmers and contractors busy working with animals, making silage and spreading fertiliser and...

Takeaway demands provide huge boost for NI lamb and cheese sales
Takeaway demands provide huge boost for NI lamb and cheese sales

The nation’s love for kebabs and pizza helped takeaway sales of lamb and cheese soar by 80% during lockdown, according...

Appeal for awareness made following 16 farm fatalities on island of Ireland
Appeal for awareness made following 16 farm fatalities on island of Ireland

With the ongoing high rate of fatal farm accidents in 2020, four ministers from the Republic of Ireland and Northern...

Ice cream and Covid-19: Adapting to challenges and creating opportunities
Ice cream and Covid-19: Adapting to challenges and creating opportunities

An insight into how the Northern Irish ice cream processing industry is adapting to the challenges of Covid-19 in recent...

Tenant farmers must not be locked out of new government schemes
Tenant farmers must not be locked out of new government schemes

The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) is warning that farmers in England who rent their land may not be able to...

Surge in southern cattle being sent to factories in Northern Ireland
Surge in southern cattle being sent to factories in Northern Ireland

Imports of cattle from the Republic of Ireland into Northern Irish meat plants have surged in recent times with numbers...

Surge in southern cattle being sent to factories in Northern Ireland
Surge in southern cattle being sent to factories in Northern Ireland

Imports of cattle from the Republic of Ireland into Northern Irish meat plants have surged in recent times with numbers...

New Holland looks to future after hitting major milestone
New Holland looks to future after hitting major milestone

Amid “extraordinary circumstances” as Covid-19 continues to make its impact felt, agricultural machinery giant New Holland Agriculture has hit a...

Rabe saved from financial turmoil with new owner
Rabe saved from financial turmoil with new owner

The German machinery brand Rabe, known for soil cultivation and seeding equipment, has been saved from its financial turmoil after...

Appeal for info following theft of ‘significant amount of farming equipment’
Appeal for info following theft of ‘significant amount of farming equipment’

An appeal for information has been made by members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) following the theft...

Appeal for info following theft of ‘significant amount of farming equipment’
Appeal for info following theft of ‘significant amount of farming equipment’

An appeal for information has been made by members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) following the theft...

Over 1,000 employees in German meat plant test positive for Covid-19
Over 1,000 employees in German meat plant test positive for Covid-19

Germany’s Covid-19 transmission rate has risen sharply following outbreaks in meat processing plants among other areas, according to health authorities...

Dealing with flies in suckler herds
Dealing with flies in suckler herds

Suckler farmers should now be on the lookout for flies. At the best of times, flies can irritate suckler cows...

Views of a visitor: Dairying in Chile
Views of a visitor: Dairying in Chile

By Dr. Richard Kirkland, global technical manager, Volac Wilmar Feed Ingredients Think of Chile and it’s likely the rather unique...

Will this robot be part of the future of organics?
Will this robot be part of the future of organics?

Farmdroid is one of the latest robots to hit the farming world and it’s an impressive machine. Powered by solar...