Agriland Team

AgriSearch board appoints 2 new trustees
AgriSearch board appoints 2 new trustees

The farmer-funded research and innovation body, AgriSearch, has announced two new appointments to its Board of Trustees. It comes as...

25% of EU agriculture land to be organically farmed by 2030
25% of EU agriculture land to be organically farmed by 2030

One-quarter of agricultural land in the EU will be under organic farming by the year 2030, according to the EU’s...

Gene-editing to be reviewed by EU in 2021
Gene-editing to be reviewed by EU in 2021

At today’s (Wednesday, May 20) adoption of the European Commission’s Farm to Fork Strategy Commissioner Stella Kyriakides stated that the EU...

Analysis: Dairy markets continue to trend higher despite strong production
Analysis: Dairy markets continue to trend higher despite strong production

Dairy markets continued to trend higher in recent weeks, according to multi-national financial services firm INTL FCStone. Both physical/spot quotations...

Covid-19 impact puts nearly 1,000 staff jobs at risk in JCB
Covid-19 impact puts nearly 1,000 staff jobs at risk in JCB

Urgent talks are underway between a workers’ union and JCB over almost 1,000 staff jobs which have been deemed at-risk...

Covid-19 impact puts nearly 1,000 staff jobs at risk in JCB
Covid-19 impact puts nearly 1,000 staff jobs at risk in JCB

Urgent talks are underway between a workers’ union and JCB over almost 1,000 staff jobs which have been deemed at-risk...

Strategic Potato Farm Scotland looks for solutions for the seed industry
Strategic Potato Farm Scotland looks for solutions for the seed industry

AHDB’s new host SPot farmer in Scotland, seed potato producer, Jim Reid, from Milton of Mathers farm, St. Cyrus, north...

Sheep management: Nematodirus and lameness issues arising on farms
Sheep management: Nematodirus and lameness issues arising on farms

Speaking to farmers over the last week, they have said that they have come across a couple of flock health...

Kubota to invest in company behind Farmtrac tractors
Kubota to invest in company behind Farmtrac tractors

Japanese machinery manufacturer Kubota has announced an investment in the Indian company behind the Farmtrac tractor range. With this arrangement...

Can you afford to miss this grazing opportunity this summer?
Can you afford to miss this grazing opportunity this summer?

As housed dairy systems become more popular, CAFRE staff are advising farmers to reconsider the financial benefits of sticking to...

Can you afford to miss this grazing opportunity this summer?
Can you afford to miss this grazing opportunity this summer?

As housed dairy systems become more popular, CAFRE staff are advising farmers to reconsider the financial benefits of sticking to...

NI farmers show their appreciation to the NHS with local produce
NI farmers show their appreciation to the NHS with local produce

Members of the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) have showed their support for the NHS by providing frontline workers with locally-produced food...

Forestry and timber markets face new challenges over the coming years – report
Forestry and timber markets face new challenges over the coming years – report

Global supply chains face unprecedented levels of uncertainty from the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. This is according to a...

UK forestry investment market worth £121 million during 2019 – Savills report
UK forestry investment market worth £121 million during 2019 – Savills report

The value of the UK forestry investment market was just over £121 million during the 2019 forest year (October 1,...

AGCO reports net sales of €1.76 billion for first 3 months
AGCO reports net sales of €1.76 billion for first 3 months

Multinational agricultural machinery giant AGCO reported its results for the first quarter, ending March 31, 2020 earlier this month. AGCO...

Third generation of Claas family takes on chairperson role
Third generation of Claas family takes on chairperson role

The third generation of the Claas family has taken over the family business, with the announcement of a new chairperson...

Depression and self-harm more prevalent among ‘meat abstainers’
Depression and self-harm more prevalent among ‘meat abstainers’

Research carried out in the US indicates that people who avoid eating meat are more at risk of depression, self-harm...

Sheep advice: Think about quality over quantity when it comes to making silage
Sheep advice: Think about quality over quantity when it comes to making silage

Over the next few weeks, the task of gathering and storing next winter’s silage will begin. Sometimes on sheep farms,...