Agriland Team

Scots farmers urged to apply for wide vehicle dispensation now
Scots farmers urged to apply for wide vehicle dispensation now

NFU Scotland is urging farmers and crofters to apply to Police Scotland now for an agricultural dispensation for wide vehicle...

Grass advice: Don’t delay in taking out surplus paddocks for bales
Grass advice: Don’t delay in taking out surplus paddocks for bales

Grass growth has taken off once again over the past week or so in parts of the country, with the...

Checklist for shearers and farmers produced during Covid-19
Checklist for shearers and farmers produced during Covid-19

An industry checklist has been produced to ensure that shearers, wool handlers and farmers work in partnership to keep everyone...

Checklist for shearers and farmers produced during Covid-19
Checklist for shearers and farmers produced during Covid-19

An industry checklist has been produced to ensure that shearers, wool handlers and farmers work in partnership to keep everyone...

Controlling grassland weed on dairy farms – act now or pay next year
Controlling grassland weed on dairy farms – act now or pay next year

Docks are known to be one of the most troublesome grassland weeds, but did you know that leaving them in...

Controlling grassland weed on dairy farms – act now or pay next year
Controlling grassland weed on dairy farms – act now or pay next year

Docks are known to be one of the most troublesome grassland weeds, but did you know that leaving them in...

Marts seek Northern Ireland-style trade system to be enacted south of border
Marts seek Northern Ireland-style trade system to be enacted south of border

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, is being urged re-introduce a limited public auction service at...

Oxford research: Livestock emission calculations could be ‘unfair and inefficent’
Oxford research: Livestock emission calculations could be ‘unfair and inefficent’

The way that governments are setting targets for different greenhouse gas emissions could be “unfair, inefficient and dangerous,” according to...

US planting figures well ahead of wet 2019
US planting figures well ahead of wet 2019

US farmers are off to a better start to planting than the same time last year. In 2019, US farmers...

Aileen Barron: Marketing trends and consumer behaviour in light of Covid-19
Aileen Barron: Marketing trends and consumer behaviour in light of Covid-19

By Aileen Barron, Green Acre Marketing Already well reported is just how impactful, and, in some cases, challenging Covid-19 has...

New HCC board convenes during continued crisis
New HCC board convenes during continued crisis

New additions to the Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) board met with their colleagues virtually this week...

Over 8 million cigarettes smuggled in frozen chicken container
Over 8 million cigarettes smuggled in frozen chicken container

Over eight million cigarettes were seized at Dublin Port yesterday, Wednesday, May 6, by Revenue…that were being smuggled in a...

Vets welcome ‘pragmatic’ amendments to TB testing during Covid-19
Vets welcome ‘pragmatic’ amendments to TB testing during Covid-19

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has welcomed temporary amendments to bovine TB testing in England, Wales and Northern Ireland that...

Covid-19: 67% of CNH plants ‘operational’ following lock-down
Covid-19: 67% of CNH plants ‘operational’ following lock-down

The resumption of production at Case New Holland (CNH) Industrial is going according to plan, “and follows all Covid-19 health...

GDT index sees slight decrease in latest auction
GDT index sees slight decrease in latest auction

The latest Global Dairy Trade (GDT) event has concluded with a slight decrease in index, following a hefty drop at...

Tributes paid following tragic death of former ploughing champion
Tributes paid following tragic death of former ploughing champion

Tributes have been paid from both sides of the Irish Sea following the death of a multiple world ploughing champion...

Tributes paid following tragic death of former ploughing champion
Tributes paid following tragic death of former ploughing champion

Tributes have been paid from both sides of the Irish Sea following the death of a multiple world ploughing champion...

NSA: US negotiations offer new routes for UK sheepmeat
NSA: US negotiations offer new routes for UK sheepmeat

The National Sheep Association (NSA) has welcomed the news trade discussions between the US and UK are due to commence...