Agriland Team

GDT index sees slight increase in latest auction
GDT index sees slight increase in latest auction

The latest Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction has concluded with a slight lift for the GDT index overall, marking the...

Volac warns against ‘unnecessary stockpiling’
Volac warns against ‘unnecessary stockpiling’

Volac has warned that “unnecessary stockpiling” of its products by customers during the Covid-19 outbreak could put pressure on its...

French dairy sector sets up €10 million fund for farmers reducing milk supply
French dairy sector sets up €10 million fund for farmers reducing milk supply

The French dairy sector has urged its farmer suppliers to reduce milk production over the coming weeks to ease the...

Letter to the editor: ‘Our over-55 farmers would have never retired in the first place’
Letter to the editor: ‘Our over-55 farmers would have never retired in the first place’

Farmers supply what fills the supermarkets’ shelves. Life on Northern Ireland’s farms is not getting any easier, as Covid-19 tightens...

Letter to the editor: ‘Our over-55 farmers would have never retired in the first place’
Letter to the editor: ‘Our over-55 farmers would have never retired in the first place’

Farmers supply what fills the supermarkets’ shelves. Life on Northern Ireland’s farms is not getting any easier, as Covid-19 tightens...

Home educating on the farm: Family share lessons learned
Home educating on the farm: Family share lessons learned

With many parents struggling to home school their children during the Covid-19 pandemic, the advice from a home educating farm...

Home educating on the farm: Family share lessons learned
Home educating on the farm: Family share lessons learned

With many parents struggling to home school their children during the Covid-19 pandemic, the advice from a home educating farm...

Machinery and contractor groups: Interconnected sectors ‘critical’ to food production
Machinery and contractor groups: Interconnected sectors ‘critical’ to food production

European groups representing agricultural machinery manufacturers, distributors, dealers and agri contractors have committed their support to farmers and cooperatives across...

American farmers dump milk amid Covid-19 crunch
American farmers dump milk amid Covid-19 crunch

A number of farmers in the US and Canada have been forced to open their bulk tanks and dump milk...

Aileen Barron: SEO and setting your agri-business up for online success
Aileen Barron: SEO and setting your agri-business up for online success

Search engine optimisation (SEO) is a practice that will help your website rank higher on search engines; ultimately making it...

The ins and outs of artificially rearing surplus lambs
The ins and outs of artificially rearing surplus lambs

Before the lambing season kicked off, farmers should have set up a designated area for pet/surplus lambs to be reared...

Opinion: ‘We face a fast-paced, unfamiliar and invisible enemy – but we face it together’
Opinion: ‘We face a fast-paced, unfamiliar and invisible enemy – but we face it together’

By Edwin Poots – Minister for Agriculture for Northern Ireland As a nation, we are facing the biggest health crisis...

Opinion: ‘We face a fast-paced, unfamiliar and invisible enemy – but we face it together’
Opinion: ‘We face a fast-paced, unfamiliar and invisible enemy – but we face it together’

By Edwin Poots – Minister for Agriculture for Northern Ireland As a nation, we are facing the biggest health crisis...

Opinion: ‘We face a fast-paced, unfamiliar and invisible enemy – but we face it together’
Opinion: ‘We face a fast-paced, unfamiliar and invisible enemy – but we face it together’

By Edwin Poots – Minister for Agriculture for Northern Ireland As a nation, we are facing the biggest health crisis...

EU member states told to ‘exchange information’ on seasonal worker needs
EU member states told to ‘exchange information’ on seasonal worker needs

The European Commission has issued guidelines for EU member states to follow to ensure the continued movement of workers, including...

JCB to join ‘national effort’ to address ventilator shortage
JCB to join ‘national effort’ to address ventilator shortage

JCB is set to re-start production at one of its factories, which had been closed due to the coronavirus crisis,...

What fertiliser do I need to spread to grow a crop of first-cut silage?
What fertiliser do I need to spread to grow a crop of first-cut silage?

By Mark Plunkett, Teagasc soil and plant nutrition specialist Grass silage has a large nutrient demand and adequate nitrogen (N),...

New AHDB report highlights export opportunities
New AHDB report highlights export opportunities

A new report by AHDB will arm exporters with crucial information on the Vietnamese marketplace as work continues to gain...