Agriland Team

Home educating on the farm: Family share lessons learned

N.Ireland

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

N.Ireland

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

Agri-Business

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

Dairy

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

Agri-Business

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

N.Ireland

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’

N.Ireland

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’

N.Ireland

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’

N.Ireland

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

Agri-Business

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

Machinery

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?

Beef

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

Agri-Business

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...
Farm model mania the ‘perfect’ distraction in troubled times

N.Ireland

Farm model mania the ‘perfect’ distraction in troubled times

A specialist in making farm models and buildings is fielding lots of new enquiries at present as model mania is...
Grain price: Up and down this week

Agri-Business

Grain price: Up and down this week

Wheat markets showed substantial increases this week, but there was volatility in the market. MATIF wheat for May moved from...
Dairy focus: Milking 300 Jersey-cross cows on a grass-based system in the US

Dairy

Dairy focus: Milking 300 Jersey-cross cows on a grass-based system in the US

In this week’s dairy focus, AgriLand caught up with Bernard Ryan from Tipperary, who is working on a grass-based dairy...
Ewe health issues: Getting to grips with mastitis this lambing season

Sheep

Ewe health issues: Getting to grips with mastitis this lambing season

As we enter into the busy lambing period, farmers across the country are more than likely going to come across...
GDT platform ‘will continue to remain fully operational’

Agri-Business

GDT platform ‘will continue to remain fully operational’

The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) trading platform will “continue to remain fully operational” with auctions to continue as normal, according...