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CAFRE Horticulture Pilot Scheme application deadline extended
CAFRE Horticulture Pilot Scheme application deadline extended

The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) has extended the application deadline for the Horticulture Pilot Scheme to...

MP welcomes re-opening of GB markets for NI exports
MP welcomes re-opening of GB markets for NI exports

Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) agriculture spokesperson, Carla Lockhart MP, has welcomed DAERA’s announcement that some live animal exports from Northern...

Antrim student wins Dairy Council NI award for sports nutrition
Antrim student wins Dairy Council NI award for sports nutrition

Co. Antrim student Chloé Robinson has been named as the winner of the 2025 Dairy Council for Northern Ireland Sports...

NI Water indicates temporary halt to farm inspections – UFU
NI Water indicates temporary halt to farm inspections – UFU

Northern Ireland Water has indicated they will suspend all water-fitting inspections temporarily until they meet with the Ulster Farmers’ Union...

UCC researcher to investigate the rise of commercial cattle farming in Europe
UCC researcher to investigate the rise of commercial cattle farming in Europe

A University College Cork (UCC) researcher’s project has received €2 million in EU funding to investigate how commercial cattle farming...

2025 on course to be joint-second warmest year
2025 on course to be joint-second warmest year

2025 is currently tied with 2023 to be the second-warmest year on record, according to new data from the Copernicus Climate...

Price and quality key factors for dairy consumers – survey
Price and quality key factors for dairy consumers – survey

Dairy consumers are more interested in feeling confident about the quality assurance of the products they buy than in getting...

FAO launches International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026
FAO launches International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has launched the International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026, a global...

FAO launches International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026
FAO launches International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has launched the International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026, a global...

FAO Food Price Index declines in November
FAO Food Price Index declines in November

World food commodity prices declined in November, led by lower international quotations for all major staple foods except cereals, according...

Soil Association seeks feedback from NI agri-food sector
Soil Association seeks feedback from NI agri-food sector

Farmers, vets, food processing and agri-food businesses are invited to help shape the future of organic food and farming by...

Using data to cut dairy methane emissions
Using data to cut dairy methane emissions

Carbon footprint and methane emissions are among the most prominent and urgent issues facing dairy farmers today. Agriland talked to...

Muir welcomes new Farm Sustainability Standards
Muir welcomes new Farm Sustainability Standards

Northern Ireland Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Andrew Muir, has welcomed the passing of new farm sustainability standards,...

Watch: Young farmer jet-skis across flooded field
Watch: Young farmer jet-skis across flooded field

It is normal for Ivan Brett to spend a good bit of his time on a tractor, but when some...

Bold solutions for agri sector discussed at Methane Connect
Bold solutions for agri sector discussed at Methane Connect

If there was a theme to Methane Connect in Paris this week, it was multi-pronged solutions. Across several talks, pitches,...

EA: ‘Sustained rainfall’ in winter needed to prevent 2026 drought in England
EA: ‘Sustained rainfall’ in winter needed to prevent 2026 drought in England

England will experience worse levels of drought next year if this winter is drier than normal, the Environment Agency (EA)...

Good Food Ireland awards shine a spotlight on the ‘very best’
Good Food Ireland awards shine a spotlight on the ‘very best’

A five star castle, a seafood restaurant in Belfast and the family behind the delights of artisan ice-cream made from...