Beef
Weed control: When is the best time to spray for best results?
In recent weeks, slurry and fertiliser spreaders have been a common site in the fields, and on the roads in...
Dairy
Dairy
Holstein UK Announce Winners of 2020 Master Breeder Awards
A total of 19 high-performing Holstein herds have been awarded Master Breeder status by Holstein UK. Master Breeder rewards Holstein...
Arable
Have you checked your fertiliser spread pattern lately?
Fertiliser spread patterns should be checked on a regular basis. Farmers all over the country are spreading fertiliser on grassland...
Dairy
Lakeland drops March milk price as Covid-19 bites
Lakeland Dairies has become the first processor to reveal its milk price for the month of March, revealing a sharp...
Agri-Business
Scottish retailers to lift lockdown restrictions on dairy products
Supermarkets are beginning to lift restrictions on dairy products following pressure from the farmers’ union in Scotland. The past three...
Dairy
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...
Dairy
RABDF seeks Government support to prevent widespread dairy disruption
Dairy farmers are calling on the Government to help fund a short-term financial support scheme for farmers severely affected by...
Agri-Business
UK farmers forced to dump milk as Covid-19 knocks processing capacity
Farmers in parts of England say they have been asked to dump their milk as processors struggle to work through...
Dairy
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...
Agri-Business
UK’s first online-only livestock auction to take place next week
The catalogue is already published and plans are well underway for the UK’s first-ever totally virtual livestock sale. The lockdown has...
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...
Agri-Business
Muller set increase milk price for May
Qualifying Muller Direct farmers are set to receive an extra 1p/L for May’s milk. It means farmers supplying Muller who...
Agri-Business
APHA to defer rollout of new 6-month TB testing regime
Plans to implement tighter, six-monthly TB tests in Shropshire and Staffordshire will be deferred until after the Covid-19 pandemic is...
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),...
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...
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...
Agri-Business
Muller to take on 300 new employees to meet panic-buy demand
Muller has announced plans to take on an additional 300 key workers to help feed the nation amid unprecedented consumer...
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...
