N.Ireland
Record-breaking heat across Europe on New Year’s Day
2023 is off to a warm start with record-breaking heat across several European countries on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, according...
N.Ireland
Agri-Business
World meat prices fell in December
A decline in demand drove international bovine meat prices down in December, according to the latest Food Price Index report...
N.Ireland
BullWise now the main disributor for CRV in ROI and NI
Ireland is set to see the introduction of new artificial insemination (AI) company to the market called BullWise. The company...
N.Ireland
Study: Environmental impacts of dairy beef halved
A study has revealed that a new way of calculating the environmental footprint of foodstuffs leaves the impacts of animal-based...
Agri-Business
Nordic food company ceases dairy to produce oat drinks
One of the Nordic region’s largest food companies, Fazer, has signalled its intention to cease dairy production and focus on...
N.Ireland
DAERA launches draft Ammonia Strategy consultation
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has launched a consultation on its draft Ammonia Strategy. The draft...
Agri-Business
Looking for a new opportunity? Agriland Media Group is hiring
Are you looking for a new opportunity to work in media in 2023? Agriland Media Group is hiring a news...
Agri-Business
$15m food crisis funding for small rural farmers in Ukraine
Rural households, smallholder farmers and small-scale agricultural enterprises in Ukraine will benefit from a $15.5 million project funded by the...
N.Ireland
750k hens to be culled in Czech Republic due to bird flu outbreak
Approximately 750,000 laying hens are to culled after an outbreak of avian influenza (bird flu) on a farm in the...
N.Ireland
Oilseed rape research: Disease control update
A comparative study of a fungal pathogen of oilseed rape (OSR) in Europe and China using new genetic markers has...
N.Ireland
Moy Park and NIFDA directors honoured in New Year’s honours list
A Moy Park director and an executive director of the Northern Ireland Food and Drink Association (NIFDA) have been acknowledged...
N.Ireland
How climate change has left millions without food in northern Kenya
The number of people suffering from acute food insecurity in the Horn of Africa – southern Ethiopia, northern Kenya and Somalia...
N.Ireland
‘Biocredits’ – global demand growing to fund biodiversity action
Global demand for biodiversity credits, or ‘biocredits’, is growing among governments, people and businesses, according to a research paper for...
Agri-Business
All options open as Manitou invests in alternative fuels
Manitou has been busy exploring alternatives to powering its equipment with diesel engines. The company appears to favour electrical drive...
Agri-Business
Machinery: Farming’s 2022 revolution reviewed – part 2
Continuing with the theme of charting the ever changing face of farm mechanisation, we look at the second of half...
Agri-Business
Why slurry could power the future thanks to AD
What do slurry, anaerobic digestion (AD) and boiling a kettle have in common? In Ireland – not a lot now...
Agri-Business
Machinery: Farming’s 2022 revolution reviewed – part 1
A revolution will rarely happen overnight and despite the usual stream of commentators informing us that farming is going to...
Agri-Business
Jeremy Clarkson temporarily closes Diddly Squat Farm Shop
Jeremy Clarkson has said that he will close the Diddly Squat Farm Shop tomorrow (Saturday, December 31) until February. The...
