Dairy
Autumn dairy sales return to Carnaross and Dungannon
On Wednesday (September 15) Carnaross Mart hosted Taaffe Auctions’ dairy sale, with the sale being the first chance for buyers...
N.Ireland
Agri-Business
Farmers For Action calls for trailer licences to be scrapped in NI
Rural lobby group Farmers For Action has written to Northern Ireland's Infrastructure Minister calling for a decision made in Westminster...
Environment
New Agriculture and Land Use Alliance launches Countryside COP
The newly formed Agriculture and Land Use Alliance (ALA), will host the first-ever 'Countryside COP' event to showcase and inspire...
Agri-Business
Calls for NI to invest in technology to reduce methane emissions from waste
Lack of investment in Northern Ireland's waste infrastructure has left the industry emitting higher volumes of environmentally-damaging greenhouse gases, such...
Arable
Record harvest on the cards for maize growers in Northern Ireland
Assuming that weather conditions hold over the coming weeks, maize growers in Northern Ireland can look forward to both a...
Dairy
Steps to prevent the spread of TB within your herd
The Bovine Tuberculosis (TB) eradiation scheme has been in place for 67 years in Ireland, with the scheme costing €97.3...
N.Ireland
Going, going, Scone! Dairy Council NI’s best scone competition receives almost 15,000 votes
A competition run by the Dairy Council for Northern Ireland (NI) to find the region's best scone has received almost...
N.Ireland
UK sheepmeat exports for July down 26% on the year
Once again, the UK has witnessed a decline in exports of fresh and frozen sheepmeat - this time for the...
N.Ireland
Autumn-calving: Best practice for stomach tubing
Stomach tubing is the most effective way of ensuring a calf receives adequate and high quality colostrum shortly after birth....
Beef
BSE case confirmed on farm in England
A single case of classical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) has been confirmed on a farm in Somerset, England, the UK's Department...
Agri-Business
Machinery Focus: Video – Big Fords and classic tillage
Austin Rothwell is a self confessed Ford tractor fanatic, especially those models with six cylinders under the bonnet, although he...
Beef
Production of flukicide Trodax ceased
Boehringer Ingelheim has confirmed to Agriland that it has ceased the production of the flukicide Trodax. The flukicide, which will...
Agri-Business
Lakeland Dairies announces membership of new smaller board
Lakeland Dairies has announced the new board of the co-operative, which will take effect on November 1, 2021. The announcement...
N.Ireland
Balmoral Show: New prize unveiled for NI’s top young beef handler
Young beef exhibitors at this year's Balmoral Show will battle it out in the ring to be the first name...
Environment
MLAs to debate DAERA Climate Bill next week
Stormont politicians are expected to debate Northern Ireland's second proposed Climate Change Bill for the first time next week. "The...
N.Ireland
Balmoral Show: Chance to win roan heifer in NI Air Ambulance raffle
Visitors to Balmoral Show next week will have the chance to win a roan heifer as part of a charity...
N.Ireland
A Stormont crash would not affect the passage of NI Farm Welfare Bill
Farmers For Action’s, William Taylor, has confirmed that any premature winding-up of the Stormont Executive will not impede the progress...
N.Ireland
21-year-old farmer killed in Co. Antrim incident
A man in his twenties has died in incident, believed to have involved a tractor, in Islandmagee, Co. Antrim, the...
