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Takeaway demands provide huge boost for NI lamb and cheese sales

June 24, 2020

The nation’s love for kebabs and pizza helped takeaway sales of lamb and cheese soar by 80% during lockdown, according to estimates by…

Dealing with flies in suckler herds

June 21, 2020

Beef

Suckler farmers should now be on the lookout for flies. At the best of times, flies can irritate suckler cows and their offspring.…

What is the correct way to stack round bales of silage?

June 2, 2020

Beef

In recent years, more and more baled silage has been made and this year is no different. Tractors and balers have been busy…

Observation and record keeping during breeding

June 2, 2020

Beef

Close observation during the first month of breeding is essential. Farmers need to keep an eye on cows that have been served and…

Calving interval data for beef dams in Wales for 2019 released

May 17, 2020

Beef

Reducing cows’ intervals between calving is one of the key improvements that beef farmers should aim for in order to increase the efficiency…

What causes bloat and how can it be avoided?

May 3, 2020

Beef

With the grazing season in full swing in all parts of the country, cattle can be dotted across the countryside grazing fresh pastures.…

Milking hundreds of cows and finishing 2,000 Brazilian-origin bulls in Egypt

April 13, 2020

Beef

Earlier this year, AgriLand embarked on a Bord Bia and Department of Agriculture-led trade missed to North Africa – visiting both Algeria and…

NI marts suspend operations amidst virus pandemic

March 23, 2020

Beef

Niall Claffey and Claire Mc Cormack A large number of marts across Northern Ireland have announced the suspension of operations for at least…

How might Covid-19 impact on dairy and red meat sectors?

March 20, 2020

Dairy

The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) dairy analyst Patty Clayton and her red meat colleague Duncan Wyatt have gone on the record…

China lifts 30-month age restriction on US beef imports

January 24, 2020

Beef

China and the US have signed an agreement whereby the Asian country will remove the 30-month age limit for beef it imports from…

Dale Farm and ABP Horizon Dairy Beef Partnership: Everything you need to know

January 16, 2020

Beef

Two of Northern Ireland’s major agri-food businesses, Dale Farm and ABP, have announced the Horizon Dairy Beef Partnership. ‘Horizon’ is the first collaborative…

Dale Farm and ABP announce new dairy-beef partnership – ‘Horizon’

January 14, 2020

Beef

Northern Irish dairy processor Dale Farm and beef processor ABP have joined forces to launch an initiative aimed at “building a more sustainable…

Revisited: A feed bill of $10,000/month to deal with a 20-month drought in the US

December 26, 2019

Beef

The final farm stop when AgriLand visited Texas earlier this year was to Steven Anderson – a Beefmaster cattle breeder – located in the Panhandle…

Revisited: How a US mart selling up to 110,000 head annually operates

December 25, 2019

Beef

Following on from the visit to the Wrangler Feedyard in the US, the next stop – for an Irish delegation of farmers and…

Revisited: Inside the gates of a 50,000 head feedlot in Texas

December 24, 2019

Beef

Up next is the first of the international beef farms that AgriLand visited in May 2019 – as part of ONE19: The Alltech…

Should I vaccinate my suckler cows against calf scour?

December 23, 2019

Beef

Spring calving on suckler farms is only a few weeks away and now is the time for farmers to start gearing up for…

Chinese protein deficit presents opportunities for beef – commission

November 7, 2019

Beef

A senior official from the European Commission has said that the losses in the Chinese pig herd from African swine fever (ASF) and…

‘Future of European beef sector’ to be discussed at EU committee

November 5, 2019

Beef

The future of the European beef sector will be discussed tomorrow, Tuesday, November 5 at a session of the European Parliament’s agriculture committee,…

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