Farmers

Calls for tougher judicial sentences for people involved in rural crime have been reiterated by the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU), in light of…

Hundreds of unclaimed bull semen straws set to be destroyed in New Zealand

March 12, 2017

Close to 500 New Zealand farmers have been urged by genetics company CRV Ambreed to claim their bull semen stock, before it is destroyed.…

Online applications only accepted in Northern Ireland from now on

February 14, 2017

All future applications for agri-schemes in Northern Ireland must be submitted online, according to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA).…

Hundreds of livestock injured, dead and missing following Italian quakes

January 20, 2017

Hundreds of livestock have been injured, killed or are still missing following a series of earthquakes in the central region of Italy. This is…

Movies farmers are guaranteed to watch this Christmas

December 21, 2016

Around the festive season there is sure to be a wide array of movies choices on offer, with a mixture of old and new…

‘The interests of UK farmers are best served in the EU’

April 19, 2016

The interests of UK farmers are best served by the UK continuing its membership with the EU, according to the National Farmers’ Union (NFU).…

Dairy processors told to ‘think long and hard’ about further milk price cuts

April 18, 2016

Dairy processors are being urged to think long and hard about the implications for farmer confidence if they are considering March and April milk…

Tesco UK extends additional financial support for dairy farmers until spring

February 15, 2016

Dairy

Tesco has announced that it will extend its additional financial support for British dairy farmers until mid-April this year. Six months ago, the…

Pics: Protesting Greek farmers hit police with tomatoes, rocks and shepherd’s crooks

February 12, 2016

Over 800 farmers are protesting outside the Greek Ministry of Agriculture today after the government there introduced further tax increases and pension austerity…

New grocery regulations to rebalance relationships in the food sector

February 1, 2016

Agri-Business

A new set of regulations have been signed into law by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton, aimed at rebalancing…

Farmers in the east are offering to help their flooded western counterparts

December 15, 2015

Over the last few days, a number of farmers in the east of the country have contacted Agriland about donating haylage to their flooded…

Got your basic payment? Be on guard against fraudsters

December 5, 2015

Farmers in Northern Ireland have been warned to be on their guard against fraudsters targeting the agriculture sector, by the Ulster Farmers’ Union…

‘There’s farmers out there sleeping with a shotgun beside the bed’

November 24, 2015

The rural community are easy targets and there’s a lot of very agitated farmers out there sleeping with a shotgun beside the bed,…

UK police use sheep line-up to reunite farmers with their flock!

November 6, 2015

Sheep

Some 14 sheep farmers in England have been reunited with their sheep that were stolen between 2010 and 2013 after picking them out…

Non-farmers are buying more land than farmers in the UK

October 2, 2015

Non-farmer buyers have overtaken farmers as the main type of buyer of farmland in the UK, according to Savills. It says the proportion…

Farmers are least likely people to talk about stress or depression

September 18, 2015