Machinery
Workshop focus: What you need to know about your tractor's alternator
Modern vehicles are packed full of electric and electronic components; the alternator is one of the most essential elements. It provides power...
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Machinery
Eye-catching tanker knows how to push its 'weight' about
This Belgian-built slurry tanker (see main picture) – from Dezeure / Loonwerken Marreel – popped up at a recent European...
N.Ireland
End to slurry ban recommended in government report more than a year ago
A government-commissioned report by DAERA’s expert working group recommended ending the slurry ban more than a year ago, AgriLand can...
Machinery
Here's the ultimate 'one-pass' system - for baled silage contractors
This (see main picture) is the Agronic WR500 front rake; it’s designed to be used on either a tractor’s front...
N.Ireland
Stormont stalemate: 8 Department of Agriculture decisions awaiting ministerial sign-off
Eight policy decisions within Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) await ministerial sign-off because of the...
N.Ireland
Stormont stalemate: 8 Department of Agriculture decisions awaiting ministerial sign-off
Eight policy decisions within Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) await ministerial sign-off because of the...
N.Ireland
Former director of environment named new DAERA permanent secretary
A former civil service director of environment, Denis McMahon, has been appointed as the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural...
N.Ireland
Soil analysis shows much work to be done on improving soil condition
Land is the most limiting and expensive resource on dairy farms but only half of Northern Irish soils analysed this...
Machinery
Pics: The big winners at LAMMA Innovation Awards 2018
LAMMA 2018, while only managing to run for one day this year due to severe winds and unsuitable conditions, nonetheless...
N.Ireland
Nitrates Derogation: 5 questions you need to consider
Grainne McCarney from the crops and sustainability development branch at the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) answers...
Machinery
Need a pull? Try this new, telescopic lower linkage
On large, heavy tractors, how do you juggle axle loads to prevent wear, protect the soil and maximise traction? Has Fendt...
Machinery
Is this the biggest 'harvesting' contractor?
A contractor (custom harvester) and farming enterprise in the US – Olsen Custom Farms – has just bought its 500th John Deere...
N.Ireland
Tyrone AD plant becomes first in the UK to earn industry certification
A Co. Tyrone anaerobic digestion (AD) plant has become the first in the UK to be certified under a scheme...
Environment
Tyrone AD plant becomes first in the UK to earn industry certification
A Co. Tyrone anaerobic digestion (AD) plant has become the first in the UK to be certified under a scheme...
N.Ireland
Wool Board nominations set for election as Buchanan ends 12-year tenure
Two Northern Ireland sheep farmers have been nominated to replace outgoing British Wool Board chairman Ian Buchanan as the Northern...
N.Ireland
Wool Board nominations set for election as Buchanan ends 12-year tenure
Two Northern Ireland sheep farmers have been nominated to replace outgoing British Wool Board chairman Ian Buchanan as the Northern...
Environment
Bulk fertiliser spreading: How much does it cost?
Now that the fertiliser prohibited period has come to an end, some farmers are busy agitating and emptying slurry storage...
N.Ireland
Stormont stalemate tightens grip on Northern farms
Farmers have voiced their frustration that decisions affecting some of Northern Ireland’s biggest agricultural issues have been put on the...
