Rural Life
Applications open for UK heats of Worldskills butchery competition
Time is running out to register for one of the biggest butchery competitions in the UK. Hybu Cig Cymru- Meat...
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Arable
BASIS relaxes rules on CPD point collection
With much of the country working from home and most industry events cancelled, BASIS has taken the decision to relax...
Agri-Business
Grain price: Up and down this week
Wheat markets showed substantial increases this week, but there was volatility in the market. MATIF wheat for May moved from...
Dairy
Dairy focus: Milking 300 Jersey-cross cows on a grass-based system in the US
In this week’s dairy focus, AgriLand caught up with Bernard Ryan from Tipperary, who is working on a grass-based dairy...
Dairy
Dairy focus: Milking 300 Jersey-cross cows on a grass-based system in the US
In this week’s dairy focus, AgriLand caught up with Bernard Ryan from Tipperary, who is working on a grass-based dairy...
Agri-Business
Muller to take on 300 new employees to meet panic-buy demand
Muller has announced plans to take on an additional 300 key workers to help feed the nation amid unprecedented consumer...
Agri-Business
Department encourages farmers to phone-in cattle movements
A new, extended telephone service has been set up by Northern Ireland Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots to avoid delays in...
Agri-Business
Department encourages farmers to phone-in cattle movements
A new, extended telephone service has been set up by Northern Ireland Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots to avoid delays in...
Sheep
Ewe health issues: Getting to grips with mastitis this lambing season
As we enter into the busy lambing period, farmers across the country are more than likely going to come across...
Agri-Business
GDT platform ‘will continue to remain fully operational’
The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) trading platform will “continue to remain fully operational” with auctions to continue as normal, according...
Agri-Business
NI agriculture minister halts all routine farm inspections
All routine farm inspections will be paused until 30 April 2020, Northern Ireland’s Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots has confirmed...
Agri-Business
NI agriculture minister halts all routine farm inspections
All routine farm inspections will be paused until 30 April 2020, Northern Ireland’s Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots has confirmed...
Rural Life
Feed the Nation: 11,000 sign up to 'Land Army' style scheme
More than 11,000 people have signed up to a new ‘Land Army’ style scheme to help farms across the UK...
Machinery
Fendt production suspended at 2 plants due to Covid-19
The agricultural machinery producer AGCO – maker of Fendt – is suspending the production at its Marktoberdorf and Asbach-Bäumenheim sites...
N.Ireland
Linden workers refuse to start shift in row over Covid-19 control measures
As many as 60 workers are understood to have refused to start their shifts at the Linden Foods site in...
Agri-Business
Linden workers refuse to start shift in row over Covid-19 control measures
As many as 60 workers are understood to have refused to start their shifts at the Linden Foods site in...
Arable
Getting the right seed rate in your spring cereals
Spring sowing is underway in many parts of the country. Seed rate should take in a number of factors including...
Agri-Business
Aileen Barron: Online venues for discussion groups and farm demos
By Aileen Barron, Green Acre Marketing With many open days, farm demos, discussion group events and other such gatherings unlikely...