Agriland Team

Almost 9,000t SMP sold out of intervention in latest tender
Almost 9,000t SMP sold out of intervention in latest tender

Provisional results for the latest tender of sales of skimmed milk powder (SMP) from intervention by the European Commission saw...

Bayer appeals $289 million glyphosate verdict
Bayer appeals $289 million glyphosate verdict

Bayer – the new owner of Monsanto and the glyphosate weedkiller – asked a California judge to throw out a...

NI Water fined £80,000 over 3 major pollutions
NI Water fined £80,000 over 3 major pollutions

Northern Ireland Water was today fined a total of £80,000 for three serious water pollution offences – including an incident...

Predicting cattle disease ahead of time – through blood tests
Predicting cattle disease ahead of time – through blood tests

MicroRNA levels in the blood could be used to predict the future health and productivity of dairy cattle, British scientists...

Cows die on German farm following overnight release
Cows die on German farm following overnight release

Four cows have died with up to 40 others in severe difficulty on an organic dairy farm in Germany, due...

Lely narrows the gap between dairy farmers and consumers
Lely narrows the gap between dairy farmers and consumers

After being kept a secret, Lely unveiled its latest Yellow Revolution – the Lely Orbitor – on a test farm...

Modern-day Montbeliarde: Building this herd from the ground up
Modern-day Montbeliarde: Building this herd from the ground up

High-yielding Montbeliarde cows and genetics imported from France, and modern robotic technology, will be the focus of an open day...

Tractor stuck on Exmouth beach for 2 days pulled free
Tractor stuck on Exmouth beach for 2 days pulled free

A tractor which sank on a beach at the estuary of the River Exe in England was finally pulled free...

Barn containing 1,500t of silage and 200 bales goes ablaze
Barn containing 1,500t of silage and 200 bales goes ablaze

A large barn went on fire in rural Lancashire last night (Thursday, September 6), resulting in 60 firefighters being called in...

DNA from up to 4 animals found in UK meat samples
DNA from up to 4 animals found in UK meat samples

DNA from animals not on the labelling was found in over a fifth of meat samples tested in 2017 in...

Lakeland Dairies officially opens new ‘state-of-the-art’ facility
Lakeland Dairies officially opens new ‘state-of-the-art’ facility

A new “state-of-the-art” facility has been officially opened by Lakeland Dairies in Newtownards, Co. Down, today (Wednesday, September 5). Supported...

Death on Tyrone farm prompts investigations
Death on Tyrone farm prompts investigations

A man has died on a farm in Co. Tyrone over the weekend, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI)...

Cattle take McDonald’s drive-thru detour following escape
Cattle take McDonald’s drive-thru detour following escape

A number of cattle escaped from their trailer when it overturned beside a Welsh McDonald’s fast food outlet this morning...

Mid-town manure mess explained
Mid-town manure mess explained

The town of Aughnacloy, Co. Tyrone, woke up yesterday (Thursday, August 30) to find its streets covered in a mess of...

Overnight incident leaves town covered in ‘slurry’
Overnight incident leaves town covered in ‘slurry’

An incident has occurred in Aughnacloy, Co. Tyrone, in which one of the village’s streets has been layered in a...

Gorse offered to farmers as animal bedding in Wales
Gorse offered to farmers as animal bedding in Wales

Farmers in Wales are reportedly being offered an unusual form of animal bedding in light of straw price hikes caused...

Dromore gears up for International Sheepdog Trial 2018
Dromore gears up for International Sheepdog Trial 2018

Thousands of local, national and international visitors will descend on Dromore’s Gill Hall Estate, Co. Down, when the International Sheepdog...

D’Arcy steps down as LacPatrick chief
D’Arcy steps down as LacPatrick chief

LacPatrick Dairies chief executive Gabriel D’Arcy has announced his decision to resign as chief executive of cross-border milk processor. The...