Agriland Team

CAFRE course to highlight food vulnerability
CAFRE course to highlight food vulnerability

A course focussed on the food supply chain and the issues its facing, ‘Exploring Food Vulnerability’, is set to held...

No poultry classes at this year’s Balmoral Show
No poultry classes at this year’s Balmoral Show

There will be no poultry or pigeon classes at this year’s Balmoral Show in light of the ongoing avian influenza...

NI: 10 out of 14 farm sectors increased margins in 2021/22
NI: 10 out of 14 farm sectors increased margins in 2021/22

10 out of 14 of the main types of farming enterprises in Northern Ireland recorded increases in gross margins between...

Weanling heifer sells for £13,000 at Clogher Mart
Weanling heifer sells for £13,000 at Clogher Mart

The Northern Ireland Commercial Cattle Exhibiters Club recently hosted a show and a sale of breeding cattle at Clogher Valley...

Nominations now open for NI Tidy Farmyard Awards
Nominations now open for NI Tidy Farmyard Awards

NFU Mutual has relaunched its Tidy Farmyard Awards in Northern Ireland, which aim to recognising those in agriculture who are “championing...

New scholarship for Ballymena adults to study at CAFRE for free
New scholarship for Ballymena adults to study at CAFRE for free

Adults in the Ballymena area of Co. Antrim have a new opportunity to study agriculture-related courses at the College of...

Retailers asked to review farmer relationships amid shortages
Retailers asked to review farmer relationships amid shortages

Farming Minister Mark Spencer has asked retailers to review how they work with farmers amid the current fruit and vegetable...

NI poultry numbers down 16% in 2022 – ag census
NI poultry numbers down 16% in 2022 – ag census

Total poultry numbers on Northern Ireland farms have decreased 16% year-on-year according to the Agricultural Census 2022. The results from...

AHWNI concerned about sheep scab levels in Northern Ireland
AHWNI concerned about sheep scab levels in Northern Ireland

Animal Health and Welfare Northern Ireland (AHWNI) has said it is concerned about the levels of sheep scab being diagnosed...

What is the Windsor Framework?
What is the Windsor Framework?

The UK and EU have today (Monday, February 27) reached an agreement in principal on the new Windsor Framework, which...

UK and EU reportedly reach deal on Northern Ireland Protocol
UK and EU reportedly reach deal on Northern Ireland Protocol

The UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen have reportedly reached an...

NI smallholder launches Ethical Schoolwear venture
NI smallholder launches Ethical Schoolwear venture

A man who moved back to Co. Down from Manchester after becoming a father to two adopted children has launched...

CAFRE to host grower workshops on fungicides
CAFRE to host grower workshops on fungicides

The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) is set to host workshops across Northern Ireland next week to update...

10 NI farms complete international ‘Dairy 4 Future’ project
10 NI farms complete international ‘Dairy 4 Future’ project

Ten farms in Northern Ireland have completed their participation in the international project Dairy 4 Future. The aim of the...

BVA NI and NIVA elect equine vet as new president
BVA NI and NIVA elect equine vet as new president

Equine vet Dr. Esther Skelly-Smith has been jointly elected as the new president of the Northern Ireland branch of the...

Fonterra to ‘compensate’ cyclone-hit farmers
Fonterra to ‘compensate’ cyclone-hit farmers

The New Zealand dairy co-operative Fonterra has said it will make “appropriate compensation” to farmers who have been forced to...

NI-bred Simmental tops Stirling sale at 28,000gns
NI-bred Simmental tops Stirling sale at 28,000gns

Simmental breeders Joe and Alan Wilson won the intermediate and supreme overall championships at this week’s breed society sale in...

BVD numbers in NI at lowest levels since eradication programme
BVD numbers in NI at lowest levels since eradication programme

New figures from Animal Health and Welfare NI (AHWNI) have shown that the number of Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Positive (BVDP)...