Agriland Team

Study: Converting agricultural food waste to protein could solve food crisis
Study: Converting agricultural food waste to protein could solve food crisis

Researchers from King’s College London have found that converting agricultural food waste could serve as a solution for the global...

DAERA: Avoid ‘showering’ sheep during sheep scab treatment
DAERA: Avoid ‘showering’ sheep during sheep scab treatment

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) in Northern Ireland has issued a reminder to farmers about the...

UK farmers to breed ‘ultra-low-emission’ sheep
UK farmers to breed ‘ultra-low-emission’ sheep

A new Agri-EPI Centre project to breed ultra-low-emission sheep is about the start on Romney rams in Hertfordshire in the...

DAERA announces opening date for £300m Single Applications
DAERA announces opening date for £300m Single Applications

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced the opening date for the £300 million Single Applications...

One dead and another seriously injured in Welsh farm incident
One dead and another seriously injured in Welsh farm incident

One man has died and another 42-year-old man has been seriously injured in a farm incident in Wales. Dyfed-Powys Police...

Highest on record: UK red meat exports worth £1.7bn in 2022
Highest on record: UK red meat exports worth £1.7bn in 2022

The value of the UK’s red meat exports has reached its highest ever levels since records began, the Agriculture and...

DAERA and CAFRE offer biodiversity trip to Cotswolds farming cluster
DAERA and CAFRE offer biodiversity trip to Cotswolds farming cluster

Farmers in Northern Ireland are being offered an opportunity to travel to the Northeast Cotswolds Farmer Cluster in England to...

‘Positive outcome’: NI farm households to receive energy support
‘Positive outcome’: NI farm households to receive energy support

Farm households that were originally ineligible for the Energy Bills Support Scheme Payment will now receive support through Energy Bills...

Enniskillen egg producers fined for water pollution offences
Enniskillen egg producers fined for water pollution offences

A business in Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh has been fined for water pollution offences totalling £17,500 plus a £15 Offenders Levy....

CAFRE passes milestone of 750 carbon-benchmarked farms
CAFRE passes milestone of 750 carbon-benchmarked farms

The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) has passed the milestone of 750 carbon-benchmarked farm enterprises. Carbon benchmarking...

Soil health key to boosting carbon storage – FAO
Soil health key to boosting carbon storage – FAO

Rotational grazing, animal manures and agro-forestry can enhance soil health which in turn can play a “crucial role” in meeting...

Belfast man convicted of causing unnecessary suffering to pigs
Belfast man convicted of causing unnecessary suffering to pigs

A Belfast man has been convicted of one charge of causing unnecessary suffering to three pigs and one charge of...

Almost 10,000 cattle exported in first 5 weeks of 2023
Almost 10,000 cattle exported in first 5 weeks of 2023

A total of 9,850 head of cattle, weanlings and calves have been exported in the first five weeks of 2023,...

DAERA extends LMC chair and board appointments
DAERA extends LMC chair and board appointments

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced the extension of the appointments of the chair and...

What to expect from season two of Clarkson’s Farm
What to expect from season two of Clarkson’s Farm

The countdown to the highly anticipated second season of Clarkson’s Farm is on, with less than a day until the...

Agriculture revealed as NI’s largest source of emissions
Agriculture revealed as NI’s largest source of emissions

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has released Northern Ireland’s greenhouse gas (GHG) projection statistics, which has...

Arla Foods grew revenues to €13.8bn in 2022
Arla Foods grew revenues to €13.8bn in 2022

Arla Foods, the European dairy cooperative, grew its revenues by 23.2% last year to €13.8 billion, according to its latest...

£1.6m scheme for Northern Ireland pig producers opens
£1.6m scheme for Northern Ireland pig producers opens

A £1.6 million scheme from the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) to provide financial support to pig...