Agriland Team

Kazakhstan buyers tour NI to browse UK’s agri-tech wares
Kazakhstan buyers tour NI to browse UK’s agri-tech wares

Northern Irish agri-tech companies flaunted their wares to a team of investors from Kazakhstan interested in developing their country’s agricultural...

Why your best weapons against disease are a brush and hose
Why your best weapons against disease are a brush and hose

Farmers need to get back to basics with skills which were heavily emphasised in bygone days to reduce antibiotic use,...

Rare Breed farmer joins Open Farm Weekend line-up
Rare Breed farmer joins Open Farm Weekend line-up

Three new farms are set to open their gates to the public as part of this year’s Bank of Ireland...

Pics: Silage operation gets underway at Shannon Airport
Pics: Silage operation gets underway at Shannon Airport

Silage operations have gotten underway at Shannon Airport’s 400ac site this morning in an effort to alleviate the ongoing shortage of...

YFCU’s 2 new VPs set to be elected this weekend
YFCU’s 2 new VPs set to be elected this weekend

Young Farmers’ Clubs of Ulster (YFCU) members are set to elect two new vice presidents to the organisation’s presidential team...

Mastitis: Can you reduce antibiotic use while increasing cure rates?
Mastitis: Can you reduce antibiotic use while increasing cure rates?

It might seem counterintuitive, but veterinary experts say it is possible to increase mastitis cure rates while also lowering antibiotic...

Major dairy processor declares interest in LacPatrick venture
Major dairy processor declares interest in LacPatrick venture

Northern Ireland’s largest farmer-owned milk processor has declared an interest in a potential venture with LacPatrick, AgriLand can reveal. A...

School finalists announced for first Northern Angus Challenge
School finalists announced for first Northern Angus Challenge

The finalists of a competition in which young people compete to rear calves and win the profits have been announced....

Classic corner: Surviving example back to its former glory
Classic corner: Surviving example back to its former glory

Massey Ferguson had scored a dramatic success with the 100 series that was introduced in 1964. The 135 and 165...

First case of bovine Schmallenberg confirmed in Northern Ireland
First case of bovine Schmallenberg confirmed in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland’s first case of bovine foetal deformity due to Schmallenberg virus in 2018 has been confirmed in a stillborn calf...

LacPatrick’s potential suitors: Who might be interested and why?
LacPatrick’s potential suitors: Who might be interested and why?

Bosses at LacPatrick may be eyeing up a slice of Glanbia and Lakeland’s cross-border milk as part of the firm’s...

Could NI researchers have the answer to zinc oxide fears?
Could NI researchers have the answer to zinc oxide fears?

Researchers in Northern Ireland are hopeful they may have found a natural alternative to the soon-to-be-banned zinc oxide. It’s feared...

Grant awarded to develop a multiplex rapid test for mastitis
Grant awarded to develop a multiplex rapid test for mastitis

Glasgow’s School of Veterinary Medicine and a UK diagnostic test manufacturer have been awarded more than £800,000 (€926,000) to develop...

Trade focus: Producing exacting farm machinery…on a ‘smaller’ scale
Trade focus: Producing exacting farm machinery…on a ‘smaller’ scale

“Most of the people on the course didn’t even know what a tractor was,” explained Ciaran Dunne, as he reflects...

Back on track: NI grass growth rates expected to soar
Back on track: NI grass growth rates expected to soar

Researchers expect grass growth to boom over the next seven days, bringing growth back on track with the 10-year average....

Board of LacPatrick Dairies ‘considering a merger’
Board of LacPatrick Dairies ‘considering a merger’

The board of LacPatrick Dairies is considering a merger to consolidate the dairy industry, it has been confirmed today. Following...

Fashion by day; farming by night: Part-time doesn’t mean unprofitable
Fashion by day; farming by night: Part-time doesn’t mean unprofitable

Working in the fashion industry by day and farming by night doesn’t make up your typical grassland farmer’s routine, but...

DAERA backs calls for 3-crop rule derogation
DAERA backs calls for 3-crop rule derogation

Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has added its backing to calls for an exemption to...