Agriland Team

Growers urged to review 5-point arable farm ‘bucket list’ before Brexit
Growers urged to review 5-point arable farm ‘bucket list’ before Brexit

Tillage farmers – regardless of their size or location in the country – should focus on a five-point ‘bucket list’ to...

Brexit modelling: How the likely options will hit tillage
Brexit modelling: How the likely options will hit tillage

Post-Brexit subsidy changes will have a much bigger effect on farm viability than any other factor, according to one of...

Classic corner: No rest for the wicked; 37-year-old earns its keep
Classic corner: No rest for the wicked; 37-year-old earns its keep

Whisper the word Fendt in farming circles and many eyes will roll upwards – just at the thought of the...

Huge variation in machinery costs on Irish tillage farms
Huge variation in machinery costs on Irish tillage farms

The top 33% of tillage farmers spent €199/ha on machinery costs in 2016, according to results from Teagasc’s eProfit Monitor...

Umbilical slurry spreading: How much does it cost?
Umbilical slurry spreading: How much does it cost?

As slurry tanks reach capacity, agricultural contractors are gearing up for a busy period of spreading slurry. This comes as...

YFCU roadshows to feature business consultants, land mobility and valuation experts
YFCU roadshows to feature business consultants, land mobility and valuation experts

Several rural experts will travel to a series of events across Northern Ireland to discuss the issue of land mobility,...

‘Northern Ireland’s share of farm payments should be ring-fenced’
‘Northern Ireland’s share of farm payments should be ring-fenced’

Ulster Unionist MEP Jim Nicholson has said he has “many concerns” surrounding the future of farm payments in Northern Ireland....

Ammonia plan to be completed within 12 months – but legislative changes will need a minister
Ammonia plan to be completed within 12 months – but legislative changes will need a minister

A formal ammonia plan for tackling Northern Ireland’s spiralling emissions is expected to be completed before the end of the...

How much are contractors charging for slurry spreading?
How much are contractors charging for slurry spreading?

Slurry tanks around the country are reaching capacity and agricultural contractors are gearing up for a busy spell. This comes...

If the Brexit vote happened today, UK agriculture would vote ‘remain’
If the Brexit vote happened today, UK agriculture would vote ‘remain’

More than two-thirds of those in British agriculture would vote to remain if the UK’s EU Referendum took place now,...

Slurry petition calls for end to ‘calendar farming craziness’
Slurry petition calls for end to ‘calendar farming craziness’

Approximately 2,000 people have signed an online petition calling for the slurry ban to be scrapped in Northern Ireland. The...

Pics: Tractor driver in near miss at ‘The Cut’
Pics: Tractor driver in near miss at ‘The Cut’

Motorists were left stunned after a tractor driver hauling bales of straw appeared to have had a narrow miss with...

Brucellosis testing regime to be relaxed further
Brucellosis testing regime to be relaxed further

The brucellosis testing programme in Northern Ireland will be relaxed further, bringing significant benefits and savings for our farmers and...

New TB board ‘TBEP’ on the hunt for two farming representatives
New TB board ‘TBEP’ on the hunt for two farming representatives

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) today launched a competition to appoint seven members to its new...

Classic corner: Is this the ultimate modern, working classic tractor?
Classic corner: Is this the ultimate modern, working classic tractor?

The ongoing evolution of tractors within a company’s line-up can be somewhat confusing to those who are not ardent followers...

AFBI chief to step down later this year
AFBI chief to step down later this year

Dr. Sinclair Mayne, chief executive of the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), announced earlier today that he plans to retire...

Meet the Ulster farmers set to appear on this year’s Rare Breed
Meet the Ulster farmers set to appear on this year’s Rare Breed

The latest series of hit agricultural show ‘Rare Breed – A Farming Year’ is set to return to screens across...

How more than 100 Scottish farmers pooled together for fairer prices
How more than 100 Scottish farmers pooled together for fairer prices

A group of farmers in Scotland, who banded together to negotiate the first post Milk Marketing Board milk price contract,...