Agriland Team

Trailers, wagons and tankers: Key prices from first FTMTA auction
Trailers, wagons and tankers: Key prices from first FTMTA auction

A huge auction of tractors and farm machinery – organised by the Farm Tractor and Machinery Trade Association (FTMTA) –...

Exchange rate boost to add £13 million to North’s farm subsidies
Exchange rate boost to add £13 million to North’s farm subsidies

Northern Irish farmers will be better off this year, as exchange rate fluctuations add around 5% to the value of...

Fill your slurry tanker in less than 60 seconds
Fill your slurry tanker in less than 60 seconds

Colgan Agri, a Tullamore-based father-and-son contracting company, launched a mobile slurry tanker ‘Filling Arm’ at the National Ploughing Championships, in...

Wexford man Martin Kehoe ploughs to victory at NI Ploughing Championship
Wexford man Martin Kehoe ploughs to victory at NI Ploughing Championship

World champion ploughman Martin Kehoe from Co. Wexford stole the show at this weekend’s Northern Ireland International Ploughing Championship. Dozens...

Tractor pics and prices: Results from huge Punchestown auction
Tractor pics and prices: Results from huge Punchestown auction

A sizeable unreserved auction of tractors and farm machinery – organised by the Farm Tractor and Machinery Trade Association (FTMTA)...

‘Slow Food’ festival celebrates return with two local product launches
‘Slow Food’ festival celebrates return with two local product launches

A festival celebrating the best of the north west’s home-grown produce will return to the ‘maiden city’ next weekend. Northern...

Meet the Michelin-starred chef on a mission to bring back the ‘Mighty Spud’
Meet the Michelin-starred chef on a mission to bring back the ‘Mighty Spud’

Inspired by his love of farming, a Michelin-starred chef is urging the Irish public to get back behind its favourite...

Supermarkets cancel orders for 2 Sisters after undercover investigation
Supermarkets cancel orders for 2 Sisters after undercover investigation

Four major UK supermarkets have ditched 2 Sisters as a poultry supplier after an investigation into the UK’s biggest supermarket...

Belfast is keeping it country at Farmers’ Bash
Belfast is keeping it country at Farmers’ Bash

Plaid shirts, stetsons and cowboy boots at the ready. What is being billed as the biggest event of 2017 for...

Some like them Blonde: Behind the scenes at NI’s top Blonde herds
Some like them Blonde: Behind the scenes at NI’s top Blonde herds

Two herds in Co. Down and Co. Antrim have come out top at this year’s NI Blonde Cattle Club herd...

Transporter with a twist: Square bales anyone?
Transporter with a twist: Square bales anyone?

An interesting new square bale collector, developed by Wilson Engineering, was launched at last week’s National Ploughing Championships. Called the...

Bracing for Brexit: Innovative veg exporter details plans
Bracing for Brexit: Innovative veg exporter details plans

Brexit is looming, but Mash Direct – one of the North’s best-known food exporters – is thinking ahead by launching...

Polish power: The ‘Falcon’ lands on Irish shores at the ‘Ploughing’
Polish power: The ‘Falcon’ lands on Irish shores at the ‘Ploughing’

Looking for something different in the search for a new muck spreader? Polish company Metal-Fach might have the answer. Showcased at...

Is Dale Farm’s new 27p/L contract for you? What you need to know
Is Dale Farm’s new 27p/L contract for you? What you need to know

Bosses at Northern Ireland’s largest milk processor, Dale Farm, say they have had a “very encouraging” response to its new 27p/L fixed-price...

Farm invention that cuts out ‘hardship’ and ‘saves your back’
Farm invention that cuts out ‘hardship’ and ‘saves your back’

Ballyealan Engineering, an agri-engineering company in its infancy, launched the ‘Easy Arm’ at the National Ploughing Championships in Tullamore, Co. Offaly...

No slurry applicator brackets? No problem
No slurry applicator brackets? No problem

Given the emphasis on both environmentally-friendly practices and overall farm efficiency in recent years, many farmers are keen to apply...

Crime initiative puts farmers on the watch for rural thieves
Crime initiative puts farmers on the watch for rural thieves

Farmers have been urged to sign up to a new rural crime watch initiative to tackle the issue in Northern...

Ploughman who battled cancer nominated as farming’s ‘Unsung Hero’
Ploughman who battled cancer nominated as farming’s ‘Unsung Hero’

A young ploughman who battled Leukemia has been nominated as Northern Ireland farming’s ‘Unsung Hero’. Speaking as part of AgriLand’s...