Agriland Team

Antrim brothers named Nature Friendly Farmers of the Year
Antrim brothers named Nature Friendly Farmers of the Year

At this year’s Farming Life awards, brothers James and David Bonnar from the Glenwherry area of the Antrim plateau, were...

Cost of bTB is soaring in Northern Ireland – UFU
Cost of bTB is soaring in Northern Ireland – UFU

The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has said that bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is costing Northern Ireland more and more each year....

Omagh agri-engineer shortlisted for LAMMA award
Omagh agri-engineer shortlisted for LAMMA award

Daniel Broderick, an agricultural engineer from Omagh, Co.Tyrone, has been selected today (Thursday, December 15) as a finalist for the...

Rural schools play role in farm safety initiative
Rural schools play role in farm safety initiative

The Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland (HSENI) has said it is being supported by over 430 rural and special...

NI Protocol: UFU calls for resolution of 4 ‘potentially devastating’ issues
NI Protocol: UFU calls for resolution of 4 ‘potentially devastating’ issues

The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has called for the Dairy Council of Northern Ireland (DCNI) to support the resolution of...

HSENI launches farm safety campaign aimed at older farmers
HSENI launches farm safety campaign aimed at older farmers

The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has today (Thursday, December 8) launched a farm safety awareness campaign...

Clarkson’s Farm season 2 release date announced
Clarkson’s Farm season 2 release date announced

The release date for season two of the popular TV series Clarkson’s Farm has been confirmed. According to the show’s...

NI: 15 spots on DAERA-sponsored dairy visit to England
NI: 15 spots on DAERA-sponsored dairy visit to England

Northern Ireland's Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is offering fifteen dairy farmers the opportunity to travel to...

The twentysomethings changing the future of agriculture
The twentysomethings changing the future of agriculture

Electric-powered trailers, modular vertical farming units, mushroom-picking robots, probiotics for plants and more-efficient fertilisers. These are just some of the...

Pedigree Aberdeen Angus heifer star prize in memorial raffle
Pedigree Aberdeen Angus heifer star prize in memorial raffle

A pedigree Aberdeen Angus heifer from an award-winning cow family is the star prize in a memorial raffle in aid...

Moy Park to restart live processing line in Ballymena
Moy Park to restart live processing line in Ballymena

Moy Park has confirmed it will restart its live processing line at its Ballymena factory in Co. Antrim, which will...

NI farmer charged for causing unnecessary suffering to 28 sheep
NI farmer charged for causing unnecessary suffering to 28 sheep

A farmer from Co. Down has been convicted in court for causing unnecessary suffering to 16 sheep and 11 lambs....

Belfast to host UK Wildfire Conference this week
Belfast to host UK Wildfire Conference this week

The UK Wildfire Conference will take place in the Europa Hotel, Belfast, on Wednesday and Thursday of this week (November...

Dale Farm reports big jump in pre-tax profits for year to March
Dale Farm reports big jump in pre-tax profits for year to March

Dale Farm, the Northern Ireland co-op which is owned by 1,300 dairy farmers, has reported a significant year-on-year jump in...

Dairy markets: GDT index back again after latest auction
Dairy markets: GDT index back again after latest auction

The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) index has fallen for the third successive auction event today (Tuesday, November 1). The index...

Man dies following collision between tractor and car in Tyrone
Man dies following collision between tractor and car in Tyrone

A man has died following a two-vehicle collision between a car and a tractor in Co Tyrone. The Police Service...

Sunak pledges to ‘protect our environment’
Sunak pledges to ‘protect our environment’

Rishi Sunak, the UK’s new Prime Minister, has pledged to “protect our environment”. This commitment he said, is at the...

New Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on farming
New Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on farming

Rishi Sunak has emerged the winner of the internal Conservative Party race to become the next Prime Minister of the...