Agriland Team

Top tips for managing beef and sheep enterprises – for June
Top tips for managing beef and sheep enterprises – for June

Best-practice guidelines for beef and sheep farmers during the month of June have been released by the Department of Agriculture,...

Best-practice guidelines for dairy farmers this month
Best-practice guidelines for dairy farmers this month

The Department of Agriculture, Enterprise and Rural Affairs (DAERA), in Northern Ireland, has issued management notes for dairy farmers during...

Moy Park executive director recognised for HR excellence
Moy Park executive director recognised for HR excellence

Mike Mullan, an executive director at Moy Park, has been named ‘HR Director of the Year’ at the fifth annual...

Should you pay extra for a ‘long draw’ at silage time?
Should you pay extra for a ‘long draw’ at silage time?

In for the long haul? The question was posed to Agriland as to how exactly agricultural contractors set their rates...

Avian influenza control measures to be lifted in the North
Avian influenza control measures to be lifted in the North

The avian influenza (bird flu) prevention zone in Northern Ireland, which is due to expire tomorrow (May 31, 2017) will...

‘Brexit will be a disaster for the people of this island’
‘Brexit will be a disaster for the people of this island’

The survival of farming and agri-food in Northern Ireland hangs in the balance as a result of Brexit, according to...

Video: Watch this new CAT tackle the silage scene in Clare
Video: Watch this new CAT tackle the silage scene in Clare

With silage fever having swept across the country last week, it was not at all uncommon to see large machinery...

Deadline looms for EU dairy aid package applications
Deadline looms for EU dairy aid package applications

Eligible dairy farmers in Northern Ireland have less than a week to apply for the EU Exceptional Adjustment Aid (EAA) package,...

Pics: How have New Holland’s latest instalments performed at Gurteen?
Pics: How have New Holland’s latest instalments performed at Gurteen?

Back in February, Gurteen Agricultural College in Co. Tipperary updated its tractor fleet for the school, having brought in five New...

Pics: Record-breaking Connacht Tractor Run a ‘great success’
Pics: Record-breaking Connacht Tractor Run a ‘great success’

The Connacht Tractor Run, which took place on a new (as yet unopened) motorway last Sunday, May 21, couldn’t have...

More From Grass event is a ‘must-attend opportunity’
More From Grass event is a ‘must-attend opportunity’

The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) at Loughgall, Co. Armagh will host a ‘More from Grass’ event on Tuesday, June...

How much do contractors charge per acre for ‘wagon’ silage?
How much do contractors charge per acre for ‘wagon’ silage?

Wagon operators from around the country were asked to quote how much they are currently charging for cutting silage this...

Silage wrap specs: What, if anything, is the difference?
Silage wrap specs: What, if anything, is the difference?

When making baled silage, it is important to note what specifications of bale-wrap (film) you are getting. While ‘standard’ 750mm...

What is the going price for slurry spreading?
What is the going price for slurry spreading?

There is a wide range of prices currently being quoted by agricultural contractors around the country to get slurry spread. Quotes...

EU Commission to restart talks on glyphosate re-authorisation
EU Commission to restart talks on glyphosate re-authorisation

The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has welcomed the European Commission’s plan to re-authorise glyphosate for ten years. The European Commission...

Tractor of the Year 2018 competition kicks off
Tractor of the Year 2018 competition kicks off

Trelleborg and the Tractor of the Year Awards team have collaborated once again for the co-marketed event, ‘Tractor of the Year...

NI farmers cleared of wrongdoing after RHI audit
NI farmers cleared of wrongdoing after RHI audit

Poultry and mushroom farmers have been cleared of suspected improper use of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme in Northern Ireland....

Coolmore adds special, striking JCB ‘steeds’ to its fleet
Coolmore adds special, striking JCB ‘steeds’ to its fleet

When you think of racehorses one name that immediately springs to mind is Coolmore. This is for very good reason,...