Agriland Team

Tips for autumn calving and breeding in the suckler herd
Tips for autumn calving and breeding in the suckler herd

Autumn-calving suckler farms are well through calving by now, and in most cases, attention has started to turn to breeding....

Tirlán suppliers in NI to be paid under A+B-C model from 2025
Tirlán suppliers in NI to be paid under A+B-C model from 2025

All payments for milk supplied to Tirlán by Northern Ireland farmers will be made on an A+B-C model from 2025....

Former agriculture student named as Newry crash victim
Former agriculture student named as Newry crash victim

The 23-year-old man who died in a car crash outside Newry on Tuesday (October 18) has been named as former...

Fonterra to invest $1 billion by 2030 to cut emissions
Fonterra to invest $1 billion by 2030 to cut emissions

New Zealand dairy co-operative and processor Fonterra will invest NZ$1 billion (€582 million at the current exchange rate) by 2030...

Suspected case of bird flu in Co. Down – DAERA
Suspected case of bird flu in Co. Down – DAERA

Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has introduced disease control measures following initial confirmation of avian...

Arla to reward farmers for sustainability practices via milk price
Arla to reward farmers for sustainability practices via milk price

Arla Foods has today (Friday, October 7) announced that it will start paying its farmer milk suppliers for sustainability activities...

New Zealand parliament votes to end live exports by sea
New Zealand parliament votes to end live exports by sea

The New Zealand parliament has voted to end the export of livestock by sea, a decision that will come into...

Japan takes ‘World’s Best Steak’ title with Wagyu sirloin
Japan takes ‘World’s Best Steak’ title with Wagyu sirloin

The 2022 World Steak Challenge results were announced at an event which took place at the Round Room at the...

Edwin Poots attends National Ploughing Championships
Edwin Poots attends National Ploughing Championships

Northern Ireland Minister for Agriculture, Edwin Poots, has attended the National Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska, Co Laois, Ireland, for the...

Sexed semen proving to be a success on NI suckler farm
Sexed semen proving to be a success on NI suckler farm

The use of sexed semen, or semen sorted according to gender, is becoming more readily available to suckler farmers in...

NI badger cull unlikely to take place this year
NI badger cull unlikely to take place this year

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has said that the proposed badger cull in Northern Ireland is...

Queen under medical supervision at Balmoral
Queen under medical supervision at Balmoral

The Queen is under medical supervision at Balmoral in Scotland and her doctors are concerned for her health, Buckingham Palace...

Letters of offer due to issue to NI ag shows – Poots
Letters of offer due to issue to NI ag shows – Poots

Letters of offer are due to issue to representatives of local agricultural shows in Northern Ireland, Minister for Agriculture, Environment...

Farmer convicted and fined for water pollution
Farmer convicted and fined for water pollution

A Co. Antrim farmer, 50-year-old, Mark Patterson from Carmavy Road, Crumlin was convicted at Ballymena Magistrates’ Court for a water...

Liz Truss chosen as UK’s new Prime Minister
Liz Truss chosen as UK’s new Prime Minister

Liz Truss has today (Monday, September 5) been chosen as the new leader of the British Conservative and Unionist Party...

NI farmers receive direct payments six weeks early
NI farmers receive direct payments six weeks early

Farmers in Northern Ireland have been issued direct payments six weeks earlier than previous years. Direct payments worth a combined...

Rabobank: Global beef markets holding for now
Rabobank: Global beef markets holding for now

Global beef markets are continuing to hold relatively strong at present, though there is evidence of decreasing consumer confidence due...

Derry farmer fined for water pollution offence
Derry farmer fined for water pollution offence

A farmer from Co. Derry has been fined a total of £5,025.34 for a water pollution offence. Philip Palmer was...