Agriland Team

Jeremy Clarkson opens Diddly Squat Restaurant
Jeremy Clarkson opens Diddly Squat Restaurant

Jeremy Clarkson has announced the opening of his new on-farm ‘Diddly Squat Restaurant’. Taking to Twitter, the TV personality-turned farmer...

Beef Focus: Measuring methane on 380ac research farm
Beef Focus: Measuring methane on 380ac research farm

Bromstead Farm is a mixed grassland and arable farm located in Shropshire and is a beef research farm for ABP...

DAERA confirms bird flu in wild birds on Rathlin Island
DAERA confirms bird flu in wild birds on Rathlin Island

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) in Northern Ireland has confirmed positive test results for avian influenza...

See inside ‘the world’s first’ carbon-neutral beef factory
See inside ‘the world’s first’ carbon-neutral beef factory

With 16 UK locations and over 12,000 farmer-suppliers based in the UK, ABP Food Group is a major beef processor...

Queen’s in £5m UK project to help agrifood reach net zero
Queen’s in £5m UK project to help agrifood reach net zero

Queen’s University Belfast (Queen’s) was today (Thursday, July 7) named part of a government-backed, £5 million research network designed to...

Pics: NIFRS rescues calf from slurry pit in Antrim
Pics: NIFRS rescues calf from slurry pit in Antrim

A calf in Co. Antrim has been reunited with its mother following a rescue mission by Northern Ireland Fire and...

DAERA staff raise over £9k for Air Ambulance NI
DAERA staff raise over £9k for Air Ambulance NI

Staff from the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA), along with their family and friends, have raised £9,680...

FAO: Many countries ‘vulnerable to trade shocks’ in agri-food market
FAO: Many countries ‘vulnerable to trade shocks’ in agri-food market

Many countries around the world remain vulnerable to trade shocks in the agri-food market, according to a new report from...

New environmental course for GCSE/AS-level students in NI
New environmental course for GCSE/AS-level students in NI

General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) and Advanced Subsidiary (AS)-level secondary school students in Northern Ireland will be able to...

Beef Focus: ‘Growing multi-species swards requires a total mindset change’
Beef Focus: ‘Growing multi-species swards requires a total mindset change’

The Turley family, based in Downpatrick, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, are suckler and beef farmers embarking on a new venture...

Table: The effect of low soil pH on fertiliser utilisation
Table: The effect of low soil pH on fertiliser utilisation

On many beef and sheep farms, in particular where ground is rented, farmers can be reluctant to spend money on...

Irish beef price surpasses UK price for first time in 11 years
Irish beef price surpasses UK price for first time in 11 years

The latest figures show that for the week ending May 28, the average Irish R3 steer price was 7c/kg ahead...

Tributes paid to farming contractor’s son who died following crash
Tributes paid to farming contractor’s son who died following crash

Tributes are being paid to a Co. Derry, Northern Ireland teenager, named locally as Max Boggs, who died following a...

Assessment of Mournes wildfire damage underway
Assessment of Mournes wildfire damage underway

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA), Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) and the Police Service...

Tesco supports its UK egg suppliers with new contracts
Tesco supports its UK egg suppliers with new contracts

Tesco has today (Thursday, May 26) announced new five-year contracts for all of its five shell egg suppliers. These are:...

Avian Influenza Prevention Zone in NI lifted
Avian Influenza Prevention Zone in NI lifted

The Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) which was introduced back in November to help slow the spread of bird flu...

Sowing white clover: Advice for beef and sheep farms
Sowing white clover: Advice for beef and sheep farms

The benefits of sowing white clover was one of the key topics discussed at a recent farm walk near Maguiresbridge...

Beef Focus: Managing rising costs on Fermanagh beef farm
Beef Focus: Managing rising costs on Fermanagh beef farm

Managing the rising costs on beef and sheep farms was the central theme of a series of farm walks hosted...