Agriland Team

‘Live cattle exports will help boost beef farmers incomes’
‘Live cattle exports will help boost beef farmers incomes’

Live export of cattle must be encouraged and supported by the Department of Agriculture in Northern Ireland to help boost...

Exchange rate boosts north’s farm payments by £39m
Exchange rate boosts north’s farm payments by £39m

A weaker Sterling has boosted the amount of money farmers in Northern Ireland will receive under direct payments this year....

Farmer fined for causing pollution to a waterway
Farmer fined for causing pollution to a waterway

A Co. Antrim farmer has been fined £500 plus an Offender Levy of £15 at Ballymena Magistrates’ Court today. The Carrickfergus...

Watch: Exclusive First Look Video Of Tractor Football at the Ploughing
Watch: Exclusive First Look Video Of Tractor Football at the Ploughing

Ahead of this week’s National Ploughing Championships, Agriland was invited to an exclusive first look at Ireland’s first ever tractor...

5 things anyone going to the Ploughing should check out at this year’s event
5 things anyone going to the Ploughing should check out at this year’s event

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to visit the National Ploughing Championships in Screggan, Tullamore, Co. Offaly from September...

Court finds cattle breeder guilty of selling bull with banned substance
Court finds cattle breeder guilty of selling bull with banned substance

A cattle breeder has been convicted, fined €500 and ordered to pay costs of €5,000 after he was found guilty...

Man (30s) dies following farm accident in Tyrone
Man (30s) dies following farm accident in Tyrone

A man in his 30s has died following a farm accident in Dungannon in Co Tyrone. The accident happened at...

New beef steak cut developed by US researchers
New beef steak cut developed by US researchers

Like a diamond in the rough, a small cut of beef that meat cutters throw in with ground meat is...

Details of EU Milk Reduction Scheme for North’s farmers revealed
Details of EU Milk Reduction Scheme for North’s farmers revealed

Farmers in Northern Ireland who plan of availing of the EU’s Voluntary Milk Reduction Scheme have until September 21 to...

55 lambs and two ewes stolen from a farm
55 lambs and two ewes stolen from a farm

Some 55 lambs and two ewes have been stolen from a farm in the Lisglass Road area of Co. Derry...

Farmer fined £1,000 for causing unnecessary suffering to cow
Farmer fined £1,000 for causing unnecessary suffering to cow

A Co. Tyrone farmer has been convicted and fined £1,000, plus a £15 offender levy, for transporting a bovine animal...

15 questions answered on the new EU milk reduction scheme
15 questions answered on the new EU milk reduction scheme

Details of how Irish dairy farmers can apply for the EU voluntary milk supply management scheme were recently agreed in...

Milk production in Northern Ireland falling, as prices still below those of 2015
Milk production in Northern Ireland falling, as prices still below those of 2015

In July the average farm gate price of milk in Northern Ireland, including retrospective bonuses, was 18.47p/l, falling by 0.45p/l compared...

Milk production in Northern Ireland falling, as prices still below those of 2015
Milk production in Northern Ireland falling, as prices still below those of 2015

In July the average farm gate price of milk in Northern Ireland, including retrospective bonuses, was 18.47p/l, falling by 0.45p/l compared...

Woman ‘critical’ after being attacked by cattle
Woman ‘critical’ after being attacked by cattle

A woman is understood to be in critical condition after she was attacked by cattle while out walking her dog...

Quiz: Think you’re a grass measuring guru? Prove it here!!
Quiz: Think you’re a grass measuring guru? Prove it here!!

Grass measuring is a vital tool used on many Irish farms and at some stage or another some farmers have...

‘Brexit could pave the way for a new approach to the problem of price volatility’
‘Brexit could pave the way for a new approach to the problem of price volatility’

Brexit could pave the way for a new approach to the problem of price volatility, the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU)...

Farmer (70s) dies in farm accident involving machinery
Farmer (70s) dies in farm accident involving machinery

A farmer in his 70s died in Co. Armagh yesterday from injuries he sustained as a result of a farm...