Agriland Team

GAA and Ulster Farmers’ Union team-up for Farm Safety Week
GAA and Ulster Farmers’ Union team-up for Farm Safety Week

The GAA and the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) have teamed-up to support Farm Safety Week. Running this week (July 6...

GAA and Ulster Farmers’ Union team-up for Farm Safety Week
GAA and Ulster Farmers’ Union team-up for Farm Safety Week

The GAA and the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) have teamed-up to support Farm Safety Week. Running this week (July 6...

A record 21,000 people visit North’s Open Farm Weekend
A record 21,000 people visit North’s Open Farm Weekend

Over 21,000 people visited 21 farms across Northern Ireland as part of last weekends (June 13 and 14) Open Farm...

A record 21,000 people visit North’s Open Farm Weekend
A record 21,000 people visit North’s Open Farm Weekend

Over 21,000 people visited 21 farms across Northern Ireland as part of last weekends (June 13 and 14) Open Farm...

Prime cattle supplies tighten in Northern Ireland
Prime cattle supplies tighten in Northern Ireland

The deadweight cattle trade has steadied in Northern Ireland with base quotes rising on the back of tighter supplies, according...

Over 20 farms in Northern Ireland to open their gates to the public
Over 20 farms in Northern Ireland to open their gates to the public

Some 21 farms in Northern Ireland are to open their gates to the public as part of the Bank of...

‘China impressed with the North’s standard of pork’
‘China impressed with the North’s standard of pork’

China’s General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) is impressed with the standard of pork production in Northern Ireland,...

Northern Ireland to see £1m spent on rural broadband
Northern Ireland to see £1m spent on rural broadband

All rural broadband dwellers should have access to good broadband, the North’s Agriculture Minister Michelle O’Neill has said. The Minister...

Young farmers have the chance to rear six calves and win £6,000
Young farmers have the chance to rear six calves and win £6,000

Young farmers in the North aged 12-16 years old will have the chance to rear their own calves to finish...

Farmer found guilty of animal cruelty but avoids jail
Farmer found guilty of animal cruelty but avoids jail

A Co. Antrim farmer has been disqualified from keeping animals for five years after he was convicted of three charges of...

‘60% of measures to reduce GHG emissions will make money or have no cost’
‘60% of measures to reduce GHG emissions will make money or have no cost’

Some 60% of the measures that farmers can take currently to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will either make the business money...

‘60% of measures to reduce GHG emissions will make money or have no cost’
‘60% of measures to reduce GHG emissions will make money or have no cost’

Some 60% of the measures that farmers can take currently to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will either make the business money...

Tyrone farmer fined for moving a sheep unfit for journey
Tyrone farmer fined for moving a sheep unfit for journey

A Northern Ireland farmer has been fined £500 by Craigavon Magistrates’ Court for transporting a sheep that was not fit for the...

Tyrone farmer fined for moving a sheep unfit for journey
Tyrone farmer fined for moving a sheep unfit for journey

A Northern Ireland farmer has been fined £500 by Craigavon Magistrates’ Court for transporting a sheep that was not fit for the...

The grass is no longer greener on the agri side of the fence in Northern Ireland
The grass is no longer greener on the agri side of the fence in Northern Ireland

There was a time when most sectors of the Northern Ireland economy looked on with envy at the environment in...

Farmer fined for causing unnecessary suffering to cow
Farmer fined for causing unnecessary suffering to cow

A Co. Antrim farmer has been fined £4,000 in court for causing unnecessary suffering to a bovine animal and for transporting the animal...

North’s Minister O’Neill to visit China for trade negotiations
North’s Minister O’Neill to visit China for trade negotiations

The North’s Agricultural Minister Michelle O’Neill is to visit China at the beginning of June to further trade negotiations between...

Agricultural college to hold open day for upcoming courses
Agricultural college to hold open day for upcoming courses

The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) will be holding an open day at their Northern Ireland Greenmount campus...