Agriland Team

Moy Park invests £180,000 at Northern hatchery
Moy Park invests £180,000 at Northern hatchery

Moy Park has invested £180,000 in four revolutionary incubators at its hatchery in Craigavon, Northern Ireland. The new incubators, the...

400 piglets and 32 sows killed in Co. Tyrone farm fire
400 piglets and 32 sows killed in Co. Tyrone farm fire

Some 400 piglets and 32 sows have been killed in a fire on a Co. Tyrone farm, according to the...

Northern Ireland summit to address ‘serious difficulties’ facing dairy farmers
Northern Ireland summit to address ‘serious difficulties’ facing dairy farmers

The Ulster Farmers Union is holding a summit for dairy farmers and the dairy industry on Thursday 27 August at...

Sales in North’s food and drink sector increase 5.8% year-on-year
Sales in North’s food and drink sector increase 5.8% year-on-year

Provisional estimates indicate sales in the food and drinks industry in Northern Ireland have increased to £4,772m in 2014, an...

Sales in North’s food and drink sector increase 5.8% year-on-year
Sales in North’s food and drink sector increase 5.8% year-on-year

Provisional estimates indicate sales in the food and drinks industry in Northern Ireland have increased to £4,772m in 2014, an...

Moy Park becomes official poultry supplier to Ulster Rugby
Moy Park becomes official poultry supplier to Ulster Rugby

Moy Park has teamed up with Ulster Rugby for the upcoming 2015/2016 season as official poultry supplier to the squad....

Tractor driver dies after colliding with Honda 4×4
Tractor driver dies after colliding with Honda 4×4

A man in his 80s has died in mid-Ulster after the tractor and trailer he was driving collided with a...

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...