Agriland Team

Northern Ireland farmers call on processors to honour commitments on residencies
Northern Ireland farmers call on processors to honour commitments on residencies

With the news that livestock markets are now working with cattle farmers on the residencies issue, Ulster Farmers’ Union president...

UFU welcomes opening of Private Storage Aid for dairy products
UFU welcomes opening of Private Storage Aid for dairy products

The Ulster Farmers’ Union has welcomed the EU Commission’s announcement that it will be introducing measures, including Private Storage Aid...

O’Neill welcomes progress on cattle residencies
O’Neill welcomes progress on cattle residencies

Northern Ireland’s Agriculture Minister Michelle O’Neill has welcomed efforts made by the beef industry in the north to resolve the...

UFU welcome marts decision to disclose beef cattle residencies
UFU welcome marts decision to disclose beef cattle residencies

The Ulster Farmers’ Union has welcomed the decision by the Northern Ireland Livestock Auctioneer Association (NILAA) to display the number...

UFU welcome marts decision to disclose beef cattle residencies
UFU welcome marts decision to disclose beef cattle residencies

The Ulster Farmers’ Union has welcomed the decision by the Northern Ireland Livestock Auctioneer Association (NILAA) to display the number...

NI potato industry agree to collect potato promotion funding
NI potato industry agree to collect potato promotion funding

Following a meeting of potato industry stakeholders to discuss the best way forward for the industry. Potato packers, merchants and...

Northern Minister approves application for ‘nomad’ cattle to be labelled as ‘Irish’
Northern Minister approves application for ‘nomad’ cattle to be labelled as ‘Irish’

‘Nomad’ cattle can now be labelled as ‘Irish’, the Northern Ireland Minister for Agriculture Minister Michelle O’Neill announced. The Minister has...

UK Unions in Northern Ireland meet on dairy issues
UK Unions in Northern Ireland meet on dairy issues

Dairy representatives from each of the UK Farming Unions were in Northern Ireland recently to meet with the Ulster Farmers’...

Rise in rural crime costs NI rural economy £3.9m
Rise in rural crime costs NI rural economy £3.9m

Ulster Farmers’ Union President Ian Marshall has stressed that rural crime is becoming more and more of an issue following...

Beef-sired calf registrations higher in July – LMC
Beef-sired calf registrations higher in July – LMC

Beef-sired calf registrations in Northern Ireland totalled 32,452 head during July 2014 compared to 29,566 registrations in July 2013. This...

UFU meets Asda to discuss lamb procurement policy
UFU meets Asda to discuss lamb procurement policy

The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has met with representatives from Asda and the Northern Ireland Retail Consortium to discuss their lamb...

Numbers of Northern lambs coming south for slaughter down 29%
Numbers of Northern lambs coming south for slaughter down 29%

According to latest figures form the Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) in Northern Ireland during the eight-week period ending July...

Farm Improvement Scheme will be crucial to Northern farmers – UFU
Farm Improvement Scheme will be crucial to Northern farmers – UFU

The new Farm Business Improvement Scheme will be crucial and attractive to many farmers in Northern Ireland according to UFU President...

Farm Improvement Scheme will be crucial to Northern farmers – UFU
Farm Improvement Scheme will be crucial to Northern farmers – UFU

The new Farm Business Improvement Scheme will be crucial and attractive to many farmers in Northern Ireland according to UFU President...

High demand for quality assured lambs in Northern Ireland
High demand for quality assured lambs in Northern Ireland

Lamb throughput in the Northern Ireland plants has been very strong in recent weeks with favourable production conditions during 2014 to date...

Coveney meeting Northern counterpart today on ‘nomad’ cattle
Coveney meeting Northern counterpart today on ‘nomad’ cattle

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney is meeting his Northern counterpart, Michelle O’Neill, today to discuss...

UFU challenges retailers on lamb sourcing
UFU challenges retailers on lamb sourcing

The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has written to a number of major retailers challenging their lamb sourcing policies, following their lack...

Grazing infrastructure pays dividends
Grazing infrastructure pays dividends

A recent farm walk was held on the dairy farm of John and George Hanna, Downpatrick. They demonstrated how the...