Agriland Team

New air quality alert system launched for NI
New air quality alert system launched for NI

Northern Ireland Environment Minister Edwin Poots has announced changes to his department’s High Air Pollution Alert Protocol to improve public...

Applications open for CAFRE Advisory Group industry reps
Applications open for CAFRE Advisory Group industry reps

Applications have opened for four new members of CAFRE’s College Advisory Group (CAG). The group makes recommendations regarding the College...

Armagh farmer fined for failing to notify department of livestock movements
Armagh farmer fined for failing to notify department of livestock movements

An Armagh farmer has been convicted at Armagh Magistrates Court today (October 4) for two charges relating to livestock movements...

Poots invests in NI ‘climate literacy’ project ahead of COP26
Poots invests in NI ‘climate literacy’ project ahead of COP26

Northern Ireland's Department of Agriculture and Environment has invested in a 'Carbon Literacy' project to better inform the public about...

UK fuel crisis drives surge for Shannon-based technology
UK fuel crisis drives surge for Shannon-based technology

Shannon-based Internet of Things (IoT) hardware manufacturer Tekelek has reported a surge in interest for its fuel tank level measurement...

Pics: Check out Balmoral’s most appropriately dressed
Pics: Check out Balmoral’s most appropriately dressed

The Most Appropriately Dressed competition returned this year to the Balmoral Show and once again, it proved to be a...

Poots joins with NI scouts to plants tree for region’s centenary
Poots joins with NI scouts to plants tree for region’s centenary

As part of the Northern Ireland centenary celebrations, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) Minister Edwin Poots has...

AFBI grassland experiment passes 50-year milestone
AFBI grassland experiment passes 50-year milestone

By Jonathan Holland, Agri-Environment Branch, Agri-Food & Biosciences Institute The Long-term Slurry (LTS) site is one of the longest-running grassland...

NI farm and contractor fined after workers fall from telescopic handler forks
NI farm and contractor fined after workers fall from telescopic handler forks

A Newtownstewart-based company and a self-employed contractor have been fined for health and safety failings after two workers fell from...

Group revenue at Origin Enterprises increases by more than 4%
Group revenue at Origin Enterprises increases by more than 4%

Origin Enterprises plc, the international agri-services group which provides specialist agronomy advice, crop inputs and digital agricultural solutions to farmers,...

G20 countries urged to increase support for farmers in Afghanistan
G20 countries urged to increase support for farmers in Afghanistan

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is urging G20 countries to increase support for rural farmers in Afghanistan. Among...

Royals take in sights and tastes of NI agri-food at Balmoral Show
Royals take in sights and tastes of NI agri-food at Balmoral Show

Showgoers at Balmoral Park were in good company this afternoon (September 23) as HRH Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, and...

DeLaval ramps up milking robot production due to ‘surge in demand’
DeLaval ramps up milking robot production due to ‘surge in demand’

Sales of milking robots are up 20% with DeLaval having to increase production to match, the dairy machinery firm has...

NI Food and Drink Pavilion returns to Balmoral Show
NI Food and Drink Pavilion returns to Balmoral Show

Food and drink from a range of local artisan companies from across Northern Ireland are being showcased at this year’s...

Arla explores regenerative agriculture on 24 pilot dairy farms
Arla explores regenerative agriculture on 24 pilot dairy farms

Dairy cooperative Arla Foods has announced that it is taking tangible, farmer-led steps to gain more data and knowledge of...

Going, going, Scone! Dairy Council NI’s best scone competition receives almost 15,000 votes
Going, going, Scone! Dairy Council NI’s best scone competition receives almost 15,000 votes

A competition run by the Dairy Council for Northern Ireland (NI) to find the region's best scone has received almost...

BSE case confirmed on farm in England
BSE case confirmed on farm in England

A single case of classical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) has been confirmed on a farm in Somerset, England, the UK's Department...

Bobcat mini-excavator proves its worth on drainage projects
Bobcat mini-excavator proves its worth on drainage projects

In the Tarragona region of Spain, the General Community of Regants of the Dreta Sant de Sant Jaume d'Enveja is...