Agriland Team

Agriland journalist nominated for food writing awards
Agriland journalist nominated for food writing awards

Agriland senior northern correspondent, Rachel Martin has been nominated for a number of prestigious writing awards. The Co. Down native...

GDT sees slight lift for first rise in 9 auctions
GDT sees slight lift for first rise in 9 auctions

The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) index has recorded a small lift in index marking an end to eight straight index...

Volac announces acquisition of Micron Bio Systems
Volac announces acquisition of Micron Bio Systems

The dairy nutrition company Volac has announced its acquisition of Micron Bio Systems, the UK based bio-science solutions business. Micron...

2 arrests made as part of rural crime clampdown in Down
2 arrests made as part of rural crime clampdown in Down

Two arrests were made for criminal offences during vehicle checkpoints conducted as part of an operation targeting rural crime in...

Indian scientists develop system to generate hydrogen from agricultural residue
Indian scientists develop system to generate hydrogen from agricultural residue

Sentient Labs, an Indian-based R&D innovation lab and MACS - Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), have developed what they claim to...

56% of NI prime cattle beef kill from suckler-bred stock
56% of NI prime cattle beef kill from suckler-bred stock

During the second quarter of 2021, suckler-bred cattle accounted for 56% of the total prime cattle beef kill in Northern...

Minister Poots visits conservation project in Antrim hills
Minister Poots visits conservation project in Antrim hills

Northern Ireland Agriculture and Environment Minister Edwin Poots was in Glenwherry, Co. Antrim today (Thursday August 12) to meet the...

Applications open for AHDB’s Pig Industry Scholarship programme
Applications open for AHDB’s Pig Industry Scholarship programme

Companies in the pig industry have until August 31 to apply to take an agricultural student on in their business...

‘Transparency’ needed when it comes to ‘net zero’ and ‘carbon neutral’ claims
‘Transparency’ needed when it comes to ‘net zero’ and ‘carbon neutral’ claims

A new initiative launched recently will focus on trying to improve the "integrity" of 'voluntary carbon markets', to help ensure...

Milkman mistaken for burglar and arrested by UK police
Milkman mistaken for burglar and arrested by UK police

A milkman doing a delivery run for a local dairy was arrested by police in the UK in recent days...

United Auctions staff to take on 500-mile Great Glen Challenge for RSABI
United Auctions staff to take on 500-mile Great Glen Challenge for RSABI

Around 40 members of United Auctions staff are in training to take on the first-ever Virtual Great Glen Challenge this year....

Global food commodity prices fall in July
Global food commodity prices fall in July

Global food commodity prices fell in July for a second consecutive month. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Food Price...

Poots commits £332,000 to aid Mournes Wildfire Recovery
Poots commits £332,000 to aid Mournes Wildfire Recovery

Almost £350,000 has been set aside to help the Mourne Mountains recover following the devastating wildfire in April 2021, Environment...

38 veterinary surgeons welcomed as RCVS Fellows
38 veterinary surgeons welcomed as RCVS Fellows

A total of 38 UK veterinary surgeons will be welcomed as RCVS Fellows later. The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons...

Oatly loses trademark case taken against Glebe Farm
Oatly loses trademark case taken against Glebe Farm

Glebe Farm Foods, a British family-run business, has this week triumphed in a case brought against it by Oatly, the...

35 horses shot dead on rural property in Queensland
35 horses shot dead on rural property in Queensland

Investigations are ongoing by local authorities after 35 horses were found shot dead on a rural property in Queensland, Australia....

John Deere acquires robotics company for $250m
John Deere acquires robotics company for $250m

John Deere has signed an agreement to acquire Bear Flag Robotics for $250 million. Founded in 2017, the Silicon Valley-based startup develops...

NI Water awards £7 million contract for sampling and transport of wastewater
NI Water awards £7 million contract for sampling and transport of wastewater

Northern Ireland (NI) Water has awarded a contract for the sampling and transportation of water and wastewater samples to Belfast-based...