Agriland Team

McAleer calls for more vaccination clinics in rural areas
McAleer calls for more vaccination clinics in rural areas

West Tyrone MLA Declan McAleer has called on the Department of Health and Health Trusts to engage with local community...

Pics: Trapped cow hoisted free from Kiwi rotary parlour
Pics: Trapped cow hoisted free from Kiwi rotary parlour

A crane had to be brought in to rescue a trapped cow from the centre of a rotary milking parlour...

Room for improvement in slug control strategies
Room for improvement in slug control strategies

A survey of UK arable growers has highlighted the need for greater accuracy when applying slug pellets, with application timing...

Tyson Foods to require Covid-19 vaccinations for its workforce
Tyson Foods to require Covid-19 vaccinations for its workforce

Tyson Foods has this week announced a requirement for all its US workforce to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19. The...

McCormick launches its new X5 range of tractors
McCormick launches its new X5 range of tractors

McCormick has launched its new X5 range which it describes as "ideal for open field and round the farm work"....

HCC chair celebrates increased retailer support for Welsh red meat
HCC chair celebrates increased retailer support for Welsh red meat

Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) chair Catherine Smith has hailed positive news for the Welsh livestock farming...

4,400L of ‘illicit fuel’ seized at unlicensed filling station
4,400L of ‘illicit fuel’ seized at unlicensed filling station

A joint agency taskforce consisting of authorities from both sides of the Northern Irish border has seized 4,400L of "illicit...

Thunderstorm warnings issued with risk of lightning and hail
Thunderstorm warnings issued with risk of lightning and hail

Met Éireann, the Irish National Meteorological Service, has issued a Status Yellow thunderstorm warning for the Republic of Ireland (RoI). From...

GDT index drops again to mark 8 straight decreases
GDT index drops again to mark 8 straight decreases

The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) index has recorded yet another decrease to mark eight straight index falls over the last...

Agriland journalist appointed to IFAJ education task force
Agriland journalist appointed to IFAJ education task force

One of Agriland's senior journalists has been appointed to an international body tasked with making recommendations for training programmes for...

Safety tips for hay bales following ‘number of hayshed fires’
Safety tips for hay bales following ‘number of hayshed fires’

While the weather has changed for the worse over the past few days, the recent heat wave provided plenty of...

New collaboration to establish low carbon milk
New collaboration to establish low carbon milk

Agolin SA, a Swiss based company which develops and markets feed additives, has joined forces with global chocolate producer Barry...

Increase reported in NI shed and outhouse thefts
Increase reported in NI shed and outhouse thefts

There has been a "slight increase" in shed and outhouse thefts in the Antrim area of Northern Ireland, according to...

Research: Pandemic making young people ‘more aware of eating healthily’
Research: Pandemic making young people ‘more aware of eating healthily’

Findings of a new survey of young people "point to a generation that is very interested, knowledgeable and entrepreneurial" when...

EU lays out proposed solution to SPS checks issues in Northern Ireland
EU lays out proposed solution to SPS checks issues in Northern Ireland

The European Commission has published a series of ‘non-papers' in the fields of medicines and sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures,...

UN food summit: 50 winners of ‘Good Food for All’ contest announced
UN food summit: 50 winners of ‘Good Food for All’ contest announced

50 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) around the world have been announced as the 'Best Small Businesses' of the 'Good...

Hydrogen could have a ‘revolutionary role’ for hard-to-abate sectors
Hydrogen could have a ‘revolutionary role’ for hard-to-abate sectors

Hydrogen is "fast being recognised as having a potentially revolutionary role" to play in decarbonising hard-to-abate sectors. This is according...

Farmers urged to test soil ahead of new standard
Farmers urged to test soil ahead of new standard

Farmers across the UK are being urged to test soil and establish a baseline that will help improve soil health...