Agriland Team

Armagh, Newry and Enniskillen ‘hotspots’ for BVD – AHWNI
Armagh, Newry and Enniskillen ‘hotspots’ for BVD – AHWNI

Recent testing in Northern Ireland has identified Armagh, Newry and Enniskillen as hotspot areas for bovine viral diarrhea (BVD). The incidence...

PSNI appeal for information about farm theft in Fermanagh
PSNI appeal for information about farm theft in Fermanagh

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has issued an appeal for information following a double theft on a farm...

9-year-old girl killed in tractor crash in Scotland
9-year-old girl killed in tractor crash in Scotland

A nine-year-old girl has died in a crash involving a tractor and a trailer in Scotland, police have said. The...

Focus: Adding value to a sheep enterprise with ‘lamb ham’
Focus: Adding value to a sheep enterprise with ‘lamb ham’

By Barbara Collins Alan and Wendy Dempster breed sheep on their 50ac farm near Ballymoney in Co. Antrim. It is...

Exports of Scottish seed potatoes to NI to resume in October
Exports of Scottish seed potatoes to NI to resume in October

The UK government has confirmed that exports of Scottish seed potatoes to Northern Ireland will resume on October 1. Plants...

UFU to address livestock movements in Windsor Framework at House of Lords
UFU to address livestock movements in Windsor Framework at House of Lords

The House of Lords is holding a evidence session today (Wednesday, September 13) to hear from business representatives about how...

Tractor collides with train carrying 40 people in Lancashire
Tractor collides with train carrying 40 people in Lancashire

A train carrying 40 passengers and a tractor collided at a level crossing earlier today (Tuesday, September 5), British Transport...

NI open day set to showcase Shorthorn-cross suckler herd
NI open day set to showcase Shorthorn-cross suckler herd

Ballynahinch, Co. Down-based commercial suckler farmer Barry Fitzsimons is set to show how a switch to Beef Shorthorn genetics has...

Lambs ‘mauled’ in Armagh dog attack – PSNI
Lambs ‘mauled’ in Armagh dog attack – PSNI

An number of lambs were “mauled” in a recent dog attack in Armagh, Police Service Northern Ireland (PSNI) has said....

Pic: Sussex firefighters tackle tractor fire on A22
Pic: Sussex firefighters tackle tractor fire on A22

Firefighters from East Sussex and West Sussex are working to put out a tractor fire on the A22, Forest Row....

US EPA denies petitions to tighten ‘factory farm’ water quality rules
US EPA denies petitions to tighten ‘factory farm’ water quality rules

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the US has denied two petitions from environmental groups which sought to tighten water...

New Zealand: Concern over ‘whole farms’ being sold into forestry
New Zealand: Concern over ‘whole farms’ being sold into forestry

The body responsible for promoting beef and lamb in New Zealand and regulating the country’s quality mark for these products...

Scottish flock buys Cork-bred Suffolk ram lamb for €20,000
Scottish flock buys Cork-bred Suffolk ram lamb for €20,000

The South of Ireland Suffolk Sheep Society’s recent annual show and sale at Blessington Mart, Co. Wicklow, saw Scottish breeder...

41 Limousin heifers set for show and sale in Ballymena
41 Limousin heifers set for show and sale in Ballymena

The Northern Ireland Limousin Cattle Club’s inaugural ‘Ladies in Red show and sale’ is set to take place on August...

BPS payments in NI to commence on September 1
BPS payments in NI to commence on September 1

Payments to Northern Irish farmers under the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) will commence on September 1, the Department of Agriculture,...

Boy (5) from Kent dies following quad bike accident in Ireland
Boy (5) from Kent dies following quad bike accident in Ireland

A five-year-old boy from Folkestone, Kent, has died following an accident understood to have involved a quad bike in the...

Nutritional value of most milk alternatives ‘not equal to cow milk’
Nutritional value of most milk alternatives ‘not equal to cow milk’

The nutritional value of the majority of plant-based milk alternatives is not equal to cow’s milk, according to a study...

Coolermoney-bred cow wins NI Angus championship
Coolermoney-bred cow wins NI Angus championship

The Northern Ireland Aberdeen Angus Club held its annual Summer Championship at the 103rd Clogher Valley Show on July 26....