Charles O'Donnell

Beef and sheepmeat exports rise in 2019
Beef and sheepmeat exports rise in 2019

Exports of UK beef (both fresh and frozen) increased by 18% to August of this year, while sheepmeat exports rose...

Co. Down farmer honoured with grassland award
Co. Down farmer honoured with grassland award

A sheep farmer from Co. Down has been recognised for his grassland management techniques by the British Grassland Society (BGS)....

NI farm groups meet MP to discuss beef prices
NI farm groups meet MP to discuss beef prices

Norther Ireland Farm Groups (NIFG), an umbrella group for a number of farmer representative organisations in Northern Ireland, have met...

‘Government must deliver farm labour solutions before Brexit’
‘Government must deliver farm labour solutions before Brexit’

The Government is being called on to put solutions in place to tackle farming labour issues before Brexit by the...

Retailers and wholesalers sign on for ‘Love Lamb Week’
Retailers and wholesalers sign on for ‘Love Lamb Week’

Many of the UK’s largest retailers and wholesalers have signed on to take part in a promotion campaign for protected...

‘What are the benefits from a US trade deal we don’t have already?’
‘What are the benefits from a US trade deal we don’t have already?’

The president of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has called on the Government to explain what the opportunities are from...

Nottingham university warns of ‘forgotten disease’ in cereals
Nottingham university warns of ‘forgotten disease’ in cereals

The University of Nottingham is warning tillage farmers of a “forgotten disease that still lurks in more than half of...

Graphic: Police attend sheep attack in Wales
Graphic: Police attend sheep attack in Wales

Several sheep have been killed – and several more injured – after being attacked in south-west Wales sometime between Sunday...

GDT index sees slight fall after latest auction
GDT index sees slight fall after latest auction

The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) Price Index has fallen slightly in its latest auction, which was held yesterday, Tuesday, August...

Bayer to sell off animal health division for $7.6 billion
Bayer to sell off animal health division for $7.6 billion

German pharmaceutical company Bayer will sell off its animal health business to a US company for $7.6 billion (Ā£6.3 billion)....

Closing date approaching for ’emerging leaders’ at OFC
Closing date approaching for ’emerging leaders’ at OFC

The closing date is approaching for applications to the Oxford Farming Conference (OFC) Emerging Leaders Programme. Hopefuls have just 10...

NFU pens letters to ministers to call for biofuel introduction
NFU pens letters to ministers to call for biofuel introduction

Members of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) have penned a series of letters to Government ministers to call for the...

Farming to lose Ā£850 million in profits after no-deal – research
Farming to lose Ā£850 million in profits after no-deal – research

UK farming will lose Ā£850 million in profits in the event of a no-deal Brexit, according to research from a...

Graduates recruited to oversee ‘ambitious work’ in HCC programme
Graduates recruited to oversee ‘ambitious work’ in HCC programme

Two agriculture graduates have been recruited by Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) to help deliver the “ambitious...

AgriLand reporter scoops international journalism award
AgriLand reporter scoops international journalism award

An AgriLandĀ journalist has won a major international award, which recognises world-class reporting on the agri-technology sector. Rachel Martin picked up...

‘A tsunami’ about to hit UK farmers – Mr. Brexit
‘A tsunami’ about to hit UK farmers – Mr. Brexit

The lawyer who coined the term ‘Brexit’, and who was interviewed by AgriLandĀ earlier this year, has issued a stark warning...

Bayer launches new injection for coccidiosis and iron deficiency in piglets
Bayer launches new injection for coccidiosis and iron deficiency in piglets

Pharmacuetical company Bayer has just launched a new patented injection for piglets in the UK, which is designed to prevent...

What are the three factors for best practice at weaning time?
What are the three factors for best practice at weaning time?

Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) has outlined what it says are the three factors for best practice...