Richard Halleron

News Correspondent

Richard Halleron is an agricultural chemist by background. He is a past chairman of the Northern Ireland Institute of Agricultural Science and has also served as Chairman of the Guild of Agricultural Journalists in Northern Ireland.

N.Ireland

Recruiting and retaining staff fundamental challenge for dairy sector

Recruiting and retaining staff is a challenge that many dairy farmers throughout the UK and Ireland now struggle with, according...

November 26, 2021

N.Ireland

Northern Ireland milk sector outlines decarbonisation efforts

Northern Ireland continues to decarbonise its milk sector and greater strides to this effect can be expected. This was one...

November 26, 2021

Machinery

Lemken unveils its new Karat 10 cultivator

The new Karat 10 three-beam cultivator from Lemken, which Agriland got to see first-hand during a demonstration in Germany, features...

November 25, 2021

Dairy

Research: Labour is second highest input cost on Irish dairy farms

The acute shortage of labour on dairy farms is undeniable at the present time. And the problem is intensifying. This...

November 24, 2021

N.Ireland

NI farming organisations to host on-farm meetings for politicians

Northern Ireland’s two largest farm organisations have joined forces to host on-farm meetings for politicians. MLAs in rural constituencies will...

November 23, 2021

Machinery

Lemken ploughing ahead with Isobus-controlled technology

Lemken sold its first Isobus-controlled plough in 2015 and, since then, it has been a case of sales taking off...

November 22, 2021

Arable

Lemken achieves double-digit growth in 2021

According to Lemken CEO, Anthony van der Ley, the company has enjoyed double-digit growth in 2021 with more of the...

November 22, 2021

N.Ireland

Fertiliser – as it turns out, Ireland is awash with the stuff

It's hard to get away from the fertiliser debate taking place across the island of Ireland at the present time....

November 16, 2021

N.Ireland

NI farmers have cut carbon intensity of milk by one third – CAFRE webinar

Milk producers in Northern Ireland are already well down the road of responding to the challenge of climate change, according...

November 12, 2021

N.Ireland

Westminster is being disingenuous to UK farmers – LMC chief executive

There is now a total disconnect between the UK's trade, climate-change and food-standards policies, according to Livestock and Meat Commission...

November 12, 2021

Agri-Business

White’s Oats unveils new ‘eco-scores’ as part of sustainability ambition

As part of its sustainability vision for the future, Northern Ireland, Co. Armagh-based White’s Oats, has unveiled a full sweep...

November 10, 2021

Grass

Forage utilisation key to improving farm sustainability

Ruminant-based livestock sectors will achieve the sustainability improvements they need to make, through improved forage utilisation, according to United Feeds...

November 9, 2021