World News
Cow gives birth to triplets - defies odds of one million to one
One UK farmer went to check on his cow calving recently and instead of the two calves they thought she...
World News
One UK farmer went to check on his cow calving recently and instead of the two calves they thought she...
Dairy
Heifer care is often overlooked when it comes to digital dermatitis management, experts say. Digital dermatitis often leads to lameness,...
Rural Life
Potato vending machines are turning over £1,000 a week for two farmers in Scotland. Pete and Euan Grewar, two of Scotland’s...
Sheep
The Meatlinc breed was profiled for the first time at this week’s Sheep NI2015 event in Ballymena, Co. Antrim. Comprising...
Agri-Business
Two new crop protection active ingredients for weed and insect control have been developed by Dow Agrosciences. The new ingredients,...
Agri-Business
As the global demand for meat, fish and dairy grows, the demand for animal feed also grows, according to Rabobank....
Rural Life
The change in the weather in the past week across the country might have had an impact on these sheep...
Sheep
One of the main causes of lameness in sheep is contagious ovine digital dermatitis (CODD), which is spread by sheep-to-sheep...
Beef
Dairy and beef farmers should be on the lookout for quite an intense period of lungworm infection (hoose) once the current...
Arable
Sterile Brome grass has the potential to have a detrimental effect on the growing of winter barley in Ireland, according...
EU
Luxembourg takes over the Presidency of the EU this month and will chair its first meeting of the Agriculture Council...
Dairy
New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra has opened its new plant in the Netherlands which will process 1 billion litres of...
Rural Life
A BBC Northern Ireland reporter recently had a ‘wee moment’ with a lamb when it heeded the call of nature....
Dairy
The process of expansion is a stressful time for new entrant dairy farmers, said Patrick Gowing of the Teagasc Dairy...
Rural Life
Pat Shortt and John Kenny’s exploits in their collection of D’Unbelievables movies are much loved in the farming community. Agriland...
Dairy
Increasing the current intervention price for dairy products would be counter-productive the EU Commissioner for Agriculture Phil Hogan has said....
Beef
There will be almost 1m dairy-bred calves available for beef production by 2020, according to Paul Crosson of Teagasc. Speaking at...
Pig/Poultry
In 2014, UK consumers bought more poultry than any other meat product, a report by the British Poultry Council has...