N.Ireland
Tributes paid following tragic death of well-known farmer
Tributes have been paid to well-known Derry farmer David Crockett, who was killed in a farm accident earlier this week....
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Agri-Business
Analysis: Dairy commodity prices continue surge in recent weeks
Dairy commodity prices continued their surge higher over the last couple of weeks, according to multi-national financial services firm INTL...
Dairy
Home-grown proteins could halve NI dairy’s soya imports
Research carried out at the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute at Hillsborough has found that homegrown field beans have the potential to...
Rural Life
Study traces spread of early dairy farming across western Europe
The first dairy farmers could trace back as far as 7,000 years, according to a study tracked the shift from hunter-gatherer...
Beef
Milking hundreds of cows and finishing 2,000 Brazilian-origin bulls in Egypt
Earlier this year, AgriLand embarked on a Bord Bia and Department of Agriculture-led trade missed to North Africa – visiting...
Beef
Big Read: Irish Beef Industry Review January to December 2019
By Claire Mc Cormack and Niall Claffey 2019 will be remembered as a tumultuous, divisive and watershed period for the...
Rural Life
Irish expats drive 900,000L of water to drought-stricken Aussie farmers
Hundreds of Irish people based in Sydney came together to transport thousands of litres of water from the Australian coast...
Beef
Chinese protein deficit presents opportunities for beef – commission
A senior official from the European Commission has said that the losses in the Chinese pig herd from African swine...
Beef
Welsh farmers set to protest against ‘subsidised Irish beef’
Farmers in Wales are set to protest at Holyhead Port in Anglesey in Wales later this week, for the purpose...
Agri-Business
Johnson on NI border: ‘Never mind the backstop’
The UK and EU can do a deal without checks on the Northern Irish border, according to new Prime Minister...
Arable
New fertiliser - made from used batteries - to hit the market
A company in Finland has developed a new type of zinc and manganese-based fertiliser – made from ordinary, everyday alkaline...
Agri-Business
‘People are starting to get jittery’: Brexit nerves grow among border farms
Farmers and agribusinesses on both sides of the Northern Irish border are getting increasingly concerned as a no-deal Brexit looks...
Agri-Business
Prime Minister survives vote of confidence
Theresa May has survived a vote of confidence by her own party, The Conservatives, which was held yesterday evening (Wednesday,...
Agri-Business
Theresa May confirms that withdrawal vote won’t go ahead
After much speculation today, the UK prime minister Theresa May has confirmed that the vote on Britain’s withdrawal agreement from...
Agri-Business
2 weeks left for Seasonal Farm Workers Pilot applications
Businesses have just two weeks to apply for the for the pilot of the Government’s Seasonal Farm Workers Scheme. The...
Rural Life
Meet the 9 young farmers jetting off thanks to a travel scholarship
Nine young farmers from across Wales have financially benefited from this year’s Gareth Raw Rees Memorial Travel Scholarship. A total...
Beef
Fermanagh sucklers make a splash with annual island swim
Cattle at a National Trust wildlife haven have completed their unconventional annual pilgrimage – by swimming 100m across a lake...
Machinery
New Landini to make its Irish debut at Grass & Muck
A new addition to the Landini tractor range will make its debut here in Ireland at FTMTA (Farm Tractor and...
