Rural Life
Pet owners urged to consult vets well in advance before bringing pets abroad
Pet owners wishing to take their dogs, cats or ferrets abroad with them this year should consult a vet well...
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Environment
Hydrogen could have a ‘revolutionary role’ for hard-to-abate sectors
Hydrogen is "fast being recognised as having a potentially revolutionary role" to play in decarbonising hard-to-abate sectors. This is according...
Opinion
The school holidays are here – keep children safe on farms
The school holidays are here. As a consequence, the coming weeks will see large numbers of children exploring every nook...
Agri-Business
Poots announces consultation on process for Review of Decisions Cases
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has published a consultation on the role of the Independent Panel in Area-based Schemes Review of...
Agri-Business
Devenish reports £5.3 million losses in 2020
A major fire at Devenish's Belfast manufacturing plant, as well as the effects of Brexit and Covid-19, have caused the...
Beef
Angus competition encourages schoolgirls to take up part-time farm work
Two teenagers named overall winners of this year's ABP Angus Youth Challenge say the competition has inspired them to start...
Beef
Protocol has opened the door for all-island PGI beef status – McAleer
Sinn Féin MLA Declan McAleer has welcomed confirmation that the EU Commission is supportive of the north being included in...
Beef
Great British Beef Week can help build Britain’s food brand - NFU
As the agri-food industry celebrates Great British Beef Week, the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) is urging farmers to use this...
Arable
Could soybean become a mainstream tillage option?
A recent report from Rothamsted Research indicates that climate change could make soybean production a viable crop option in places...
Machinery
John Deere appoints new agricultural division sales manager
Following John Deere’s recent business reorganisation in Europe, Brian D’Arcy has been appointed agricultural division sales manager for John Deere...
N.Ireland
Field names project ploughs ahead with fascinating insights
A field names project in Westmeath is ploughing ahead, collecting names from individuals in the county, as circumstances allow during...
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....
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...
