N.Ireland
Review of NI agri-food sector published
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots and Economy Minister Gordon Lyons have today (Wednesday, January 26) announced the publication of the Independent...
N.Ireland
N.Ireland
North-south agreement to protect heritage of old farm buildings
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) to protect vernacular heritage such as old farm buildings across the entire island of Ireland...
N.Ireland
Primary beef and lamb production levels can be maintained in NI - LMC
Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) chief executive, Ian Stevenson, firmly believes that the current scale of Northern Ireland’s primary beef...
N.Ireland
Poots welcomes new members to CAFRE advisory group
Northern Ireland Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots has today (Tuesday, January 25) welcomed three new members to...
N.Ireland
Slurry season brings renewed risks to farmers - HSENI
With the closed period for spreading slurry coming to an end at midnight on January 31, the Health and Safety...
N.Ireland
NI Water receives Green Apple award
Northern Ireland (NI) Water recently scooped a major Green Apple award 2021 for restoration work carried out at Tullychurry Forest,...
N.Ireland
Lively trade at Taaffe Auctions’ first spring sales
Taaffe Auctions kicked off its spring dairy sales last week in Carnaross on Wednesday (January 19) and Dungannon on Thursday...
N.Ireland
Sinn Féin won’t support NI climate legislation if damaging to agri sector
Sinn Féin will not support climate change legislation in Northern Ireland that could have a detrimental impact on the agriculture...
Machinery
Machinery Focus: To plough or not plough?
10 years ago, researchers at Harper Adams University in Shropshire in the UK set out on a long-term project to...
N.Ireland
Decisions on rural schools should not be purely cost-driven – Sugden
East Derry MLA Claire Sugden has expressed concern that the vital contribution of rural schools to their communities is not...
Arable
Rothamsted: Gene editing will speed up ability to test enhanced crops
Rothamsted Research scientists have welcomed changes that will make gene editing (GE) research much easier from now on. The new...
N.Ireland
DAERA postgraduate students to benefit from £800,000 research scheme
An annual £800,000 research programme for postgraduate students to help promote innovation and develop the science base in Northern Ireland...
N.Ireland
All remaining Avian Influenza Surveillance Zones to be lifted across ROI and NI
Avian Influenza Surveillance Zones are set to be lifted across both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland by January...
Agri-Business
Closure of Ballymena Moy Park processing plant is ‘hugely concerning’
The decision made by Moy Park to suspend processing at it's Ballymena processing site in Co. Antrim has been challenged...
N.Ireland
Poots asks for responses on Future Agricultural Policy proposals for NI
Northern Ireland Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots has urged people to respond to one of the most...
Environment
New campaign to stop alien species threatening Irish waterways
A new campaign to protect Irish waterways from invasive alien species has been launched (Wednesday, January 19) by multiple organisations...
N.Ireland
Poots announces £220,000 investment in environmental water quality projects
Eleven local environmental water quality projects have benefitted from a £220,000 fund, that aims to protect waterways and surrounding ecosystems,...
N.Ireland
UK government called on to support NI peatland strategy
The UK government has been called on to “play an active part” in the implementation of a new Peatland Strategy...
