Beef
Northern Ireland working to secure PGI status for ‘grass fed’ beef
Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) chief executive, Ian Stevenson, has confirmed that work is progressing to demonstrate that Northern Ireland’s...
N.Ireland
N.Ireland
NI sheep farmers to benefit from £1.27 million Covid-19 support scheme
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has announced a financial support package worth up to £1.27 million for NI sheep...
Environment
UFU not consulted on new energy plans for Northern Ireland
Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) deputy president David Brown has expressed concern that his organisation had not been consulted on the...
N.Ireland
Poots announces payments of £16.5 million under Environmental Farming Scheme
Payments totalling £16.5 million to participants in the Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS) have commenced, Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots...
Environment
Northern Ireland energy sector to be fully decarbonised by 2050
Stormont’s Department for the Economy has begun the process of developing a new energy strategy, which will see the Northern...
Environment
Could you be one of NI’s first Environmental Technology Farms?
Northern Ireland's Department of Agriculture (DAERA) is seeking the best examples of environmentally-friendly farms to join its new Technology Demonstration...
Environment
UFU supports bill pushing for return of ANC payment
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has come out in support of a proposed bill to reintroduce an Areas of Natural...
Agri-Business
Poots: Industry must accept farming’s influence on the environment has ‘not always been positive’
Northern Ireland's agri-food stakeholders must accept the industry's influence on the environment has "not always been positive" attendees at AFBI's...
Agri-Business
Partnership to train packaging specialists to reduce agri-food plastic use
A new partnership will fund training for packaging technologists in Northern Ireland in a drive to find more sustainable alternatives...
N.Ireland
FFA: Firm date needed for TB action
Farmers For Action has written to Northern Ireland's Agriculture Minister calling for a firm date for when the region's bovine...
N.Ireland
Libby Clarke awarded prestigious President’s Plate
Royal Ulster Agricultural Society (RUAS) stalwart Libby Clarke has been presented with one of the organisation's highest honours. The prestigious...
N.Ireland
Agriculture Committee lays out key findings of Independent Panel review
Northern Ireland's Agriculture Committee has passed on the findings of its review of the Independent Panel process to the Minister...
N.Ireland
On-the-run driver arrested after attempting to hide in farmyard
The driver of a car which was being tracked by members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) was...
N.Ireland
Lambs missing for 3 days rescued from 12m mine shaft by firefighters
A pair of lambs which had been missing for three days were rescued by firefighters from a 12m (39ft) mine...
Dairy
One third of dairy farmers not implementing biosecurity measures
A 2020 survey carried out in the UK has confirmed that one in three dairy farmers do not fully implement...
Arable
The threat of weeds now greater than at any time in human history
Using data from the world’s longest-running experiment - the Rothamsted Research Broadbalk wheat trial in Hertfordshire in the UK - the researchers...
N.Ireland
NI Air Ambulance secures extra £1 million funding as callouts increase 20%
Northern Ireland’s Health Minister Robin Swann has announced £1 million of new funding for the region’s air ambulance. It comes...
N.Ireland
New bird flu cases in Britain as Housing Order set to end
Cases of H5N8 avian influenza have been detected in broiler chickens at a commercial premises near Uttoxeter, east Staffordshire, England,...
