Agri-Business
Cap on ticket sales expected for September Balmoral Show
Balmoral Show organisers are expecting to cap ticket sales for the event to proceed in September. Responding to questions from...
N.Ireland
Environment
Northern Ireland’s two woodland grant schemes reopen
Northern Ireland Environment Minister Edwin Poots has announced the next stage of the ‘Forests for Our Future’ programme by reopening...
Agri-Business
McAleer ‘seriously concerned’ at UK-Australia trade deal
Sinn Féin MLA Declan McAleer has expressed serious concern at the potential implications for local producers of the UK-Australia trade....
Agri-Business
AFBI scientists warn Climate Change Bill will require livestock reduction
Scientists have warned it will be "extremely challenging" for Northern Ireland to reduce its methane emissions from agriculture in order...
Agri-Business
Minister Poots launches 2021-22 DAERA Business Plan
Northern Ireland (NI) Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has launched his department’s business plan for the year ahead. The 2021-2022 DAERA...
Agri-Business
Wool prices pick up as 2020 selling season comes to a close
Markets for 2020 wool have started to pick up, with prices up around 38% compared to the slump experienced over...
Environment
Co. Down fisherman fined for sowing uncultivated land
Co. Down fisherman Geoffrey Chambers (63) of Moneydarragh Road in Annalong was fined a total of £2,500 for sowing and...
Environment
NI net-zero: NI falling short on tree planting targets by 90%
Northern Ireland is falling short on tree planting levels required to pave the way to net-zero ambitions by more than...
Agri-Business
Dale Farm signs supply deal with Arla Foods
Two of the UK's largest dairy companies, Dale Farm and Arla Foods, have partnered for the first time as part...
N.Ireland
Balmoral Show in September – many factors to consider
There’s nothing I enjoy more than a day out at Balmoral Show. But, in truth, replicating what normally takes place...
N.Ireland
UFU fully supports Kendall review of farming and food sectors
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) is fully supporting the work to be undertaken by the Farming and Food Review Group,...
Agri-Business
The future of connectivity for farm machinery
Connectivity is a word we hear a great deal nowadays, in many contexts and with many connotations. It has become...
Agri-Business
UK and New Zealand agree to ‘accelerate’ trade talks
Trade talks between the UK and New Zealand have stepped up a gear, with reports "strong progress" has been made...
N.Ireland
Northern sheep trade: Lamb prices take a 15-20p/kg hit
Lamb prices in Northern Ireland have edged back similar to down south this past week, with prices during the week...
N.Ireland
UFU threatens to end cooperation with department over ‘TB inaction’
Tensions were said to have "run very high" during a meeting this week between the chief vet Ulster Farmers’ Union...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister resigns as DUP leader
Northern Ireland's Agriculture Minister, Edwin Poots, has resigned as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), after just three weeks...
Agri-Business
Figures show a further tightening of NI lambs coming south for direct slaughter
Recent figures, up to the end of May, show a further tightening of supplies of lambs coming from Northern Ireland...
N.Ireland
Reduction in cross-compliance inspections in NI for 2021
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has announced that DAERA officials will carry out a reduced number of cross-compliance inspections...