The backlog of pigs to be slaughtered could reach as many as 24,000 in just a month, according to representatives...
September 21, 2021
Lack of investment in Northern Ireland’s waste infrastructure has left the industry emitting higher volumes of environmentally-damaging greenhouse gases, such...
September 20, 2021
Members of Stormont’s Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs committee visited a farm in Co. Tyrone to see for themselves the...
August 17, 2021
MLAs heard the first details of Northern Ireland’s new strategy to tackle bovine TB on Thursday (July 8) – but...
July 10, 2021
Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) president Victor Chestnutt has slammed targets set in the private member’s Climate Change Bill as “complete...
July 8, 2021
Northern Ireland’s agricultural industry has commissioned an impact assessment report to evaluate how ambitions for Northern Ireland to achieve net-zero...
July 5, 2021
Northern Ireland’s dairy industry would have to be slashed back to production levels last seen in 1946 in order to...
July 1, 2021
Scientists have warned it will be “extremely challenging” for Northern Ireland to reduce its methane emissions from agriculture in order...
June 22, 2021
Northern Ireland is falling short on tree planting levels required to pave the way to net-zero ambitions by more than...
June 21, 2021
The chairman of the UK’s Climate Change Committee (CCC) has told Northern Ireland politicians he is “not prepared” to tell...
June 17, 2021
The department is unlikely to take direct action, such as introducing culls or flocks restrictions, over a recent spate of...
June 15, 2021
A ‘coded report’ regarding the safety of port staff was made to Crimestoppers Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has...
There are to be no ‘special arrangements’ made for agriculture in either of the two Climate Change Bills currently going...
June 9, 2021
Ambitions to upgrade Northern Ireland’s recommended 82% reduction in Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions to net-zero will cost an additional £900...
Sinn Féin MLA Declan McAleer has called on the Department of Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) to develop an...
June 1, 2021
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots told officials he was “not convinced” police had a full understanding of the perceived...
April 20, 2021
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture has warned permanent customs facilities for agri-food produce will now not be ready until at...
April 19, 2021
Northern Ireland’s Agriculture Committee has passed on the findings of its review of the Independent Panel process to the Minister...
March 30, 2021
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