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The backlog of pigs to be slaughtered could reach as many as 24,000 in just a month, according to representatives from Northern Ireland’s…
Lack of investment in Northern Ireland’s waste infrastructure has left the industry emitting higher volumes of environmentally-damaging greenhouse gases, such as methane. The…
Members of Stormont’s Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs committee visited a farm in Co. Tyrone to see for themselves the work local farmers…
MLAs heard the first details of Northern Ireland’s new strategy to tackle bovine TB on Thursday (July 8) – but it will be…
Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) president Victor Chestnutt has slammed targets set in the private member’s Climate Change Bill as “complete nonsense”. Speaking during…
Northern Ireland’s agricultural industry has commissioned an impact assessment report to evaluate how ambitions for Northern Ireland to achieve net-zero by 2045 will…
Northern Ireland’s dairy industry would have to be slashed back to production levels last seen in 1946 in order to achieve net-zero ambitions.…
Scientists have warned it will be “extremely challenging” for Northern Ireland to reduce its methane emissions from agriculture in order to meet net-zero…
Northern Ireland is falling short on tree planting levels required to pave the way to net-zero ambitions by more than 90%. Giving evidence…
The chairman of the UK’s Climate Change Committee (CCC) has told Northern Ireland politicians he is “not prepared” to tell the region to…
The department is unlikely to take direct action, such as introducing culls or flocks restrictions, over a recent spate of outbreaks of poultry…
A ‘coded report’ regarding the safety of port staff was made to Crimestoppers Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has alleged. The minister…
There are to be no ‘special arrangements’ made for agriculture in either of the two Climate Change Bills currently going through Stormont, the…
Ambitions to upgrade Northern Ireland’s recommended 82% reduction in Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions to net-zero will cost an additional £900 million a year…
Sinn Féin MLA Declan McAleer has called on the Department of Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) to develop an accurate ‘carbon calculator’…
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots told officials he was “not convinced” police had a full understanding of the perceived threats towards port…
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture has warned permanent customs facilities for agri-food produce will now not be ready until at least 2023. Speaking…
Northern Ireland’s Agriculture Committee has passed on the findings of its review of the Independent Panel process to the Minister of Agriculture. Concerns…
