The Ulster Farmers’ Union has welcomed the appointment of Michelle McIlveen as the minister at the new Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural…
Northern Ireland’s former Minister for Agriculture, Michelle O’Neill, has been re-elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. According to Sinn Fein sources in Northern…
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) has announced the compensation rates for animals which test positive for brucellosis in Northern Ireland…
Planning permission has been granted for a new headquarters for the North’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD). Permission for the 8.7ac…
UFU president Ian Marshall has described the outworking of this week’s crisis dairy meeting in Belfast as an opportunity for all parties concerned to take…
It will take more than three years to eradicate BVD from Northern Ireland, according to Dungannon-based veterinary surgeon Craig McAllister. “The statutory eradication…
Pre-export testing for brucellosis in Northern Ireland will be abolished from February 1, 2016, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) has…
A British exit (Brexit) from the European Union would be detrimental for Northern Ireland’s agri-food sector, according to the North’s Minister for Agriculture,…
Compulsory testing for Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) virus in new-born calves, including stillbirths and abortions, could soon be legislated for in Northern Ireland. The…
The Europen Commission has approved the North’s application for Official Brucellosis Free (OBF) status, Agriculture Minister, Michelle O’Neill has confirmed. Brucellosis is a…
Approximately 500 farmers and food industry representatives participated in an Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) protest at Stormont today, according to the organisation’s Chief…
Northern Ireland’s £623m Rural Development Programme (RDP) 2014-2020 has been approved by the European Commission. This Rural Development Plan approval paves the way…
The EU needs to act swiftly to support farmers in Northern Ireland, according to the North’s Agricultural Minister Michelle O’Neill. O’Neill was speaking…
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