N.Ireland
Recruitment campaign begins for CAFRE advisory group
A recruitment campaign to appoint five new members to the College of Agriculture Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) advisory group...
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N.Ireland
‘Rural crime is more than farm theft’ – MLA
The East Derry MLA, Claire Sugden has said that rural crime must be understood as more than thefts from farms,...
N.Ireland
DAERA publishes data on farm performance in NI
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has published data on farm performance in Northern Ireland. ‘Northern Ireland...
N.Ireland
Court: NI farmer convicted for water pollution
A farmer in Northern Ireland has been convicted in court for a water pollution offence. 45-year-old Michael Donnelly from Drumenny...
N.Ireland
PSNI unveils new campaign to tackle ‘rural crime’
A new campaign focusing on rural crime, which is led by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and various...
N.Ireland
Court: NI farmer fined £1,500 for water pollution offence
A farmer in Northern Ireland has been convicted and fined in court for a water pollution offence committed last year....
N.Ireland
Minister Muir urged to launch NI sheep scheme at ‘Love Lamb Week’
MP Carla Lockhart is urging Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Andrew Muir to attend ‘Love Lamb Week’ to...
N.Ireland
20 NI farms signed up to new initiative to reduce GHG emissions
A total of 20 farms in Northern Ireland have signed up to the newly launched initiative, UK Dairy Carbon Network....
N.Ireland
UFU calls on farmers to write to their local MPs over inheritance tax
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has launched a new campaign encouraging farmers to write to their local MPs in a...
N.Ireland
Barn owls breed successfully on Down farm for third year running
A family in Co. Down has recorded barn owls breeding successfully on their farm for the third year in a...
N.Ireland
Beware of machines for sale in ‘suspicious circumstances’ – PSNI
The Police Service for Northern Ireland (PSNI) is asking anyone who is offered a machine for sale in “suspicious circumstances” to...
N.Ireland
NI brucellosis compensation rates for September 2025 confirmed
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has published the brucellosis compensation rates for Northern Ireland for September 2025. The...
N.Ireland
BVD: NI farmer input sought to help design new disease model
Farmers are being asked to help co-design a new computer simulation model that could inform the eradication of Bovine Viral...
Arable
NI forage maize growers expecting earliest harvest in living memory
There is now an almost universal expectation that forage maize crops in Northern Ireland will be harvested in about a...
N.Ireland
Court: NI farmer fined for water pollution offences
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has confirmed that a farmer in Northern Ireland has been fined...
N.Ireland
New suckler cow calculator for NI farmers launched
A new tool has been launched to help farmers participating in the Suckler Cow Scheme in Northern Ireland. The Suckler...
Arable
Absence of BYDV ‘reflected in the yields’ for Northern Ireland harvest 2025
The lack of Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) infection within winter cereal crops has been as a major boost to...
N.Ireland
Court: NI farmer convicted and fined for water pollution incident
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has confirmed that a farmer in Northern Ireland has been fined...
