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New traceability rules for NI keepers of alpacas, llamas and deer
New identification, registration and record-keeping rules are being introduced in Northern Ireland for the keeping of camelid and cervid animals,...
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Final phase of NI Soil Nutrient Health Scheme to open this summer
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has confirmed it is reopening the Soil Nutrient Health Scheme for...
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Public consultation launched in NI on animal welfare reforms
Northern Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Andrew Muir has launched a public consultation on “the next phase”...
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Bluetongue vaccination will not be required for Newry Show 2026
Newry Show Society has taken the decision not to make bluetongue vaccination a mandatory requirement for cattle and sheep entering...
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Alliance Party reintroduces fox hunting ban proposal in NI Assembly
The Alliance Party has once again brought forward its hunting bill before the Northern Ireland Assembly as the group hopes...
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Calls for clarification on future support for NI private woodlands
Premier Woodlands’ managing director, John Hetherington has called for clarification on the future support schemes that will underpin private woodland...
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Just Transition Commission to be established in Northern Ireland
The Northern Ireland Assembly decision to approve legislation to establish a Just Transition Commission has been hailed by Minister for...
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Over 90 NI firefighters tackle fires on Mourne Mountains
Some 95 firefighters are continuing to battle wildfires on the Mourne Mountains in Co. Down that started over the weekend....
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Call for ‘more robust’ response to illegal dumping
Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart has said she is “deeply alarmed” by what she said is the “growing scale of...
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Report: £96m indirect costs borne by farmers over bTB
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU), together with the Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) and the NI Dairy Council, today (Thursday,...
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Interim chair appointed to nature conservation council
Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Andrew Muir has appointed Sara McCracken to serve as interim chair of the...
N.Ireland
How is the NI forestry development project faring at midpoint?
Six years into the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA’s) key forestry development project for Northern Ireland, tree...
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Annual report on NI rural needs monitoring published
Northern Ireland’s Minister of Agriculture, Environment, and Rural Affairs, Andrew Muir has published the latest Rural Needs Annual Monitoring Report. The...
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Carbon auditing must not become ‘mandatory’ for farm support – UFU
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has said that carbon auditing should not become a “mandatory condition” for farm support, stressing...
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Advice: Suckler herd fertility – getting cows back in calf
As a majority of spring-calving suckler herds move beyond the main calving period, College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise...
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UFU writes to PM about rising costs on food production
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has written to the UK Prime Minister, Kier Starmer, and Secretary of State for Northern...
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Dead lambs discovered on Tyrone road verge
A number of dead lambs were discovered on the side of the road by a family this week near the...
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Cross-party support achieved for NI ANC bill
Cross-party support has been achieved at the Northern Ireland Assembly for an Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) Private Members’ Bill....