Environment
Northern Ireland’s two woodland grant schemes reopen
Northern Ireland Environment Minister Edwin Poots has announced the next stage of the ‘Forests for Our Future’ programme by reopening...
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Beef
Slight increase in TB incidence rates in herds across England
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published its quarterly statistics on tuberculosis (TB) in cattle in...
Beef
New video series to highlight use of EIP multi-species swards
AgriSearch is producing a series of short videos to introduce the farmers involved in the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) project:...
N.Ireland
Northern sheep trade: Lamb prices take a 15-20p/kg hit
Lamb prices in Northern Ireland have edged back similar to down south this past week, with prices during the week...
N.Ireland
UFU threatens to end cooperation with department over ‘TB inaction’
Tensions were said to have "run very high" during a meeting this week between the chief vet Ulster Farmers’ Union...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister resigns as DUP leader
Northern Ireland's Agriculture Minister, Edwin Poots, has resigned as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), after just three weeks...
N.Ireland
Reduction in cross-compliance inspections in NI for 2021
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has announced that DAERA officials will carry out a reduced number of cross-compliance inspections...
N.Ireland
Brexit creating major problems for agriculture in NI – MLA
Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (AERA) Committee chairperson, Declan McAleer MLA, used the recent Stormont debate on the budget to...
Agri-Business
Greenhouse gas emissions from NI agriculture up 1%
Greenhouse gas emissions from Northern Irish agriculture have increased by 1% over the last recorded year, according to the latest...
N.Ireland
Department unlikely to take direct action over ILT outbreaks
The department is unlikely to take direct action, such as introducing culls or flocks restrictions, over a recent spate of...
Agri-Business
Agriculture Committee: ‘Coded’ Crimestoppers report prompted ports decision
A 'coded report' regarding the safety of port staff was made to Crimestoppers Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has...
Dairy
Body condition scoring in autumn-calving cows
While spring-calving herds are mid-way through their milk production season, most autumn-calving herds are approaching the end of theirs. Cows...
N.Ireland
UFU calls for clarity on autumn cereal seed availability
Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) deputy president, William Irvine, alongside industry representatives from Fane Valley, Agrii and DBS Farm Supplies, are...
Agri-Business
Fertiliser sales up more than 20% in NI in 2020
Fertiliser deliveries have increased again at the start of 2021 in Northern Ireland, according to the latest official fertiliser statistics....
Environment
Poots to submit application for NI’s first Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy project
Northern Ireland could have its first-ever forestry project dedicated to the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy (QCC) initiative at the Glenarm Estate,...
Environment
Man fined for breaches of waste management legislation
A man from Co. Down was issued with a fine of £2,000 for breaches of waste management legislation, according to...
Environment
Poots launches Peatland Strategy consultation
Northern Ireland Environment Minister, Edwin Poots, has launched a public consultation on a new 20-year plan to restore the region's...
Agri-Business
Royalty dispute sees AFBI cease to pay Corporation Tax
Royalty payments made to the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) have slumped to the degree that the institute no longer...