Agri-Business
£292.7 million issued in Direct Payments in NI
More than 99% of farmers in Northern Ireland have received their full Direct Payment for 2020, Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots...
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Environment
Poots announces £4 Million Small Woodland Grant Scheme
A new £4 million grant scheme that aims to encourage Northern Irish landowners to plant their own native woodlands, has...
Agri-Business
Latest round of EFS agreements issued
Approximately 160 Higher and 370 Wider offers will be issued as part of the fourth tranche of the Environmental Farming...
Rural Life
New rules for pet travel in 2021 for those leaving Britain
Pet owners are being encouraged to check the latest government advice about travelling from Great Britain to Northern Ireland or...
Agri-Business
Covid-19: Calls for NI meat plant workers to be prioritised in vaccine roll-out
A key Stormont committee has urged Northern Ireland's Health Minister to ensure meat-processing sector workers are prioritised in plans to...
Beef
Eradicating BVD in Northern Ireland ‘within reach’
Eradicating BVD is within reach for Northern Ireland - but the final push will need everyone committed to the cause,...
N.Ireland
3,800 apply for Northern Ireland’s FBIS Tier 1
Three times as many farmers have applied for the latest round of the Farm Business Improvement Scheme (FBIS) than there are...
Agri-Business
2020 NI animal inventory to be carried out online
The Annual Animal Inventories will be completed entirely online this year due to Covid-19, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister admitted to hospital
Northern Ireland Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots is recovering in hospital following emergency surgery on Sunday (December...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister admitted to hospital
Northern Ireland Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots is recovering in hospital following emergency surgery on Sunday (December...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister admitted to hospital
Northern Ireland Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots is recovering in hospital following emergency surgery on Sunday (December...
Beef
Improving performance efficiency of the suckler cow
In recent times the topic of improving the efficiency of the suckler cow has been discussed on many occasions. With...
Agri-Business
Chinese exports to leave from Cranswick’s NI plant in next 2 weeks
The first consignments of pork from Cranswick's primary processing facility in Northern Ireland are expected to leave for China over...
Environment
NI Water pledges to plant 1 million trees in 10 years
Northern Ireland's second-largest landowner, NI Water, has pledged to plant one million trees over the next 10 years. The large-scale...
N.Ireland
Poots offers Covid-19 financial support to the NI pig sector
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots met with representatives of the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) Pork and Bacon Committee and...
Environment
Poots pumps over £1.1 million into NI environmental projects
Environment Minister Edwin Poots has announced over £1.1 million of funding for 35 environmental projects across Northern Ireland thanks to...
Agri-Business
Peat slide: Ministers ‘shocked’ at devastation as cross-border response group visits site
Ministers Poots and McConalogue were shocked to see the devastation caused by a peat slide that has polluted the Mourne Beg...
Rural Life
Farmer dies after being struck by a vehicle at a livestock mart
A farmer in North Yorkshire has died from injuries sustained in an accident at a livestock mart. The incident happened...