Agri-Business
£12 million earmarked for FBIS Tier 2 tranche 2
A total of £12 million has been earmarked for the second tranche of Tier 2 the Farm Business Improvement Scheme...
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Beef
Details of Northern Ireland’s new bovine TB strategy revealed
Proposals for a long-term bovine TB (bTB) Eradication Strategy for Northern Ireland (NI) have finally been revealed. Minister for Agriculture,...
N.Ireland
NI’s draft TB strategy goes before Agriculture Committee in closed session
MLAs heard the first details of Northern Ireland's new strategy to tackle bovine TB on Thursday (July 8) - but...
N.Ireland
Consultation opens for NI’s first-ever Rural Policy Framework
A public consultation has opened on Northern Ireland’s first-ever Rural Policy Framework. The framework aims to create a sustainable rural...
Agri-Business
Industry reveals radical plans for NI’s new suckler and sheep support
Radical proposals for future farm support for suckler and sheep farmers have been put forward by Northern Ireland's farming industry....
Environment
What does Climate Change Bill (No. 2) have in store for NI?
The first details have emerged of Northern Ireland's Department of Agriculture's Climate Change Bill. Referred to in Stormont documents as...
Agri-Business
Farm groups commission Climate Change Bill impact assessment report
Northern Ireland's agricultural industry has commissioned an impact assessment report to evaluate how ambitions for Northern Ireland to achieve net-zero...
N.Ireland
ROI and NI ministers learn of latest research at Devenish
The two agriculture ministers - one from the Republic of Ireland and one from Northern Ireland - visited a research...
Agri-Business
NI agri-food to take a leaf from the aerospace industry
Northern Ireland's agri-food industry is to take a leaf from the aerospace industry's book, in harnessing robots within production lines....
Beef
DAERA’s TB plans to be revealed next week
It's been heavily anticipated for the last year and a half, but Northern Ireland farmers will finally get the first...
Environment
NI Agriculture Minister declares war on plastic pollution
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has declared war on plastic pollution, announcing not one, but two initiatives to reduce...
N.Ireland
New appointments announced for CAFRE advisory group
A new chairperson and member have been appointed to the College Advisory Group, which oversees the College of Agri-Food and...
Agri-Business
Minister launches £1 million Rural Business Development Grant Scheme for NI
Northern Ireland Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots has launched a £1 million fund to help the sustainability and development of...
N.Ireland
Animal cruelty register petition tabled in the Assembly
A petition signed by thousands of people across the island calling for a central register of animal cruelty offenders has...
Agri-Business
NI and Scottish Ministers write to Westminster over Free Trade concerns
Scotland and Northern Ireland's Rural Affairs Ministers have written to Westminster reiterating "significant concerns" over the UK's approach to Free...
Environment
DAERA’s draft Climate Change Bill moves to next stage
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) Climate Change Bill has passed through the Executive today. It's a...
Agri-Business
DAERA sets out plans for £37 million 5-year soil health scheme
Northern Ireland's Department of Agriculture is working on plans to launch a £37 million five-year soil sampling scheme to improve...
N.Ireland
94% of farmers take up latest round of FBIS offers
Farmers in Northern Ireland have accepted 94% of offers made by the department under the latest tranche of Tier 1...
