Environment
Changes to NI’s Basic Payments to be implemented for 2021 scheme year
Changes to Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) entitlements will come into force from the 2021 scheme year, Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister...
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N.Ireland
Treasury refuses to replace £15.3 million EU TB fund for Northern Ireland
Westminster has refused to step in to replace a £15.3 million EU fund ring-fenced for TB eradication efforts in Northern Ireland,...
Agri-Business
FBIS Tier 1 funding doubled to £15 million
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has doubled funding for the latest tranche of Tier 1 of the Farm Business...
N.Ireland
NI to provide vaccination centre transport for isolated rural dwellers
Northern Ireland Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon and Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots have announced plans to help the region’s most...
N.Ireland
McAleer: Farmers in the North could be left behind
Farmers and rural communities in the North could be left behind as the Republic moves ahead with implementing its €10.5...
Agri-Business
Northern Ireland dairy industry achieves 34% reduction in carbon emissions
Northern Ireland dairy has achieved a 34% reduction in carbon emissions since 1990, despite growing by two-thirds over the same...
Agri-Business
£2.2 million Covid-19 financial support announced for NI pig sector
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has announced a £2.2 million financial support package for pig farmers impacted by the...
N.Ireland
NI bovine TB plan expected to be published in March
Hold-ups with the business plan have delayed the publication of Northern Ireland’s bovine TB plan, Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots told MLAs...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister diagnosed with cancer
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has confirmed he has cancer. According to the News Letter, a tumour was discovered...
Environment
Winners of NI farming for climate change competition announced
The winners of a new competition to encourage young farmers to share their most innovative ideas to address climate change...
Agri-Business
Chestnutt: There’s no fear of anyone in NI going hungry
Ulster Farmers’ Union president Victor Chestnutt has urged for calm over fears of food shortages in Northern Ireland. Images of...
Environment
DAERA launches index to measure NI public’s engagement with environment
Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Edwin Poots has announced the launch of a new index to measure the...
Arable
Northern Ireland arable conference moves online for 2021
Major Northern Ireland arable conference, the Agronomy and Business Management Conference for Arable Growers, is set to go digital for 2021....
N.Ireland
Declassified files reveal fears axing headage payments would disproportionately affect Catholic farmers
Officials in Northern Ireland feared swapping headage payments for area-based payments would have a disproportionate impact on Catholic farmers, newly declassified...
Arable
Are beans the perfect break crop?
A leading Co. Down tillage farmer has confirmed that field beans are an extremely valuable break crop within all cereal...
Agri-Business
Agri-food research fund now open for applications
An all-island agri-food research programme has opened for applications from public research institutions in Northern Ireland. The programme will support...
Beef
Shipping finished cattle north for slaughter will be a tariff-free option post Brexit
Northern Ireland’s farm minister Edwin Poots has confirmed that Irish cattle imported into the north can be slaughtered there and...
Agri-Business
Joint agri-food research funding programme between DAFM and DAERA launched
A joint Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) and Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) research...
