Agri-Business
Glenelly Valley flood farmers: ‘We are as much value as the Primark fire businesses’
Tyrone farmers whose businesses were devastated by flash flooding three years ago say they feel “let down” by empty promises...
Search Results
625 results for: poots
Agri-Business
Glenelly Valley flood farmers: ‘We are as much value as the Primark fire businesses’
Tyrone farmers whose businesses were devastated by flash flooding three years ago say they feel “let down” by empty promises...
N.Ireland
North-west farmers plea for help 3 years on from devastating floods
Three years on from catastrophic flash flooding, farmers in Northern Ireland’s north-west are still pleading for government support. The floods...
N.Ireland
Minister announces ‘phased return’ of face-to-face industry support by CAFRE
DAERA Minister Edwin Poots has announced plans to gradually reintroduce CAFRE’s face-to-face knowledge and technology programmes in Northern Ireland. To...
N.Ireland
Minister announces ‘phased return’ of face-to-face industry support by CAFRE
DAERA Minister Edwin Poots has announced plans to gradually reintroduce CAFRE’s face-to-face knowledge and technology programmes in Northern Ireland. To...
Agri-Business
£1.7 million rural business fund launched for Northern Ireland
A new £1.7 million stimulus fund to help rural and micro-businesses expand, innovate and sustain rural communities has been launched...
N.Ireland
Live updates: UFU ‘drive-in’ AGM kicks off at Balmoral Park today
It might be more commonly associated with Northern Ireland’s flagship agricultural show – the Balmoral Show – but today (July...
N.Ireland
Live updates: UFU ‘drive-in’ AGM kicks off at Balmoral Park today
It might be more commonly associated with Northern Ireland’s flagship agricultural show – the Balmoral Show – but today, Saturday,...
N.Ireland
Rural mental health charity records three-fold increase in calls through Covid
Mental health charity Rural Support said it had recorded a three-fold increase in calls through the Covid-19 pandemic as Northern Ireland farmers face...
Agri-Business
DAERA to cut number of farm inspections for 2020
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture has said it cut the number of inspections it plans to carry out for the 2020...
Agri-Business
DAERA to cut number of farm inspections for 2020
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture has said it cut the number of inspections it plans to carry out for the 2020...
Agri-Business
1 in 5 litter louts admit to leaving waste in the countryside in last 3 months
One-in-five (21%) Northern Irish adults admit to being part of the litter issue, with people across the UK found to...
N.Ireland
Guest speakers unveiled for UFU ‘drive-in’ AGM
Northern Ireland Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots and DAERA Committee chairman Declan McAleer have been confirmed as guest speakers for...
Agri-Business
In detail: What’s your share of DAERA’s £25 million Covid fund?
Northern Ireland’s Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots has announced how he plans to divvy up a £25 million...
Agri-Business
British Wool denied access to UK coronavirus support fund
Farmers unions across the UK have urged their retrospective governments to intervene after British Wool was refused access to a...
N.Ireland
Farmers reminded: ‘Just one lungful of slurry gas can kill’
There are additional risks just now with farmers and contractors busy working with animals, making silage and spreading fertiliser and...
N.Ireland
Appeal for awareness made following 16 farm fatalities on island of Ireland
With the ongoing high rate of fatal farm accidents in 2020, four ministers from the Republic of Ireland and Northern...
N.Ireland
CAFRE campuses to reopen in September
Northern Ireland’s College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) is set to resume face-to-face teaching in September. DAERA Minister, Edwin...
