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DUP leadership race: Edwin Poots elected as new party leader
Members of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) have elected Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots as their new leader. Voting...
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N.Ireland
DUP leadership race: Edwin Poots elected as new party leader
Members of the Democratic Unionst Party (DUP) have elected Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots as their new leader. Voting...
Agri-Business
Poots warns Climate Change Bill will do ‘more damage than good’
The Climate Change Bill, which passed its second stage at Stormont on Monday (May 10), has the potential to do...
N.Ireland
Poots marks NI100 with tree-planting event
Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Edwin Poots, has planted a Coral Bark Maple tree on the grounds of...
N.Ireland
Poots: It’s time to stop wasting taxpayers’ money on TB
Northern Ireland's £40 million annual spend on bovine TB needs to end, Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has warned. Speaking at...
Agri-Business
Poots announces £75 million investment in CAFRE campuses
Northern Ireland's agri-food higher education campuses (CAFRE) are set to undergo a transformation as part of a £75 million investment....
Environment
Poots announces launch of Tranche 5 for the Environmental Farming Scheme
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has announced that the higher level of the Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS) Tranche 5,...
Agri-Business
Poots has ‘no intention’ to overturn appeal panel decisions
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has said he has "no intentions" to overturn decisions on direct payment appeals made...
Agri-Business
Poots offers first hints of NI’s new Agricultural Policy
Minister Poots has offered the first hints of what Northern Ireland's new Agricultural Policy will look like. It comes as...
Environment
Poots to boost Environment Fund Challenge by extra £2 million
Environment Minister Edwin Poots has announced a further £2 million will be made available for projects through the Environment Fund....
N.Ireland
Poots was ‘not convinced’ PSNI had full understanding of port staff threats
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots told officials he was "not convinced" police had a full understanding of the perceived...
N.Ireland
Poots announces £500,000 support for ‘solar walk’ rural tourism project
Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots has announced £500,000 of funding today (April 19) for a new rural tourism project you...
N.Ireland
Poots announces payments of £16.5 million under Environmental Farming Scheme
Payments totalling £16.5 million to participants in the Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS) have commenced, Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots...
Agri-Business
Poots: Industry must accept farming’s influence on the environment has ‘not always been positive’
Northern Ireland's agri-food stakeholders must accept the industry's influence on the environment has "not always been positive" attendees at AFBI's...
N.Ireland
2017 floods: Hints help could be on the way as Poots visits farms
Hints have been dropped that financial support could soon be on the way for farmers in the north-west whose farms...
Agri-Business
Poots launches £1 million equipment fund for micro food businesses
Northern Ireland’s Rural Affairs Minster Edwin Poots has launched a £1 million capital grant scheme to help micro food and...
N.Ireland
Minister Poots to appear in front of Agriculture Committee
It appears Minister Poots has made meeting the Stormont Agriculture Committee one of his first ports of call since returning to...
N.Ireland
Edwin Poots makes return as NI Agriculture Minister
Lagan Valley MLA Edwin Poots has returned as Northern Ireland’s Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister. Poots stood down as...
