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Tributes paid to long-standing NI politican and farmer Charlie Poots
Tributes have been paid tribute to long-standing Northern Ireland politician and farmer Charlie Poots who passed away this morning (April...
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N.Ireland
Tributes paid to long-standing NI politican and farmer Charlie Poots
Tributes have been paid tribute to long-standing Northern Ireland politician and farmer Charlie Poots who passed away this morning (April...
Agri-Business
Minister Poots meets with retailers over Polish beef imports
Northern Ireland’s Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots has met with retailers to voice his concerns over Polish beef imports. Farmers...
Agri-Business
Poots: Northern Ireland’s TB spend is a 'bigger scandal than RHI'
Northern Ireland’s new agriculture minister has said the region’s spend on Bovine TB is a “bigger scandal” than the botched...
Agri-Business
Poots: Northern Ireland’s TB spend is a ‘bigger scandal than RHI’
Northern Ireland’s new agriculture minister has said the region’s spend on Bovine TB is a “bigger scandal” than the botched...
N.Ireland
New NI agriculture minister – Edwin Poots – sets out ‘common sense approach’
Minister Poots has no doubt had a mountain of paperwork and reports to read as he completed his first week...
N.Ireland
New NI agriculture minister – Edwin Poots – sets out ‘common sense approach’
Minister Poots has no doubt had a mountain of paperwork and reports to read as he completed his first week...
N.Ireland
NISA to meet agri committee over funding
The Northern Ireland Shows Association (NISA) is expected to give evidence to Stormont’s agriculture committee in the coming weeks. However...
N.Ireland
Newry Agricultural Show Society confirms arrangements for 2025
Newry Agricultural Show Society will host its 2025 Annual General Meeting on Thursday, February 6 in the Canal Court Hotel,...
N.Ireland
Lockhart appointed chair of Northern Ireland Shows Association
Brian Lockhart, from Jerrettspass in Co. Armagh, is the new chair of the Northern Ireland Shows Association (NISA). He assumed...
N.Ireland
Local agri-show societies in NI need govt funding – NISA
Northern Ireland’s 12 local agricultural show societies need core government funding, if they are to develop into the future. This...
N.Ireland
Direct payment ‘isn’t enough to sustain farm businesses’ – Lockhart MP
The DUP’s Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Westminster spokesperson, Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart, has praised the DAERA for continuing to...
N.Ireland
Bovine TB tops the agenda in meeting between UFU and DUP
MP Carla Lockhart and Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) party colleague and member of the NI Assembly Agriculture Committee, Michelle McIlveen,...
N.Ireland
Opinion: No show like an agri show in Northern Ireland
It’s over – so ends another agricultural show season in Northern Ireland – possibly the best and most vibrant in...
N.Ireland
National Show of Blackface sheep planned for Ballymena Mart
Northern Ireland’s National Show of Blackface sheep will take place at Ballymena Mart next Monday, August 5. The event has...
N.Ireland
Report: Some people blame ‘slurry-pollution problem’ for Lough Neagh algae crisis
There are deep feelings of “sadness, anger, disbelief, fear and anxiety” over the Lough Neagh blue-green algae ecological crisis, according...
N.Ireland
MLA welcomes transition of farm support measures in NI
Tom Elliott MLA has broadly welcomed the recent progression in transitioning the farm support measures in Northern Ireland. In this...
N.Ireland
Opinion: Northern Ireland set to have a new agriculture minister
Assuming everything goes according to plan up at Stormont, Northern Ireland could have a new agriculture minister within days. Traditionally,...
