Agri-Business
Farmers to play ‘central role’ in NI’s 2030 renewable energy target
Farmers will need to play a central role if renewable energy target to generate at least 70% of Northern Ireland’s...
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Beef
IMS discusses the role of social media within beef sector
Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) chief executive Ian Stevenson recently participated in an International Meat Secretariat (IMS) marketing and communication...
N.Ireland
£3.5 million announced for Sperrins flood farmers
Minister Poots is understood to have announced a £3.5 million support package for farmers in the Sperrins affected by floods...
N.Ireland
Northern sheep trade: Average hogget and spring lamb prices rise
The latest Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) report shows that the average deadweight hogget and spring lamb prices were up...
Beef
Great British Beef Week can help build Britain’s food brand - NFU
As the agri-food industry celebrates Great British Beef Week, the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) is urging farmers to use this...
Agri-Business
More than 1,000 responses to ANC Bill consultation
A Private Members Bill proposing the reinstatement of support payments for Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) in Northern Ireland has...
Agri-Business
Calls for NI’s RHI scheme to remain open as Stormont examines options to wind scheme down
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) is urging farmers who are participants of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme, to respond...
Agri-Business
Open Farm Weekend to run as virtual event for 2021
Organisers of Northern Ireland's farm open day event 'Open Farm Weekend' have confirmed this year's event will take place virtually....
Beef
Northern Ireland working to secure PGI status for ‘grass fed’ beef
Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) chief executive, Ian Stevenson, has confirmed that work is progressing to demonstrate that Northern Ireland’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
Glanbia to move northern suppliers to solids-based pricing by 2024
Glanbia Ireland has told northern milk suppliers it plans to move to solids-based pricing by 2024. The butterfat base level...
Agri-Business
Island’s milk pool faces ‘ridiculous scenario’ where milk is Irish ‘everywhere except Ireland’
The island’s milk pool faces a “ridiculous scenario” where milk produced in the Republic of Ireland is often no longer...
Agri-Business
NI farmers ‘left struggling’ because of NI Protocol
The Ulster Farmers’ Union has claimed many Northern Ireland farmers have been “left struggling” with vital aspects of their farm...
Machinery
DVA rejects calls for priority driving tests for farmworkers
The Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA) has rejected bids for farmworkers to be given priority booking when driving tests reopen...
N.Ireland
Meet the new ‘Agri-business Group’ hoping to keep NI’s air ambulance flying
A team of nine Northern Irish agri-business leaders have teamed up to promote the work of the Air Ambulance NI...
Agri-Business
99.76% of RHI money ‘paid legitimately to businesses with genuine need’
Nearly all of Northern Ireland’s Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) payments were made legitimately to businesses with a “genuine need”, according...
Agri-Business
Minister Lyons considering further agricultural Covid support payments
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Gordon Lyons has said he is considering financial support for organic milk producers and sheep farmers...
Agri-Business
Dale Farm suppliers hit out at ‘meat-free Monday’ post
Dale Farm suppliers have hit out at the dairy processor after it posted on social media offering “meat-free Monday inspiration”....
