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Minister Poots meets with retailers over Polish beef imports

April 7, 2020

N.Ireland

Northern Ireland’s Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots has met with retailers to voice his…

UFU presidential officeholders to maintain current positions

April 7, 2020

N.Ireland

The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) Executive Committee has agreed that the organisation’s current presidential team will remain in office for another three-month period.…

Letter to the editor: ‘Our over-55 farmers would have never retired in the first place’

April 5, 2020

Opinion

Farmers supply what fills the supermarkets’ shelves. Life on Northern Ireland’s farms is not getting any easier, as Covid-19 tightens its grip. Nevertheless,…

Study suggests humans transported badgers from Britain to Ireland

April 5, 2020

Rural Life

A new study into badger genetics has shown those from the north-eastern and south-eastern counties of Ireland share genetics with badgers in Britain. The…

Home educating on the farm: Family share lessons learned

April 4, 2020

Rural Life

With many parents struggling to home school their children during the Covid-19 pandemic, the advice from a home educating farm family is not…

The ins and outs of artificially rearing surplus lambs

April 3, 2020

Sheep

Before the lambing season kicked off, farmers should have set up a designated area for pet/surplus lambs to be reared in. Ideally, farmers…

DAERA minister calls for halt to prescribed burning

April 2, 2020

N.Ireland

Northern Ireland Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots has urged farmers and land managers to halt all prescribed burning in the midst of the…

Moy Park workers lock horns with bosses over self-isolation pay

April 1, 2020

N.Ireland

Moy Park workers have locked horns with bosses for the second time in just a week over the firm’s Covid-19 policies. Employees are…

Opinion: ‘We face a fast-paced, unfamiliar and invisible enemy – but we face it together’

April 1, 2020

Opinion

By Edwin Poots – Minister for Agriculture for Northern Ireland As a nation, we are facing the biggest health crisis we’ve seen for…

NI NAP derogation and accounts submission deadlines extended

April 1, 2020

N.Ireland

Key nutrient paperwork deadlines have been extended until April 30 in Northern Ireland, Minister Edwin Poots has confirmed. Farmers will now have until April…

Balmoral Park under consideration to become NI field hospital

April 1, 2020

N.Ireland

May is always a lively time at Balmoral showgrounds but despite the postponement of the 2020 show, this spring the site could be…

Stena Line fights to keep ‘vital’ UK and Irish supply chains open

April 1, 2020

Agri-Business

Ferry company Stena Line has moved to reassure freight and travel customers that it is taking “every precaution possible” to maintain supply lines…

TB testing suspended in Northern Ireland

March 31, 2020

N.Ireland

All TB testing will cease in Northern Ireland with immediate effect, the region’s Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots has announced. In a statement, Minister…

NIFDA launches detailed Covid-19 industry guidance for agri-food firms

March 30, 2020

N.Ireland

The Northern Ireland Food and Drink Association (NIFDA) has published guidance for food manufacturers on keeping employees safe while continuing to feed the…