Agri-Business
Committees on Agriculture and Climate Action are to discuss technologies and opportunities to reduce emissions in the agricultural sector this...
N.Ireland
The backlog of pigs to be slaughtered could reach as many as 24,000 in just a month, according to representatives...
N.Ireland
Lack of investment in Northern Ireland’s waste infrastructure has left the industry emitting higher volumes of environmentally-damaging greenhouse gases, such...
Agri-Business
Members of Stormont’s Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs committee visited a farm in Co. Tyrone to see for themselves the...
N.Ireland
MLAs heard the first details of Northern Ireland’s new strategy to tackle bovine TB on Thursday (July 8) – but...
N.Ireland
Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) president Victor Chestnutt has slammed targets set in the private member’s Climate Change Bill as “complete...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland’s agricultural industry has commissioned an impact assessment report to evaluate how ambitions for Northern Ireland to achieve net-zero...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland’s dairy industry would have to be slashed back to production levels last seen in 1946 in order to...
N.Ireland
Scientists have warned it will be “extremely challenging” for Northern Ireland to reduce its methane emissions from agriculture in order...
Environment
Northern Ireland is falling short on tree planting levels required to pave the way to net-zero ambitions by more than...
N.Ireland
The chairman of the UK’s Climate Change Committee (CCC) has told Northern Ireland (NI) politicians he is “not prepared” to...
N.Ireland
The department is unlikely to take direct action, such as introducing culls or flock restrictions, over a recent spate of...
Agri-Business
A ‘coded report’ regarding the safety of port staff was made to Crimestoppers Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has...
N.Ireland
There are to be no ‘special arrangements’ made for agriculture in either of the two Climate Change Bills currently going...
N.Ireland
Ambitions to upgrade Northern Ireland’s recommended 82% reduction in Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions to net-zero will cost an additional £900...
N.Ireland
Sinn Féin MLA Declan McAleer has called on the Department of Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) to develop an...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots told officials he was “not convinced” police had a full understanding of the perceived...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture has warned permanent customs facilities for agri-food produce will now not be ready until at...
