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In detail: What’s your share of DAERA’s £25 million Covid fund?

July 1, 2020

Northern Ireland’s Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots has announced how he plans to divvy up a £25 million aid package for…

Poots launches £800,000 environmental fund for NI

June 26, 2020

N.Ireland

Environment Minister Edwin Poots has announced an £800,000 fund to support environmental projects across Northern Ireland. The fund is available for not-for-profit organisations…

Ice cream and Covid-19: Adapting to challenges and creating opportunities

June 24, 2020

N.Ireland

A dairy technologist has given insight into how the Northern Irish ice cream processing industry is adapting to the challenges of Covid-19 in…

CAFRE campuses to reopen in September

June 22, 2020

N.Ireland

Northern Ireland’s College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) is set to resume face-to-face teaching in September. DAERA Minister, Edwin Poots, outlined the…

NI’s £25 million Covid-19 support will ‘go to those who need it most’

June 11, 2020

N.Ireland

Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots has said Northern Ireland’s £25 million Covid-19 support fund will be “targeted towards those most…

Meet Northern Ireland’s 4 new Technology Demonstration Farms

June 4, 2020

N.Ireland

The first four farms have been picked to form a new network of Technology Demonstration Farms across Northern Ireland aimed at increasing the…

DAERA seeks views over future fees at CAFRE

June 3, 2020

N.Ireland

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has today launched a consultation document seeking the views of the public on how…

NI agricultural census to go paperless for the first time in 174-year history

June 3, 2020

N.Ireland

Northern Ireland’s Annual Agricultural and Horticultural Census is set to go completely online for the first time in its 174-year history, because of…

NI Minister of Agriculture to review pause on routine inspections

May 29, 2020

N.Ireland

Routine departmental farm inspections could soon resume in Northern Ireland, as the Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots outlines steps to review the suspension.…

CAFRE to launch new dairy beef knowledge transfer project

May 27, 2020

N.Ireland

Northern Ireland’s College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) has announced plans to launch a new dairy-beef programme to help make finishing dairy-bred…

DAERA Minister supports the ‘Milk Your Moments’ campaign

May 25, 2020

N.Ireland

Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has given his support to a UK-wide campaign that aims to encourage people to drink milk. The £1 million…

Minister Poots to begin work to divvy up £25 million Covid fund

May 20, 2020

N.Ireland

Northern Ireland Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots has said he will soon start work to divvy up a £25 million emergency funding boost…

24,500 Single Applications submitted on time in Northern Ireland

May 20, 2020

N.Ireland

Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has confirmed that 24,494 Single Applications were received by the deadline on May…

NI public urged to buy takeaways to support struggling hospitality sector

May 15, 2020

Agri-Business

Northern Ireland’s Minister of Agriculture has urged the public to indulge in takeaways as the hospitality sector adapts to try to keep afloat…

Poots to extend routine inspections suspension in NI

May 3, 2020

N.Ireland

Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots has extended the suspension of most routine farm inspections until May 15, 2020. Minister Poots had previously announced…

NI calf TB testing changes ‘strike right balance’ between integrity and safety

May 2, 2020

N.Ireland

A decision by the Department of Agriculture, Environment, and Rural Affairs (DAERA) to suspend calf TB testing during the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, was…