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Farmers urged to reduce risks as Northern Ireland’s Air Ambulance is grounded

April 8, 2020

Farmers in Northern Ireland have been urged to take extra measures to reduce their risk of an accident while working. It comes as…

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 concerns over Polish beef imports. Farmers slammed retailers late…

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…

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…

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…

NI farmers urged to complete Single Application now

March 30, 2020

N.Ireland

The Minister for Agriculture in Northern Ireland, Edwin Poots, has urged all farmers and agents to continue to submit their 2020 Single Applications…

Department encourages farmers to phone-in cattle movements

March 27, 2020

N.Ireland

A new, extended telephone service has been set up by Northern Ireland Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots to avoid delays in the movement of…

NI agriculture minister halts all routine farm inspections

March 27, 2020

N.Ireland

All routine farm inspections will be paused until 30 April 2020, Northern Ireland’s Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots has confirmed today (March 27).…

3-crop rule lifted in Northern Ireland for 2020

March 26, 2020

N.Ireland

Growers in Northern Ireland have been granted a derogation to the crop diversification requirement of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) for 2020. DAERA…

Covid-19: Farmers urged to have a plan in place in case they get sick

March 25, 2020

N.Ireland

Northern Ireland farmers have been urged to make contingency plans for their farms in case they are infected with Covid-19 and rendered unable…

Department to continue farm inspections and TB testing in NI

March 25, 2020

N.Ireland

Departmental farm inspections and testing for bovine TB are set to continue in Northern Ireland, despite extreme lockdown measures across the UK to…

Face-to-face teaching stops at NI’s agricultural college

March 24, 2020

N.Ireland

Northern Ireland’s agricultural college – the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (CAFRE) – has ceased all face-to-face teaching and education programmes.…

CAFRE ceases face-to-face educational programmes in response to Covid-19

March 21, 2020

Agri Politics

Northern Ireland Minister for Agriculture Edwin Poots has announced that the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (CAFRE) is to cease face-to-face…

1,000 saplings planted as part of new DAERA programme

March 15, 2020

N.Ireland

DAERA’s largest ever public tree planting event took place on Monday, March 9, as around 400 school pupils planted 1,000 broadleaf trees as…

Amendments made Traunches 3 and 4 of NI’s Environmental Farming Scheme

March 12, 2020

N.Ireland

Northern Ireland’s Agriculture Minister has announced that Tranches 3 and 4 of the delayed Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS) will now proceed – albeit with…

Want to have your say on future NI agricultural policy? Now’s your chance

March 7, 2020

N.Ireland

Farmers across Northern Ireland are being encouraged to participate in an important survey to seek their opinions on current and future agriculture policy.…