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Business Development Groups Scheme closing date extended

January 22, 2020

Northern Ireland’s Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has extended the closing date for applications to the Business Development Groups (BDGs) Scheme, during a visit…

New NI ag minister to weigh up end to calendar-based slurry dates

January 21, 2020

N.Ireland

There were big promises made at Dundonald House as Northern Ireland’s first Agriculture Minister in three years set out his priorities for his…

Dairy farmers offered ‘free trip to learn heifer-raising techniques’

January 21, 2020

N.Ireland

Northern Ireland dairy farmers are being offered a free opportunity to learn about the latest and innovative practices about rearing heifers by the…

New NI agriculture minister – Edwin Poots – sets out ‘common sense approach’

January 21, 2020

N.Ireland

Minister Poots has no doubt had a mountain of paperwork and reports to read as he completed his first week in the job…

NI pig farm protest: Taken pig was ‘held to ransom’

January 16, 2020

N.Ireland

Several piglets are said to have died after vegan protesters raided a Co. Antrim farm taking a pig on Tuesday morning (January 14).…

Views sought on strategy to make NI agri-food sector the most innovative in the UK

January 14, 2020

N.Ireland

The Department of Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is seeking the public’s views on ambitious plans to make Northern Ireland’s agri-food sector…

CAFRE beef finishing event to take place this Thursday

January 14, 2020

N.Ireland

A knowledge transfer event taking place at Greenmount College this week aims to discuss some of the biggest areas of concern for Northern…

2019: The year that was for Northern Ireland farming

December 31, 2019

N.Ireland

2019 hasn’t been particularly kind to our farmers in the North, with many ending the year feeling no better off, if not worse, than…

‘Black Farmer’ and mash boss named in New Year’s Honours

December 31, 2019

Rural Life

The ‘Black Farmer’, a vet who helped Scotland achieve TB-free status, and a prominent Northern Ireland agri-businesswoman are among those in food and…

Deadline appoaching for 2-day dairy-bred beef study tour

December 30, 2019

N.Ireland

Farmers in Northern Ireland have the opportunity to travel to the Netherlands to see innovative approaches to managing antibiotic usage in dairy-bred beef…

Delay to Environmental Farming Scheme Tranche 3 as department calls for review

December 19, 2019

N.Ireland

Officials have warned of delays to Northern Ireland’s Environmental Farming Scheme after a “significant increase” in applications for Tranche 3. The Department of…

DAERA launches 2020 postgraduate studentship scheme

December 11, 2019

N.Ireland

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has opened applications for its 2020 postgraduate studentship scheme. The scheme offers 12 new…

New record for Northern Ireland direct payments…but how much was paid out?

December 9, 2019

N.Ireland

Almost all (99%) of Northern Ireland’s farmers have been issued with their full or balance direct payments on the first day of the…

Land mobility: Calls for tax relief to support scheme in NI

November 27, 2019

N.Ireland

Northern Ireland’s Land Mobility manager has called for tax relief similar to the Republic of Ireland to encourage landowners to move away from…

Northern Ireland’s Land Mobility Programme initiates second phase

November 27, 2019

N.Ireland

Northern Ireland’s Land Mobility Programme has moved into its second phase. It follows a two-year pilot, during which 28 ‘arrangements’ have been made.…

First case of CAE goat disease discovered in Northern Ireland

November 21, 2019

N.Ireland

The first case in Northern Ireland of the goat disease, Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis (CAE), has been confirmed by the Department of Agriculture, Environment…