N.Ireland
DUP agriculture spokesperson Carla Lockhart welcomed a consultation on wildlife intervention to tackle bovine TB in Northern Ireland.
A construction contract for a new £8 million research facility at the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Hillsborough has been awarded.
Minister of Agriculture Andrew Muir launched a public consultation on wildlife intervention options to tackle bovine TB in Northern Ireland.
A Northern Ireland government Mournes strategic group has been established to tackle “increasing and complex pressures” on the area.
Minister for Agriculture Andrew Muir urged farmers across Northern Ireland to apply for Year 2 of the Farming with Nature Transition Scheme.
Minister Andrew Muir has announced a new £4 million Rural Business Development Grant Scheme will open for applications next Monday, June 29.
Industrial action by veterinary staff of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland continues.
Pig/Poultry
An AFBI study shows farmers could save up to one piglet per litter by focusing on the wellbeing of pigs born late in the farrowing process.
A judge has banned a Northern Ireland farmer from keeping animals after a welfare investigation led to 19 calves being euthanised.
The UFU said funding to improve water quality in Lough Neagh needs to deliver "practical, properly funded support" for farmers on the ground.
Payments for the first year of the Suckler Cow (SC) Scheme are underway, the NI Department for Agriculture (DAERA) has confirmed.
DAERA has published the criteria for the mandatory use of interferon-gamma (IFN-g) blood tests for bovine TB in Northern Ireland.
The Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is 'very concerned' by the dumping of dead animals in Northern Ireland.
A Northern Ireland councillor is calling for a full investigation after dead sheep and calves were found dumped in Co. Tyrone in recent days.
The Agri‑Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) has welcomed the publication today of DAERA's formal response to the Review of AFBI.
Agriculture was found to be responsible for 31.4% of Northern Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions in 2024, according to DAERA.
Rural Life
The Greenmount Association, an organisation of past students of the Greenmount college campus, has invited former students to a reunion event.
Minister Muir has confirmed that an additional £2 million in funding for the Northern Ireland Community Infrastructure Fund (NICIF).
DAERA Minister Andrew Muir has welcomed funding of £4 million for research on bovine tuberculosis (TB).
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has provided guidance to the poultry industry of its statutory obligations.
Herd keepers are being reminded that the threshold for applying BVD herd restrictions is to reduce from next month.
Farmers and growers are being encouraged to complete the 2026 Northern Ireland Farm Census before the end of June.
A Northern Ireland based meat supplier has been fined £2,000 in court for breaches of the food hygiene legislation.
