Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is offering farmers involved in beef finishing and suckled calf production the opportunity…
The number of complaints made about animal welfare on Northern Ireland farms fell in 2017 while complaints regarding non-farmed animals rose. The figures…
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced the opening of the annual Postgraduate Studentship competition for 2019. The scheme…
Farmers have been urged to remain vigilant after Bluetongue was detected in Northern Ireland in a heifer imported from France. The region’s chief veterinary…
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced that full or balance Direct Payments have been issued to 97%…
National Farmers’ Union deputy president Guy Smith has been announced as the keynote speaker for the 2019 Arable Conference. The 2019 Arable Conference…
Payments totalling £190 million have been made to almost 23,300 Northern Ireland farm businesses ahead of schedule. The figure confirmed by the Department of Agriculture,…
A Westminster report examining the prospects of Northern Ireland farming post-Brexit warns Defra has not done enough given the lack of devolved government…
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture has announced it will introduce new licensing procedures for importing bovine semen into the region from Great Britain.…
Pioneering agricultural research into genetic resistance to TB and an electronic bovine disease diagnosis platform are among three projects in Northern Ireland to…
