Rural Life
'Black Farmer' and mash boss named in New Year's Honours
The ‘Black Farmer’, a vet who helped Scotland achieve TB-free status, and a prominent Northern Ireland agri-businesswoman are among those...
Rural Life
The ‘Black Farmer’, a vet who helped Scotland achieve TB-free status, and a prominent Northern Ireland agri-businesswoman are among those...
N.Ireland
Farmers in Northern Ireland have the opportunity to travel to the Netherlands to see innovative approaches to managing antibiotic usage...
N.Ireland
Officials have warned of delays to Northern Ireland’s Environmental Farming Scheme after a “significant increase” in applications for Tranche 3....
N.Ireland
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has opened applications for its 2020 postgraduate studentship scheme. The scheme...
N.Ireland
Almost all (99%) of Northern Ireland’s farmers have been issued with their full or balance direct payments on the first...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland’s Land Mobility manager has called for tax relief similar to the Republic of Ireland to encourage landowners to...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland’s Land Mobility Programme has moved into its second phase. It follows a two-year pilot, during which 28 ‘arrangements’...
N.Ireland
The first case in Northern Ireland of the goat disease, Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis (CAE), has been confirmed by the Department...
N.Ireland
A new series of free workshops could have the potential to save lives on Northern Ireland farms. It comes as...
Beef
Norther Ireland Farm Groups (NIFG), an umbrella group for a number of farmer representative organisations in the north, have met...
Beef
Beef from the UK has been cleared for export to China for the first time in over 20 years, following...
N.Ireland
A farmer has been given a suspended jail sentence after pleading guilty to 18 charges relating to animal welfare and...
N.Ireland
A two-day study trip hosted by Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is offering upland farmers the...
N.Ireland
A farmer has been fined for allowing farm effluent to enter a waterway causing local pollution, according to the Department...
Environment
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced that the Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS) Wider Level will...
N.Ireland
The Ulster Farmers’ Union is calling on Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture (DAERA) to remove unnecessary bureaucracy from the cattle...
N.Ireland
Officials in Northern Ireland plan to launch a new AMR Animal Health stakeholder group to help get the industry onside with...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has published extensive guide into how the region’s farmers can...