Agri-Business
Support scheme launched for NI agri-food businesses
A new scheme has opened up for groups of individuals or small businesses who would benefit from integration with other...
Agri-Business
A new scheme has opened up for groups of individuals or small businesses who would benefit from integration with other...
Beef
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is offering farmers involved in beef finishing and suckled calf...
Dairy
A new training course to explain more about Anti-microbial Resistance (AMR) and how to minimise its risks on dairy farms is...
N.Ireland
The number of complaints made about animal welfare on Northern Ireland farms fell in 2017 while complaints regarding non-farmed animals...
Rural Life
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced the opening of the annual Postgraduate Studentship competition for...
Tillage
Yield and production estimates for the main cereal crops and potatoes in Northern Ireland show barley in the region bucked...
N.Ireland
Farmers have been urged to remain vigilant after Bluetongue was detected in Northern Ireland in a heifer imported from France....
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced that full or balance Direct Payments have been...
Tillage
National Farmers’ Union deputy president Guy Smith has been announced as the keynote speaker for the 2019 Arable Conference. The...
N.Ireland
Payments totalling £190 million have been made to almost 23,300 Northern Ireland farm businesses ahead of schedule. The figure confirmed by the...
N.Ireland
A Co. Fermanagh farmer has been convicted for three BVD-related offences in what has become the first conviction of its type...
N.Ireland
A number of seminars focusing on tax areas affecting Northern Ireland farm businesses are set to be delivered over the...
N.Ireland
A Westminster report examining the prospects of Northern Ireland farming post-Brexit warns Defra has not done enough given the lack...
Agri-Business
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture has announced it will introduce new licensing procedures for importing bovine semen into the region...
N.Ireland
Farmers in Northern Ireland will retain the right to have an independent review of their CAP application – but only...
Agri-Business
Pioneering agricultural research into genetic resistance to TB and an electronic bovine disease diagnosis platform are among three projects in...
N.Ireland
Two Northern Ireland research institutions – AFBI and Ulster University – are set to benefit from more than £362,000 of...
N.Ireland
A father and son from Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland, who attempted to alter TB test reactions, have been convicted on...