N.Ireland
Michelle McIlveen will continue in office until such times as an election is called in Northern Ireland
The Minister for Agriculture in Northern Ireland, Michelle McIlveen has reiterated her commitment to eradicate TB in Northern Ireland.
Payments under the Basic Payment Scheme in Northern Ireland will issue today, the North's Minister for Agriculture, Michelle McIlveen has announced.
An action plan aimed at improving animal welfare enforcement has increased the maximum jail sentence for offences in the North to five years.
The Northern Irish Minister for Agriculture, Michelle McIIveen, has embarked on a week long agri-food trade mission to China.
So far advance CAP payments, which began on October 17, have reached 90.72% of eligible farmers in Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland has applied for BSE Negligible Risk status after submitted an application to the World Organisation for Animal Heath (OIE).
There has been £100,000 allocated for the Social Farming Capital Grant Scheme, according to DAERA Minister Michelle McIIveen.
A weaker Sterling has boosted the amount of money farmers in Northern Ireland will receive under direct payments this year.
Farmers in Northern Ireland who plan of availing of the EU's Voluntary Milk Reduction Scheme have until September 21 to apply to the scheme.
Agri-Business
Financial pressures and Brexit negotiations were top of the agenda when the Ulster Farmers' Union met with the new Minister for Agriculture.
The Northern Ireland Executive was forced to pay the European Commission a total of £19m last year due to failures by the Department of Agriculture.
Northern Ireland and Wales must work together to maximise opportunities for agriculture and the environment following the Brexit vote.
Michelle McIlveen has announced the award of an £8.7m contract for the delivery of a new food, animal health and traceability system.
Following the Brexit referendum, the North's Minister for Agriculture has said that she will be engaging with Dublin to help forge a new relationship with Europe.
Farmers in Northern Ireland are set to receive advanced CAP payments this year from October 16, the North's Minister for Agriculture has announced.
The Young Farmers' Clubs of Ulster (YFCU) are to receive a £150,000 grant to provide agricultural-related training and rural development promotion among young people.
It involves the capture of wild badgers, sampling, micro-chipping and vaccinating them against bovine TB, DAERA has said.
Minister McIlveen says she won't reduce the Basic Payment Scheme to fund either Coupled Payments or an Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme.
A successful AFBI will bring immeasurable benefits to the North's local agri-food industry, the North's Minister for Agriculture, Michelle McIlveen has said.
The Ulster Farmers’ Union has welcomed the appointment of Michelle McIlveen as the North's new minister for Agriculture.
The new Minister for Agriculture in the North, Michelle McIlveen, has said that she will give her full attention to addressing farmers' difficulties in her term in office.
Michelle McIlveen, the DUP MLA, has been appointed as Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for Northern Ireland.
