Agri Politics
A proposal to allow farmers to spread slurry using a splash plate on hilly ground has been welcomed...
Dairy
Further public consultations as part of the process of finalising the new Nitrates Action Programme...
Tillage
Farmers "will be relieved" to see the proposal under the sixth Nitrates Action Programme (NAP) to...
Environment
The expansion of the Agricultural Sustainability Support and Advisory Programme (ASSAP) is a...
The head of water quality at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has said...
New measures which would see farmers needing to know their 'number' when it comes to nutrient...
The draft sixth Nitrates Action Programme (NAP), which will run from 2026 to 2029, has been...
N.Ireland
Farmers for Action (FFA) has called for the hosting of public meetings as part of a Nutrients...
Northern Ireland’s Nutrient Action Programme (NAP) independent forum has been urged to complete...
Opinion
Two new stakeholder organisations have been added to the membership of Northern Ireland’s new...
AgriSearch is to seek enhanced funding levels courtesy of the levies paid by dairy, beef and lamb...
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) peer, Lord Tom Elliott, has called on Northern Ireland Minister for...
A DUP MP has accused Sinn Féin of "abandoning Northern Ireland’s agri-food sector and kicking...
A number of key stakeholder groups have not been included within the membership of Northern...
Research from Teagasc has found that reducing cow numbers would be the "most expensive option" for...
As the new legislative term approaches, pressure is growing to secure a new Nitrates’ Action Plan...
The pressure is building on Northern Ireland Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural...
Farmers for Action (FFA) is indicating that Northern Ireland’s Nitrates Acton Plan (NAP) forum...
Dairy farms whose holdings are considered 'fragmented' could face a reduced chemical nitrogen...
Farmers for Action (FFA) is calling for Northern Ireland’s new Nitrates Action Plan (NAP) to be...
The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is calling for the development of a fair and equitable Nitrates...
Everything is yet to be played for in developing a new Nitrates Action Programme (NAP) for Northern...
Farmers for Action (FFA) has said that it wants to have an active role in a new Nitrates Action...
