Agri-Business
First Letters of Offer arrive for £15 million FBIS Tier 1 scheme
Letters of Offer for the £15 million Farm Business Improvement Scheme (FBIS) have started to issue to thousands of farmers, Agriculture...
Schemes
Agri-Business
Department to seek legal changes for NI’s review of decisions process
The department cannot delegate decision-making responsibilities over schemes without legal changes, a senior civil servant has told Stormont’s Agriculture Committee....
Environment
Changes to NI’s Basic Payments to be implemented for 2021 scheme year
Changes to Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) entitlements will come into force from the 2021 scheme year, Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister...
N.Ireland
McAleer: Farmers in the North could be left behind
Farmers and rural communities in the North could be left behind as the Republic moves ahead with implementing its €10.5...
Agri Politics
TFA warns that half of tenant farmers could be excluded from future schemes
The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) is warning that up to half of tenant farmers may be excluded from new government...
Schemes
98% of farmers eligible for BPS received payments in December
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has stated that it has delivered its best ever December payment performance and paid just...
N.Ireland
NI farmers to receive £3.6 million in reimbursement payments from the EU
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has announced that Northern Ireland farmers are to receive a total of £3.6 million...
Agri Politics
What new schemes will be introduced by the 'Path to Sustainable Farming'?
The government has laid out its plans for future agricultural schemes in the ‘Path to Sustainable Farming’ document which was...
Agri Politics
SLE welcomes new strategy for rural land payments
The Scottish government strategy for rural payments for 2020-21 will be broadly welcomed by farmers and land managers, according to...
Schemes
SLE supports planned changes to CAP and LFASS
Scottish Land and Estates (SLE) has welcomed planned changes to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and Less Favoured Area Support...
N.Ireland
Poots encourages NI farmers to apply for farm business funding
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has encouraged farmers to consider applying to the third tranche of Tier 1 of...
Rural Life
2 vets awarded 2021 Nuffield scholarships
Vets Claire Whittle and Rob Howe have been awarded 2021 Nuffield scholarships to support their research into regenerative agriculture and...
Schemes
Farmers reminded about BPS Support Scheme deadline
Those farmers who have submitted an application for the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) via the Single Application Form (SAF) 2020...
Schemes
SAGCS application window closes on October 11
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Scotland is reminding its membership that the Sustainable Agriculture Capital Grant Scheme (SACGS) application window...
Agri-Business
Greening requirements to be scrapped in NI from 2021
Plans are afoot to scrap greening requirements in Northern Ireland, the region’s Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots has announced today (September...
Agri-Business
First bilateral trade agreement signed between EU and China
The first significant bilateral trade agreement has been signed between the European Union (EU) and China this morning, Monday, July...
Environment
Commissioner: ‘I don’t think we can allow’ imports made with banned pesticides
The EU should stop importing agricultural goods made using pesticides that are banned within the bloc, European Commissioner for Agriculture...
N.Ireland
Poots announces plans for £25 million NI Covid-19 support package
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has outlined how he plans to divvy up the £25 million Covid-19 financial support...
