N.Ireland
Consultation opens for NI’s first-ever Rural Policy Framework
A public consultation has opened on Northern Ireland’s first-ever Rural Policy Framework. The framework aims to create a sustainable rural...
DAERA
Environment
What does Climate Change Bill (No. 2) have in store for NI?
The first details have emerged of Northern Ireland's Department of Agriculture's Climate Change Bill. Referred to in Stormont documents as...
Environment
NI’s second Climate Change Bill passes first stage at Stormont
Northern Ireland's second Climate Change Bill has officially passed its First Stage at Stormont. The bill has been drafted by...
N.Ireland
ROI and NI ministers learn of latest research at Devenish
The two agriculture ministers - one from the Republic of Ireland and one from Northern Ireland - visited a research...
Agri-Business
NI agri-food to take a leaf from the aerospace industry
Northern Ireland's agri-food industry is to take a leaf from the aerospace industry's book, in harnessing robots within production lines....
Beef
DAERA’s TB plans to be revealed next week
It's been heavily anticipated for the last year and a half, but Northern Ireland farmers will finally get the first...
Environment
NI Agriculture Minister declares war on plastic pollution
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has declared war on plastic pollution, announcing not one, but two initiatives to reduce...
N.Ireland
New appointments announced for CAFRE advisory group
A new chairperson and member have been appointed to the College Advisory Group, which oversees the College of Agri-Food and...
Agri-Business
Minister launches £1 million Rural Business Development Grant Scheme for NI
Northern Ireland Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots has launched a £1 million fund to help the sustainability and development of...
Agri-Business
NI and Scottish Ministers write to Westminster over Free Trade concerns
Scotland and Northern Ireland's Rural Affairs Ministers have written to Westminster reiterating "significant concerns" over the UK's approach to Free...
Environment
DAERA’s draft Climate Change Bill moves to next stage
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) Climate Change Bill has passed through the Executive today. It's a...
Agri-Business
DAERA sets out plans for £37 million 5-year soil health scheme
Northern Ireland's Department of Agriculture is working on plans to launch a £37 million five-year soil sampling scheme to improve...
Agri-Business
Reformed Review of Decisions process to be in place by end of next year
Plans are in place for a new Review of Decisions process to be implemented in Northern Ireland next year, according...
Agri-Business
Poots announces consultation on process for Review of Decisions Cases
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has published a consultation on the role of the Independent Panel in Area-based Schemes Review of...
N.Ireland
94% of farmers take up latest round of FBIS offers
Farmers in Northern Ireland have accepted 94% of offers made by the department under the latest tranche of Tier 1...
Environment
Northern Ireland’s two woodland grant schemes reopen
Northern Ireland Environment Minister Edwin Poots has announced the next stage of the ‘Forests for Our Future’ programme by reopening...
Agri-Business
Minister Poots launches 2021-22 DAERA Business Plan
Northern Ireland (NI) Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has launched his department’s business plan for the year ahead. The 2021-2022 DAERA...
Environment
Co. Down fisherman fined for sowing uncultivated land
Co. Down fisherman Geoffrey Chambers (63) of Moneydarragh Road in Annalong was fined a total of £2,500 for sowing and...
