Agri-Business
NI beef processors place hope in US to replace ‘lost’ Canadian market
Meat processors in Northern Ireland are hoping newly-cleared access to the US could replace sales to the Canadian market, should...
DAERA
Agri-Business
Race is on for NI firms to secure US customers for beef
Thousands of Northern Irish farmers will soon see their produce represented in the US as two of the region’s major...
Agri-Business
DAERA publishes ‘Farm Business Data’ handbook
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has published its Farm Business Data 2020 planning handbook. The...
N.Ireland
Poots announces 4.3% increase to BPS entitlements for 2020
Northern Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture Edwin Poots has announced that a linear increase of 4.3% will be applied to all...
N.Ireland
Chief vet warns of ‘robbing Peter to pay Paul’ for NI Brexit preparations
A shuffle underway at Dundonald House to redeploy staff to ramp up Brexit preparations has sparked concern animal health programmes,...
N.Ireland
DAERA permanent secretary admits ‘acting against minister’s wishes’ over Brexit plans
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) permanent secretary Denis McMahon has admitted acting against the minister’s wishes to...
N.Ireland
Poots announces new Brucellosis protocol for Northern Ireland
A new surveillance protocol for Brucellosis will benefit farmers and industry, Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has said. The revised surveillance...
Environment
Poots announces £645,000 of additional funding for NI environmental projects
An additional £645,000 will be made available for environmental projects across Northern Ireland, the region’s Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister...
Agri-Business
Payments for NI’s £18 million Covid-19 farm support fund to begin today
Payments for Northern Ireland’s £18 million Covid-19 farm support fund are set to begin today (Monday, September 28). More than 11,000...
Agri-Business
Independent review issues ‘red status’ on DAERA’s Brexit preparations
An independent review of DAERA’s Brexit preparations has issued a ‘red status’ warning over the region’s preparedness. The external review of...
Agri-Business
‘Entirely illogical’: Poots defends decision to intervene over SES ammonia limits
Minister Poots has defended his decision to intervene over agricultural planning issues in Northern Ireland. Shared Environmental Services (SES), a...
Environment
Online seminar series to examine the science behind NI’s ammonia woes
A series of three lunchtime webinars will explore the science behind Northern Ireland’s agricultural woes with ammonia. Run by the...
Beef
NI farmers warned All-Ireland PGI ‘may not be practical’
Officials are claiming it “may not be practical” to include Northern Ireland in plans for Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) status...
Agri-Business
4,000 eligible farmers still to apply for NI’s Covid-19 support fund
Almost 4,000 farmers have still not responded to claim their share of Northern Ireland’s agricultural Covid-19 support money. Agriculture Minister...
Agri-Business
Poots encourages NI farm businesses to apply for Covid-19 support fund
Northern Ireland Agriculture minister Edwin Poots has urged all eligible farm businesses to apply to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and...
Environment
Slurry buffer zones to increase in NI from next month
New slurry spreading restrictions are set to come into force in Northern Ireland in just two weeks, with the spreading...
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
Poots writes to southern counterpart over NI eligibility for Bord Bia schemes
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has written to his counterpart in the Republic of Ireland over concerns as to...
