N.Ireland
Direct payments and Young Farmers’ Payment exchange rate confirmed
The exchange rate to be used to calculate 2018 direct payments and the Young Farmers’ Payment was announced by the...
DAERA
N.Ireland
Loughry CAFRE students set off stateside
Each year students at Northern Ireland’s CAFRE colleges are given the opportunity to compete for a place to study in...
Environment
NI river water quality dipped slightly in last 3 years – DAERA
Northern Ireland’s river quality has dipped slightly in the past three years – but marine water bodies are marginally better,...
Arable
Poor soil structure could cost up to £220/ha…but can you avoid common pitfalls?
Healthy soils are said to be the engine driving production on any farm; but just how much could poor soil...
Beef
First consignment of Northern Irish beef lands in the Philippines
The first consignment of Northern Irish beef under the new trade agreement has arrived in the Philippines and is now on...
Agri-Business
NI’s post-Brexit framework document gets the nod from union
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has welcomed the long-awaited publication of post-Brexit options for the farming industry in Northern Ireland....
N.Ireland
DAERA launches consultation on post-Brexit agricultural policy for Northern Ireland
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is to engage with the wider farming, food and environmental sectors...
Environment
Northern Ireland Environmental Farming Scheme inspections underway
Inspections for Northern Ireland’s Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS) farms are about to begin. Participants will have already claimed for the...
Arable
98% of Northern Ireland soils inadequately analysed
‘Soil Health’ is a relatively new term that is being discussed more and more by farmers, growers, agronomists and researchers....
N.Ireland
Co. Down farmer fined following welfare charges
A Co. Down farmer was today fined and sentenced to three months in prison, suspended for two years, on animal...
Environment
Is it legal to draw water from the source in Northern Ireland?
With the dry weather continuing, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has urged businesses, councils and farmers...
Agri-Business
Sustainable soil events to demonstrate good field management
The Sustainable Soil Management Events are the latest in a series of Farm Family Key Skills workshops for farmers, family...
Grass
Free soil sampling scheme launched in western Northern Ireland
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced it will open up a free soil sampling and...
N.Ireland
UFU granted judicial review to challenge DAERA CAP appeals decision
High Court has granted permission for a judicial review into a decision made by Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture (DAERA) to...
N.Ireland
Final year of NI ‘Test and Vaccinate or Remove’ badger project gets under way
The fifth and final year of the department’s Test and Vaccinate or Remove (TVR) Wildlife Intervention Research Project commenced today...
N.Ireland
DAERA and Defra approaches to tacking TB ‘poles apart’
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) leader Robin Swann has lambasted Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) for...
N.Ireland
Lakeland signs NIEA deal to encourage farmers to reduce ammonia
One of Northern Ireland’s largest milk processors has signed a deal with the region’s environment agency to help its suppliers...
N.Ireland
Farmer at centre of neighbour cattle theft case sentenced
By Michael Kenwood A north Down farmer found guilty of stealing five pedigree Holstein heifers from his neighbour’s farm, removing...
