N.Ireland
Farmer wins appeal to overturn animal welfare charge conviction
A farmer from Northern Ireland and his employee won their appeal to overturn a conviction relating to an animal welfare...
DAERA
N.Ireland
Department ditches plans to scrap paper calf registrations by May
Plans for paper calf registrations to be scrapped in a month’s time have been ditched by Northern Ireland’s Department of...
N.Ireland
Fodder in the North: 'Not a crisis - but it's not far off one'
As their southern counterparts are declaring a crisis, farmers in Northern Ireland are still giving mixed reports on their fodder...
Schemes
Union to take department to court over CAP appeals decision
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has said it will challenge through judicial review the department’s decision to move from a two-stage review...
N.Ireland
New CAP review procedures to come into force
New procedures for Northern Irish farmers applying for a ‘review of decisions‘ under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will come...
N.Ireland
TB eradication partnership start date delayed
Bad weather has meant Northern Ireland’s TB Eradication Partnership (TBEP) start date is likely to be pushed back towards the...
N.Ireland
Last chance to attend soil analysis report training
If you are one of over 1,000 farmers across Northern Ireland who received free soil sampling and analysis reports and...
N.Ireland
Derry farmer in court over carcass and movement offences
A north-west farmer has been convicted of failing to comply with animal traceability regulations after he failed to notify the...
N.Ireland
Budget 'encouraging' but longer term decisions are needed
Ulster Farmers’ Union president Barclay Bell has said the recently announced 2018-19 budget allocation for the Department of Agriculture, Environment...
N.Ireland
Controversial Ballykelly move 'on time and on budget' for mid-April
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture’s controversial move to its new headquarters in the north-west is on schedule to see staff...
N.Ireland
NI budget: How did farming come off?
The budget set by Northern Ireland Secretary of State Karen Bradley has spared the region’s department of agriculture from swingeing...
N.Ireland
In limbo: Here's the 8 urgent ministerial decisions needed for NI
Flooding relief and knowledge transfer have been confirmed to be two of the eight Northern Ireland Department of Agriculture (DAERA) decisions...
N.Ireland
9 out of 10 farm animal welfare complaints unfounded
More than 90% of farm welfare inspections made following complaints from the public found the farm to have no breaches...
N.Ireland
Industry to be landed with £143,000 BSE testing bill under TSE changes
Farmers in Northern Ireland could soon pay for BSE testing under new rules proposed by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and...
N.Ireland
2018 Single Application process opens: What you need to know
The online Single Application service has opened for 2018, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced....
N.Ireland
Burnt factory's diverted pigs push NI numbers up year-on-year
The number of pigs in Northern Ireland grew by almost a fifth year-on-year, as imports of fattened pigs coming here...
N.Ireland
Fodder crisis: 'Many farmers at the mercy of the spring weather'
Worsening weather conditions mean a fodder crisis could still be on the cards Ulster Unionist Party leader, Robin Swann, has...
N.Ireland
The ‘Beast from the East’: Your farm storm checklist
Milk processors and department officials are warning Northern Irish farmers to prepare for cold conditions forecast for the rest of...
