N.Ireland
Single Application: 3 weeks to go and two-thirds still haven't applied
Farmers have been urged not to leave their Single Application until the last minute, as just three weeks before the...
DAERA
N.Ireland
Department offers EFS weather extension option
Farmers who are facing difficulties meeting the completion dates for Northern Ireland’s Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS) ‘Wider’ due to the...
N.Ireland
New environmental scheme could 'cut number of inspections'
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture has launched a new scheme which it says could improve the environment, while also reducing...
N.Ireland
Brussels calls for more information ahead of NI 3-crop rule decision
The European Commission is understood to have asked Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture for more information ahead of any decision...
N.Ireland
First case of bovine Schmallenberg confirmed in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland’s first case of bovine foetal deformity due to Schmallenberg virus in 2018 has been confirmed in a stillborn calf...
Arable
DAERA backs calls for 3-crop rule derogation
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has added its backing to calls for an exemption to...
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...
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...
