N.Ireland
Farmers' group welcomes advance payments news
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has welcomed the announcement that advance payments will be made, where possible, from October 16...
DAERA
N.Ireland
Construction company fined for waterway pollution
A Northern Irish construction firm was fined for causing pollution to a waterway in Co. Derry this week, according to the...
N.Ireland
NI department announces date for BPS payments
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has confirmed its intention to issue advance payments for the Basic Payment...
Dairy
NI milk prices increase by over 50% in the space of a year
Milk prices in Northern Ireland have increased by about 57% in the space of a year, according to the latest...
N.Ireland
NI beef exporters given the green light to trade under BSE negligible risk status
Beef exporters in Northern Ireland have been given the green light to trade under Bovine Spongiform Encelphalapathy (BSE) negligible risk (NR)...
N.Ireland
Farmer banned from keeping commercial livestock for 5 years
A farmer in Co. Antrim has been banned from keeping commercial livestock for five years after being convicted of charges...
N.Ireland
3,000 NI farmers sign up for soil sampling scheme
Almost 3,000 livestock farmers in Northern Ireland have registered for the soil sampling and analysis scheme from the Department of...
N.Ireland
NI college announces awards feat and details of Careers Advice Event
Nine former pupils of Drumglass High School Dungannon graduated together at the recent awards day at CAFRE (College of Agriculture, Food...
N.Ireland
Antrim farmer charged £5,000 for waste offences
A farmer from Co. Antrim was fined £5,000 (€5,647) for four breaches of waste management legislation by Coleraine Magistrates Court on...
N.Ireland
Young farmer convicted of transporting an unfit animal
A 21-year-old farmer has been recently convicted at Omagh Magistrates’ Court for transporting an unfit animal, according to the Department of Agriculture,...
N.Ireland
TVR badger research project kicks off today
The Test and Vaccinate or Remove (TVR) Wildlife Intervention Research Project is to start today, June 19, in a 100km² area...
N.Ireland
Department publishes farm planning handbook for 2017
The ‘Farm Business Data 2017’ farm planning handbook has recently been published by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs...
N.Ireland
Department temporarily suspends authorisation of NI cattle tags yet again
The authorisation of new and replacement cattle tags in Northern Ireland has been temporarily suspended yet again by the Department of...
N.Ireland
Farmers fined in connection with fish kill incident
Two farmers from Co. Fermanagh have been fined recently at Omagh Magistrates’ Court, in connection with a fish kill incident....
N.Ireland
Farmer banned from owning animals for 25 years
A farmer has been banned from owning animals for 25 years due to a number of animal welfare offences. James Steele,...
N.Ireland
EU pumps €8.1 million into cross-border environmental recovery fund
A cross-border environmental project that will protect endangered species and restore natural habitats is to receive €8.1 million in funding,...
Dairy
April milk prices in NI up over 40% on the same month in 2016
Milk prices in Northern Ireland during the month of April were over 40% higher than they were in the same month...
Schemes
Northern BPS application checks to kick off shortly
“Preliminary checks on single applications are to be carried out shortly,” according to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural...
