N.Ireland
Research: Multi-year management plan needed for leatherjackets
Leatherjackets are causing significant challenges for farmers in the western region of Northern Ireland as they struggle to manage the...
Northern Ireland
N.Ireland
Fermanagh farmer fined for water pollution offences
A farmer from Co. Fermanagh has been convicted at Enniskillen Magistrates' Court for water pollution offences that caused fish kill....
N.Ireland
NI: Farmers For Action issues farmgate-supply warning for food processors
Farmers For Action (FFA) has issued a farmgate-supply warning for corporate and co-op food processors in Northern Ireland (NI) amid...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland hogget prices continue upward trajectory
Liveweight and deadweight hogget prices in Northern Ireland (NI) are continuing in an upward trajectory, with spring lamb quotes now...
N.Ireland
NIFDA calls red diesel restrictions a ‘tax on food’
The Northern Ireland Food and Drink Association (NIFDA) has said that the incoming restrictions on rebated (red) diesel will essentially...
N.Ireland
Armagh farmer sentenced for failure to isolate TB reactors
A farmer from Co. Armagh has been sentenced for failure to comply with notice to isolate tuberculosis (TB) reactors. Philip...
N.Ireland
NI: Solicitor says bovine TB eradication strategy lacks key issues
The new bovine tuberculosis (TB) eradication strategy for Northern Ireland (NI) does not address several key issues, according to a...
N.Ireland
NSA disappointed in NI’s Future Agricultural Policy
The National Sheep Association (NSA) has expressed disappointment at the lack of support for the sheep sector in Northern Ireland's...
N.Ireland
NI: New appointment to Office for Environmental Protection
Environment Minister Edwin Poots has announced the appointment of Malcolm Beatty OBE as a Northern Ireland Non-Executive Member of the...
N.Ireland
RUAS elects new president
The Royal Ulster Agricultural Society (RUAS) has elected Christine Adams as the 36th president of the society. Adams lives in...
N.Ireland
USPCA condemns badger cull as part of bTB plan
The Ulster Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals (USPCA) has condemned the badger cull announced by the Northern...
N.Ireland
£200,000 support package for NI’s agricultural shows unveiled
A £200,000 support package for Northern Ireland's agricultural shows has been unveiled by Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs...
N.Ireland
Opportunities to expand the export of red meat from NI to develop
Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) chief executive, Ian Stevenson believes that opportunities to expand the export of red meat from...
N.Ireland
Sinn Féin gives guarded welcome to NI amended farm policy reform
Sinn Féin MLA and chair of the Stormont agriculture committee, Declan McAleer has given a guarded welcome to the amended...
N.Ireland
Poots meets with Stena Line over P&O Ferries
Northern Ireland Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Edwin Poots has met with representatives from Stena Line to hear...
N.Ireland
EFS payments of over £6m issue to NI farmers
Payments of more than £6 million have issued to Northern Irish farmers participating in the Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS). The...
N.Ireland
EFS payments of over £6m issue to NI farmers
Payments of more than £6 million have issued to Northern Irish farmers participating in the Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS). The...
Government
UK-wide fuel duty cut of 5p/L from this evening
Fuel duty across the UK will be cut by 5p/L, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak confirmed in his...
