Environment
Peatlands Strategy: UFU warns against funding bog rewetting plans from direct payments budget
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has aired its concerns over the economic effects of rewetting peatland in Northern Ireland as...
Northern Ireland Peatland Strategy
Agri-Business
Growers warn peat ban could wipe out NI’s £46 million mushroom industry
Northern Ireland growers have warned a ban on peat proposed in the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs' (DAERA's)...
Environment
NI peatland strategy proposes payments for bog restoration
Future land management schemes could pay landowners to maintain peatland through low-impact farming methods. The Northern Ireland Peatland Strategy 2021-2040...
