N.Ireland
Minister Andrew Muir has welcomed the Northern Ireland Assembly's recent approval of legislation making CCTV mandatory in slaughterhouses.
Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Andrew Muir has published Northern Ireland's first Tree Planting Action Plan.
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced the Sustainable Farming Investment Scheme.
Farmers for Action (FFA) has confirmed that it will participate in Northern Ireland’s Nutrients Action Programme (NAP) public consultation.
A construction contract for a new £8 million research facility at the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Hillsborough has been awarded.
Minister Muir has launched a public consultation on 'wildlife intervention options' to tackle bovine tuberculosis (TB) in Northern Ireland.
A NI government Mourne Mountains strategic group has been established to tackle “increasing and complex pressures” on the area.
Minister Andrew Muir has urged farmers across Northern Ireland to apply for Year 2 of the Farming with Nature Transition Scheme.
Minister Andrew Muir has announced a new £4 million Rural Business Development Grant Scheme (RBDGS) will open for applications on June 29.
The case has, once again, been made for the Stormont Executive to directly fund local agricultural...
The Agri‑Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) has welcomed the publication today of DAERA's formal response to the Review of AFBI.
Minister Andrew Muir has announced an additional £2 million in funding for the Northern Ireland Community Infrastructure Fund.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Andrew Muir has welcomed funding of £4 million for bTB research.
Herd keepers are being reminded that the threshold for applying bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) herd restrictions is to reduce.
DAERA has confirmed it is reopening the Soil Nutrient Health Scheme for a final “mop-up phase” this summer.
Farmers in Northern Ireland need “greater clarity” on what supports are available to them at this time the UFU president warned.
Sara McCracken has been appointed to serve as interim chair of the Council for Nature Conservation and the Countryside (CNCC).
Six years into DAERA’s key NI forestry development project, tree planting rates have been much lower than originally anticipated.
Minister of Agriculture, Environment, and Rural Affairs, Andrew Muir has published the latest Rural Needs Annual Monitoring Report.
An action plan to reduce the threat of wildfires in Northern Ireland has been published by Minister Andrew Muir.
NI Minister of Agriculture Andrew Muir has cited “resource constraints” for the lack of additional tractor training for teens.
Dairy
Minister Andrew Muir has commended the “cutting-edge research and technology” used in the farming sector during his visit to the Netherlands.
Dual access to markets in the EU and Britain is a huge advantage for NI agri-food producers, according to Minister Andrew Muir.
