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Northern Ireland
Rush for entitlements with deadline looming
Peter McCann
When compared to 2024, the window for trading entitlements opened a month later, although the deadline for transfers has also been pushed back by a fortnight this year.
23 April 2025 Northern Ireland
DAERA working on TB wildlife plan
Officials in DAERA are working on a plan to deal with the reservoir of TB in wildlife.
23 April 2025 Northern Ireland
Most badgers forage same fields as cattle
The newly published research paper was authored by scientists from Queen’s University Belfast, the Agri Food and Biosciences Institute and DAERA.
NI milk production drives on in 2025
Milk production in NI has started off very strongly in 2025, DAERA figures show.
23 April 2025 Northern Ireland
News in-brief from Northern Ireland
Weekly news in-brief from across the farming industry in Northern Ireland.
23 April 2025 Northern Ireland
Farmers warned to control noxious weeds now
Ragwort, dock, thistle, common barberry, wild hop and wild oat are all noxious weeds.
20 April 2025 Northern Ireland
News round-up from Northern Ireland
Weekly round-up of news from the farming industry in Northern Ireland.
16 April 2025 Northern Ireland
Muir says new sheep scheme is ‘a priority’
Agriculture Minister Andrew Muir spoke to Stormont’s agriculture committee last Thursday
16 April 2025 Northern Ireland
High returns from good dairy genetics
David Wright reports from the AgriSearch conference held in Armagh on Tuesday
16 April 2025 Northern Ireland
Top beef claimant gets over £230,000
There is no upper limit applied to the Beef Carbon Reduction scheme in NI
16 April 2025 Northern Ireland
Over 500 slurry fines for NI farmers in five years
The latest available figures show that 526 cross compliance breaches about slurry usage were found from 2019 to 2023
9 April 2025 Northern Ireland
Muir’s TB group misses delivery plan deadline
The TB partnership steering group was established in January 2025 with the remit of producing a report for Minister Muir’s consideration by the end of March.
9 April 2025 Northern Ireland