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Outrage in NI over new laws around moving machinery from Britain

The introduction of new inspection requirements, with just five working days’ notice, for farm machinery moving between NI and GB is being heavily criticised by the UFU and industry stakeholders.

NEWS 2 July 2025

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Scheme payment date schedule for 2025

Scheme payment date schedule for 2025

NITRATES 21 June 2025

Four days to record slurry exports

Four days to record slurry exports

NITRATES 17 June 2025

Department reminds finishing units of TB rules

Department reminds finishing units of TB rules

Department reminds finishing units of TB rules

NEWS 11 June 2025

EU-UK alignment agreement will bolster Irish dairy trade - DII

EU-UK alignment agreement will bolster Irish dairy trade - DII

EU-UK alignment agreement will bolster Irish dairy trade - DII

NEWS 22 May 2025

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EU and UK unveil plan to cut Brexit bureaucracy

EU and UK unveil plan to cut Brexit bureaucracy

The EU and UK met for a post-Brexit reset summit in London and revealed a framework to negotiate an SPS deal to eliminate veterinary certificates and slash inspections.

NEWS 5 May 2025

Private well testing programme must be implemented – water forum

Private well testing programme must be implemented – water forum

It comes after the Environmental Protection Agency domestic waste water treatment inspection report showed that 56% of septic tanks inspected in 2024 failed.

CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT 5 May 2025

EU proposes leeway on TAMS for extra year

EU proposes leeway on TAMS for extra year

The Commission has also put forward the idea of allowing member states offer small farmers lump sums worth €50,000 for 'business development'.

NEWS 5 May 2025

Over half of septic tanks checked failed inspection last year

Over half of septic tanks checked failed inspection last year

There were 1,390 septic tank inspections carried out last year by local authorities.

CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT 5 May 2025

Mullooly presents reform plan to 'reduce bureaucracy' in farming

Mullooly presents reform plan to 'reduce bureaucracy' in farming

The MEP wrote to European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Christophe Hansen about his family farm reform plan in which he praised his “openness to dialogue".

NEWS 5 May 2025

Brussels pledges to take ‘bold steps’ to slash farm red tape

Brussels pledges to take ‘bold steps’ to slash farm red tape

Ursula von der Leyen spoke of a 'true wave of simplification' for CAP schemes next week.

NEWS 5 May 2025

Young Stock Podcast: Bord Bia inspector and relief milker

Young Stock Podcast: Bord Bia inspector and relief milker

On this week’s episode, Tipperary man Eoin Kennedy speaks about his background in farming and how he became a farm inspector for Bord Bia.

NEWS 5 May 2025

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Netherlands a key market for Irish exports

Phelim O’Neill talks to Laura Crowley, who heads the Bord Bia office in the Netherlands and has lived in the country for 20 years, to find out why and how the Dutch market matters for Irish farmers.

Netherlands a key market for Irish exports

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