AERA Committee

Daniel McCrossan

Full transparency and accountability demanded ahead of report into cattle cull

Newry and Armagh MLA Gareth Wilson

Fivemiletown cull report to be published next week

Diana Armstrong

Farm fire cost rises four times faster in Northern Ireland than across the UK

Sinn Féin’s agriculture spokesperson Declan McAleer MLA

ANC Bill committee stage concludes as legislative process continues

Ms Angela Halpenny Head of Environmental Regulation at Northern Ireland Water

£13 billion needed for NI Water between 2028-2033, AERA Committee hears

Stormont buildings

UFU warns proposed Hunting with Dogs Bill risks undermining farm families

Residents have said they have been without landline and internet access for over a week.

Openreach being asked to assist older farmers unprepared for loss of landline

Lough Neagh pollution

'It's now a moral issue because it's water that we all drink' - AERA committee

Declan McAleer at the AERA Committee meeting

McAleer highlights critical support gap facing ANC farmers

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McAleer highlights case for restoring ANC payments

Hounds

AERA Committee hears 'dogs can become victims of cruelty in wildlife crime'

Stormont

'Create the modern, robust, and enforceable framework' that NI's waterways need

Diana Armstrong MLA

Armstrong welcomes voluntary cattle EID and seeks clarity on next steps

Diana Armstrong at the Balmoral Show

Diana Armstrong: Hopes to 'restore confidence back into the farming community'

John McLenaghan, UFU President

UFU to challenge DAERA in Stormont over Fivemiletown enforcement operation

Ulster Unionist Party Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs spokesperson and Chair of the Assembly’s AERA Committee, Robbie Butler MLA.

Butler responds to Ministerial Statement on incident near Fivemiletown
Chair of the Assembly’s AERA Committee, Robbie Butler MLA, has welcomed the publication of an Urgent Written Statement issued by Minister Andrew Muir MLA on the euthanising of 51 cattle near Fivemiletown.
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Gareth Wilson MLA

Wilson welcomes opportunity to press for answers on cattle cull controversy

AERA chair Robbie Butler MLA. Photo: Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye.

New NAP proposals a step in the right direction: AERA Committee Chairman

Declan McAleer and Aoife Finnegan

MLA to lobby government in bid to attract the 'next generation of farmers'

Gareth Wilson

Have your say on revised NAP proposals

AERA Committee Members, Committee Clerk and NIFPO staff

Representatives from fishing organisations meet AERA Committee in Portaferry

Lagan Valley MLA Robbie Butler

Cautious welcome to the cross-border bovine TB research project

Newry and DUP MLA and member of the AERA Committee, Gareth Wilson

Wilson raises questions in relation to TB funding

Áine Murphy MLA, Aoife Finnegan MLA and Declan McAleer MLA (Sinn Féin AERA Committee members)

Westminster decisions damaging to local agrifood sector - McAleer

Lagan Valley MLA Robbie Butler

Butler highlights vital contribution of Northern Ireland's agri-food sector

Lagan Valley MLA Robbie Butler

"Cut the gorse, not the grazing" - Robbie Butler

Algae in lough neagh

DAERA called to 'redouble its efforts to support Lough Neagh fishers'
Ulster Unionist MLA for Lagan Valley and AERA Spokesperson, Robbie Butler, has expressed deep frustration following the AERA Committee visit to the Lough Neagh Fishermen’s Cooperative at Toomebridge, highlighting the ongoing and worsening crisis at Lough Neagh.
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L-R: Declan McAleer MLA, Deputy Chair of the AERA Committee; Robbie Butler, MLA, Chair of the AERA Committee; Kathleen McBride, CEO of Lough Neagh Fishermen’s Co‑Operative Society; Michelle McIlveen MLA, AERA Committee member and Dr Janice Thompson, Committee Clerk.

AERA Committee hold meeting at Lough Neagh Fishermen’s Co-Operative

AERA committee chairman Robbie Butler

Industry looking forward with a fair degree of optimism - Butler

Declan McAleer MLA

McAleer raises concerns around funding for young farmers

Daniel McCrossan

'Farmers being asked to shoulder cost of environmental protection themselves'

265 people affected by AFBI data breach

Sinn Féin MLA Declan McAleer

McAleer calls for 'constructive talks' between the EU and British government

Robbie Butler MLA

Robbie Butler re-affirms his commitment to the attainment of a workable NAP

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UFU air farmer frustrations to AERA chair and vice-chair

L-R: Chris Dobbs (Dobbs Farm); John Blair, MLA (AERA Committee Member); Declan McAleer MLA (Deputy Chairperson of AERA Committee); Dr Janice Thompson (AERA Committee Clerk); Robbie Butler, MLA (Chairperson of AERA Committee); Helen Keys and Cormac Dolan, Nature Friendly Farm Network; and Tom Buchanan MLA (AERA Committee Member).

AERA members visit Dobbs Farm outside Carrickfergus

Committee members visited Encirc in Derrylin, County Fermanagh, to hear about its circular business model

Informative two-day visit to Counties Tyrone and Fermanagh

James McCluggage

UFU raise concerns of farmers affected by A5 scheme

SDLP MLA Patsy McGlone

McGlone warns department has no legal authority to take enforcement action

UFU president William Irvine. (Picture: Cliff Donaldson)

UFU hails cross-party decision to annul 'unfair' cross-compliance rule

AHWNI is reminding farmers of the need to prevent BVD becoming an issue in their herds.

Farmers need to prevent BVD becoming an issue in their herds

Chairman of the AERA Committee Robbie Butler

Farmers have had enough pencil ploughing by Government

Industry requested BVD herd restrictions have moved a step closer

AHWNI has welcomed discussions on BVD restrictions

Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard, UFU parliamentary officer Alexander Kinnear, UFU president William Irvine and AERA Committee chair Robbie Butler MLA. (Pic: UFU)

UFU meet newly appointed AERA Committee chair

Campbell Tweed, National Sheep Association and sheep farmer, UFU deputy president and Sheep Taskforce chair Glenn Cuddy, UFU policy officer Kellie Rouse and Sean Fitzpatrick, Northern Ireland Agricultural Producers' Association. All of whom attended the meeting the with AERA committee. (Pic: Freelance)

UFU lobbies AERA Committee on critical need for sheep support

MLA Tom Elliott

DAERA accepts responsibility for NIFAIS delays - Elliott

UFU president David Brown with the NW Armagh group managers, the group won both the Mary Wilson Trophy and Cuthbert Trophy. Pic: McAuley Multimedia

UFU awards presented at annual dinner

BT cup winner Dr Sam Strain being presented with the trophy by UFU president David Brown. Pic: McAuley Multimedia

UFU awards presented at annual dinner

UFU president David Brown addresses those in attendance. (Pic: Farming Life)

Watch: Family farms are the economic drivers and custodians of the land

AERA Committee chair Tom Elliott, DAERA Minister Andrew Muir, UFU president David Brown and AERA committee deputy chair Declan McAleer pictured at Stormont on NI Farm Family Day. Picture: UFU

UFU NI Farm Family Day at Stormont Buildings

UFU attend the launch of the WIA report on International Womens Day 9 March 2022.

Women help improve farm productivity, new report shows

Committee calls for evidence and views

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Committee to discuss draft farm welfare bill at Assembly

Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots MLA is pictured at the Cloughmills dairy farm of Cathal and Conor Casey alongside UFU President Victor Chestnutt, AERA Committee Chair, Declan McAleer MLA, AERA Committee Vice-Chair Philip McGuigan MLA, Mervyn Storey MLA and other stakeholders. Photo by DAERA Press Office

Poots visits North Coast farms

McAleer welcomes success of scheme

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