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Macra president Josephine O’Neill

Macra calls for urgent action to protect Ireland’s horticulture sector

Lupin specialises in pharmaceutical products

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Sagar Adani, Lord Adair Turner, Nigel Topping and Ian Blatchford attended the dialogue

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Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart

MP criticises Stormont's motion to establish a Just Transition Commission

Tom Nelson, co-founder of Nature Impact, and James Hilditch, co-founder and creative director at BearJam.

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A group of global leaders, activists and survivors are driving bold, sustained action at every level.

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Attending the launch of the new Agricultural Science degree course at Queen's University Belfast, l to r: Professor Nigel Scollan, Queen's University Belfast, Professor Elizabeth Magowan, AFBI and Professor Steven Morrison, AFBI.

Improved education will drive progress within the agri-food sectors

Wilson's Country and McCulla (Transport) Ltd have partnered to reduce the carbon footprint of the potato processing businesses. Potato deliveries are now made by using McCulla's fleet of biomethane-powered lorries. This partnership promotes sustainable logistics in the agri-food sector, with McCulla generating the renewable biomethane fuel at its own anaerobic digestion plant. (Photo: Philip Magowan)

Emissions targets officially approved for leading potato processer

It will offer inhabitants round-the-clock electricity

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Climate change is only going to get worse for farming

The NI Commissioner for Children and Young People Youth Panel (NYP) is hosting a youth-led event on Saturday 29 March

Hear Our Voices is an action-packed day with inspiring talks

More than 1,600 claims were made on home insurance policies over the 5 years

Brits have claimed £31m for flood damages between 2020 and 2024

14-16 first place Seskinore YFC at the final of the group debating competition on Tuesday 26th November 2024. Picture: YFCU

Members showcase group debating skills at YFCU final in Omagh Academy

Proper preparation ensures livestock are housed in safe, secure environments, vital for their health and productivity. (Pic: AbbeyAutoline)

Cutting corners on health and safety is a risk no farming business can afford

Ivan Ryan, Regional Managing Director for Lidl in Northern Ireland

Lidl is committed to net-zero by 2050 across all business units

Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Andrew Muir pictured with Gillian Martin, Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy for the Scottish Government and Huw Irranca-Davies Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs for the Welsh Government.

Climate Week NYC’s overall message this year is “It’s Time”
Andrew Muir, Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for the Northern Ireland Executive, Gillian Martin Acting Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy for the Scottish Government, and Huw Irranca-Davies Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs for the Welsh Government met ahead of the opening of the landmark Climate Week New York City.
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Research of 2,000 adults revealed Queen Victoria’s 63-year reign from 1837 to 1901 and the Tudor period were other areas of interest

History buff Brits consider WWII to be the most interesting period

Left to right – Klair Neenan, Director, SSE Airtricity; Suzanne Wylie, CEO, NI Chamber of Commerce and Industry; DAERA Minister Andrew Muir; Cat McCusker, Regional Market Leader, PriceWaterhouseCooper and DAERA Permanent Secretary Katrina Godfrey.

Minister focuses on Climate Change and Green Growth

Carla Lockhart MP

NI excluded from Woodland Trust scheme

Pictured at the new jetty are Sharon McDonnell Senior Engineer, Waterways Ireland, John O’Dowd Minister for Infrastructure and Garret McGrath Regional Manager Waterways Ireland. (Pic: Freelance)

O’Dowd opens new £300,000 jetty on Devenish Island

Fund will help groups of farmers investigate how they can better manage water for use in time of drought, helping to safeguard food security. (Pic: stock image)

UK Government launches fund to help farmers manage water resources

Hiker points to a giant sinkhole estimated to be around 20m deep

Hiker films 20-metre deep sinkhole as it suddenly appears in field

Conail Keown. Pic: DAERA

Dairy farmers give their views at two farmer focus groups

Gas network marked in red. Areas identified are within 10 kilometres of the existing gas network.

Northern Ireland earmarked for transformative Agri-Energy investment opportunity

New DAERA Minister Andrew Miur. Pic: NI Assembly

New Farming Minister looks forward to engaging with stakeholders

Hannah Ritchie

Going Green: Movies help us learn about climate change

The glass protecting the Rokeby Venus was shattered with safety hammers, the group claimed (Just Stop Oil/Supplied)

Breaking Just Stop Oil activists smash glass protecting Rokeby Venus
The Rokeby Venus has famously been vandalised once before, by a suffragette in 1914
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Dr Marcelo Galdos. Pic: Rothamsted

Climate Change will have a devastating impact on Northern Ireland

Lego has ditched plans to make bricks out of recycled bottles (BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)

Breaking Lego scraps plans to make bricks out of recycled plastic bottles

Met Office warns 40C summers & extreme heat to become more common

Tom Elliott

NI budget will add further financial squeeze to agriculture

100 cows deployed to reserve 50,000 acres of land

Rare penguin chick hatched at Edinburgh Zoo

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Sir David Attenborough says nature in the British Isles can be as dramatic and spectacular as anything else he’s seen across the world

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King Charles III

Breaking King Charles rebuffs Heathrow Airport offer

Scientists fear UK outbreak after British woman infected with virus following trip to France

Breaking Scientists fear Dengue fever outbreak after British woman infected

It’s vital that the voice of local farmers is heard

UFU environmental update

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The NHS advises almost every type of fresh, frozen, tinned and dried fruit and veg you can think of counts towards your five-a-day. Image: NHS

Fruit and Veg: Expert explains lack of salad in supermarkets

UFU president David Brown

Union president backs LMC carbon survey

Grandson of original Mr Cadbury to open luxury chocolate shops in UK

Phelim Connolly, Agri-Environment adviser CAFRE Enniskillen.

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Met Office says 2022 will be UK’s warmest year on record

North Down DUP MLA Stephen Dunne with Mr David Brown, UFU president and Alexander Kinnear of the UFU

Dunne pleased to attend Ulster Farmers' Union event at Stormont

Asian hornet alert as insects spotted in UK

Most Brits are still committed to tackling the climate crisis despite cost of li...

Attending this week's World Potato Congress in Dublin:Wiktoria Jalowenko, a director of the Polish Ukrainian Chamber of
Commerce and Mykola Gordiichuk, a member of the Ukrainian Association of Potato Growers.

Ireland hosts the 11thWorld Potato Congress

LMC Chairman Gerard McGivern (right) pictured with Adam Armour and his award winning Angus cow, named beef interbreed champion of champions at Balmoral Show 2021.

LMC continue sponsorship of Balmoral Show

UGS conference to take place online again

Climate Change Bill analysis

Councillor Bert Wilson

Climate Change vote ‘should not have been about orange or green’

TUV South Down assembly candidate, Harold McKee

Once a bill becomes law, the clock starts ticking at that point

Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart

Political parties ‘guilty of wanton vandalism of economy and rural way of life’ ...

Clare Bailey - ‘We have listened to farmers, that’s why we have submitted amendm...

Here are the MLAs who voted in support of Net Zero by 2050 amendment

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