Department of Agriculture

Watching the judging at the Ulster Ayrshire Cattle Club’s show and sale at Ballyclare Mart in March are Brian King, secretary, Ballymena, Jack Liggett, Tandragee, and James Getty, Kells, club chairman. Picture: Farming Life/News Letter archives

Hill farmers fury as fertiliser aid is ‘chopped’ without any forewarning (1983) Darryl Armitage

Newry Agricultural Show Committee Chairman, Brian Lockhart (centre), with the two speakers at this year's show launch event. Adam Smyth (left) is on work experience with Alltech and is about to enter his final year studying for a CAFRE/QUB degree in agricultural technology. John Fegan is a member of staff at CAFRE's Greenmount College.

bTB almost derails Newry Show 2023 By The Newsroom

Tom Elliott

NI budget will add further financial squeeze to agriculture By The Newsroom

Carrying in the straw at Balmoral Show in May 1991 was no problem for Gillian Gibson from Ballygowan, the secretary of the new junior Blonde d'Aquitaine Club. Picture: Eddie Harvey/News Letter/Farming Life archives

Take a walk down memory lane at the 1991 Balmoral Show Darryl Armitage

Mr J Hutchinson of Moneymore, Co Londonderry, with his Charolais champion bull at the Automart show and sale in Portadown in October 1982. Picture: Farming Life/News Letter archives

Bygones Days: Department accused of pushing up land prices (1984) Darryl Armitage

Reward offered after theft of 200 acres worth of grass seed Ruth Rodgers

Calls for full investigation into 400 dead calves on Limerick farm

Environment Minister Edwin Poots pictured with Ballyclare Primary School pupil Jack Pollock and Jim Gregg from the Six Mile Water Trust at the launch of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency ‘Yellow Fish’ campaign; a simple water pollution prevention tool that aims to raise awareness of water pollution and positively engage local communities and businesses.

Environment Minister announces ‘Yellow Fish’ campaign Joanne Knox

Members of the Multi-Species Sward for Beef & Sheep EIP Group at a visit to UCD Lyons Estate in October.

Webinar to highlight on farm experiences of establishing multispecies swards By The Newsroom

A new case of avian flu has been found in Enniskillen.

Department of Agriculture warning about new case of avian flu Philip Bradfield

UFU president Victor Chestnutt, Robert Workman, farmer in Larne and DAERA Minister Edwin Poots.

Future Agricultural Policy consultation is a ‘major milestone for the industry’ Joanne Knox

Bird flu: Poots gives update on largest ever outbreak of avian influenza Joanne Knox

UFU welcomes minister’s £12,000,000 scheme announcement Joanne Knox

Reduced labour availability in local pig processing plants is now causing huge financial pressure on farms. The labour shortage has been hitting Northern Ireland pig producers for some time now. UFU Victor Chestnutt, who has met with industry representatives on the need for a workable solution, said: “The industry’s ability to handle the number of pigs that must be processed each week has to be addressed.”

Pig producers are in middle of a ‘perfect storm’ By The Newsroom

New members appointed to AFBI board Joanne Knox

NI pig producers are in the middle of a ‘perfect storm’

Some of the fleet in Portavogie Harbour in late summer of 2021. Picture: Darryl Armitage

Expansion of Portavogie harbour gets underway (1978) Darryl Armitage

Dr Tamara Bronckaers with solicitor John McShane from McCartan Turkington Breen

'Exemplary' Daera vet wins constructive dismissal case Mark Rainey

Agrisearch publish results of RamCompare NI study By The Newsroom

Portush, Co Antrim, pictured on a stormy day in December 2014. Picture: Russell Pritchard/Presseye

THROUGH THE ARCHIVES: Portrush delegation gains minister’s support for new harbo... Darryl Armitage

Surveying leatherjackets on-farm

Leatherjacket mitigation strategies By The Newsroom

Virtual arable conference planned for March 3 By The Newsroom

Dr Robert Huey

Call for urgent meeting over port check suspensions By The Newsroom

Farmers have been advised of new rules for importing hay and straw

Farmers advised of new rules for importing hay and straw after Brexit Jonathan McCambridge

The flock is to be culled as a precaution

Large NI poultry flock to be culled due to bird flu fears Philip Bradfield

Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots wrote a joint letter to the UK government claiming it was cutting £34m in rural funding to NI.

Brandon Lewis and Edwin Poots in stand-off over £34m agriculture cuts Philip Bradfield

Thomas Steele

Use of locally grown protein crops By The Newsroom

President Thomas Duffy has welcomed the decision by the Irish Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine allowing flexibility for young Irish farmers who have applied for the Young Farmers Scheme and TAMS to arrange inspection interviews over the phone instead of in person interviews

Macra na Feirme confirms flexibility in Young Farmers Schemes Darryl Armitage

Edwin Poots following his appendix surgery last month

DUP’s Edwin Poots to step down as minister tonight for cancer surgery and recupe...