Department of Agriculture

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Sheep farmers feel forgotten

ABP Food Group has become the first Irish beef processor to launch in the South Korean market by securing an export agreement with K Meat, a premium meat importer with advanced sales channels across South Korea. Pictured are representatives from K Meat with ABP beef products shipped from ABP locations in Monaghan, Tipperary, and Wexford. (Pic: Freelance)

ABP becomes the first Irish beef processor to export to South Korea

All set for the 104th Antrim Show on Saturday, July 24, 2010, are, chairman, James Clements, host, Shane O'Neill, Shane's Castle Estate, and secretary, John Herron. Picture: Farming Life archives/Julie Hazelton

Bygone Days: Inspection made flax-growing plots in the neighbourhood of Colerain...

Alan Dillon, DairyBeef500 programme, Professor Pat Dillon, head of research in Teagasc, Charlie McConalogue TD, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Professor Frank O Mara, Teagasc director, and Dr Nicky Byrne, Teagasc beef researcher, Grange

Twelve DairyBeef factsheets launched by Teagasc at Beef2024 Open Day at Grange

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Call for BVD restrictions after flurry of new cases

Rev Dr Sam Mawhinney, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland

Presbyterian Moderator describes the day that changed everything

Robin Swann MLA

Swann highlights concern over ongoing bTB crisis

Rathlin Harbour pictured in 2006. Picture: Farming Life archives/Kevin McAuley

Bygone Days: Urgent need of a harbour for Rathlin Island raised in House of Comm...

Ministers Muir and McConalogue pictured in Donegal last week. (Pic: DAERA)

Ministers Muir and McConalogue launch €9 million Shared Island funding call

UFU policy, technical and communications manager James McCluggage, UFU deputy president John McLenaghan, UFU president David Brown, UFU deputy president William Irvine and UFU CEO Wesley Aston attended the meeting with Agriculture Minister Andrew Muir MLA. (Pic: UFU)

UFU meet newly appointed Agriculture Minister

Pictured at the announcement that Irish Soil Expert Consortium (ISEC) will undertake analysis of approximately 90,000 soil samples from Irish farms over the next year on behalf of the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine were Minister for State for Land Use and Biodiversity, Senator Pippa Hackett along with representatives from the organisations who make up ISEC (left to right) Colin Donnery of FRS, Seamus O’Mahony of Dairygold, Minister Hackett, Pat Murphy of Teagasc, Michael Murphy of Southern Scientific Services Limited, ISEC Chairman, Michael Cronin and Karen Kenny of FBA Laboratories. (Pic: E O`Daly -Outdoor Studio)

Department awards contract which will see 90k soil samples analysed

UUP MLA Tom Elliott. (Photo by Stephen Hamilton / Press Eye)

DAERA in the firing line

Following on from last year’s ‘The Business of Breeding 2022’, this survey places more of an emphasis on the requirements of equine operations around the country from a personnel perspective. (Pic: HSI)

HSI launches equestrian industry sentiment survey

The Leatherjacket Mitigation Strategies EIP project was led by AgriSearch

The project comprised of four farmers from County Fermanagh

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)

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
An outbreak of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) on the farm that had been earmarked as the host venue for Newry Show almost led to the cancellation of this year’s event.
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Tom Elliott

NI budget will add further financial squeeze to agriculture

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

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)

Reward offered after theft of 200 acres worth of grass seed

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

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

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

Department of Agriculture warning about new case of avian flu

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’

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

UFU welcomes minister’s £12,000,000 scheme announcement
The Ulster Farmers’ Union has welcomed news that the Farm Business Improvement Scheme Capital (FBIS-C) tier two will open on 10 January 2022.
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’

New members appointed to AFBI board

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)

Dr Tamara Bronckaers with solicitor John McShane from McCartan Turkington Breen

'Exemplary' Daera vet wins constructive dismissal case

Agrisearch publish results of RamCompare NI study

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...

Surveying leatherjackets on-farm

Leatherjacket mitigation strategies

Virtual arable conference planned for March 3

Dr Robert Huey

Call for urgent meeting over port check suspensions

Edwin Poots following his appendix surgery last month

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

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

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

The flock is to be culled as a precaution

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

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

Thomas Steele

Use of locally grown protein crops

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

Income from farming down by 25% in 2019

Income from farming down by 25% in 2019

Glanbia Group Chairman Martin Keane (right) and Glanbia Ireland Chief Agribusiness Growth Officer Sean Molloy pictured at the launch of a new package of finance available through Glanbia Ireland's innovative FundEquip scheme, combined with strong management advice, to help purchase and utilise a wide range of calf rearing equipment.

FundEquip launches new package

Vets probe bird disease outbreak, possibly avian flu

Vets probe bird disease outbreak, possibly avian flu

Pictured is the team at Devenishs model pig farm and specialized feed mill in Hoima. The company now employs over 25 people in the region.

Devenish supports sustainable growth of farming in Uganda

New tranche of Wider Level EFS welcomed

Call for mart grant aid in the Republic

New licensing arrangements in place for importing bovine semen into NI

Migrants work in the fruit, mushroom and flower sectors in NI

Migrant workers make up 20% of Northern Ireland paid farming workers

This DAERA map below shows 10km grid squares in which at least one confirmation of ash dieback infection in native ash trees has been made since 2015

Government looks at abandoning bid to halt rampant tree disease

Rural projects may be in jeopardy due to cuts, says Sinn Fein