N.Ireland
Environment is additional income opportunity - Poots
Northern Ireland agriculture minister, Edwin Poots, used his attendance at a McDonald’s event, held earlier this week, to confirm his...
Edwin Poots
Pig/Poultry
Poots: Trespassing incident on Armagh poultry farm was 'highly irresponsible'
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has condemned a trespassing incident on a poultry farm in Co. Armagh earlier today (July 2)...
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Watch: How Cavan farm partnership combats scour
Scour occurs when the gut becomes compromised and calves lose proper functioning of the intestine, resulting in diarrhoea and loss...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister resigns as DUP leader
Northern Ireland’s Agriculture Minister, Edwin Poots, has resigned as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), after just three weeks...
N.Ireland
Poots reiterates wish to 'ditch' the NI Protocol
The leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), Edwin Poots, has reiterated his wish to remove the Northern Ireland Protocol,...
N.Ireland
Poots marks NI100 with tree-planting event
Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Edwin Poots, has planted a Coral Bark Maple tree on the grounds of...
N.Ireland
CAFRE investment will ensure NI remains ahead of the curve
Northern Ireland food and drink leaders have welcomed the announcement by Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots of...
N.Ireland
Poots has 'no intention' to overturn appeal panel decisions
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has said he has “no intentions” to overturn decisions on direct payment appeals made...
N.Ireland
NI sheep farmers to benefit from £1.27 million Covid-19 support scheme
Northern Ireland (NI) Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has announced a financial support package worth up to £1.27 million for NI...
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Watch: Offaly farmer makes big savings by 'going solar'
Imagine standing on your farm, knowing you have taken steps to secure its future. The sun is shining, not just...
N.Ireland
Poots announces payments of £16.5 million under Environmental Farming Scheme
Payments totalling £16.5 million to participants in the Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS) have commenced, Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots...
N.Ireland
Edwin Poots makes return as NI Agriculture Minister
Lagan Valley MLA Edwin Poots has returned as Northern Ireland’s Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister. Poots stood down as...
Agri-Business
Poots outlines future for NI agriculture to YFCU conference
The first of four webinars, making up the 2021 Young Farmers’ Clubs of Ulster (YFCU) Agri-Food Conference, saw Agriculture Minister...
Rural Life
'Northern Ireland’s pet owners now facing onerous documentary checks' - Poots
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has written to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) Secretary of...
Agri-Business
Joint agri-food research funding programme between DAFM and DAERA launched
A joint Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) and Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) research...
N.Ireland
NI farmers to receive £3.6 million in reimbursement payments from the EU
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has announced that Northern Ireland farmers are to receive a total of £3.6 million...
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Cow monitoring app 'means we can stay farming for longer'
Sylvia and John Powell installed Nedap cow monitoring on their 250-strong herd in February 2023. Farming just outside Birr, Co....
Pig/Poultry
Poots offers Covid-19 financial support to the NI pig sector
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots met with representatives of the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) Pork and Bacon Committee and...
N.Ireland
Poots encourages NI farmers to apply for farm business funding
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has encouraged farmers to consider applying to the third tranche of Tier 1 of...
Rural Life
Poots launches £550,000 scheme to boost rural tourism
Northern Ireland Agriculture and Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots has launched a £550,000 scheme to boost tourism in rural areas....
Agri Politics
Poots encourages NI farm businesses to apply for Covid-19 support fund
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has urged all eligible farm businesses to apply to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and...