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Northern Ireland
Payment entitlements cut by another 6.5%
David Wright
All entitlement values in NI have had a 6.5% reduction applied in 2025
26 March 2025 Northern Ireland
News round-up from Northern Ireland
Weekly round-up of news from the farming industry in Northern Ireland.
19 March 2025 Northern Ireland
Questions answered on new suckler cow scheme
With legislation now in place, David Wright outlines the main eligibility conditions in the new 4-year suckler cow scheme in NI.
£18m required to fund suckler cow scheme
DAERA is to aside around £18m to fund the first year of a new suckler cow scheme in NI.
5 March 2025 Northern Ireland
New suckler scheme still needs some work
A new suckler cow scheme in NI has two main conditions around age at first calving and calving interval.
26 February 2025 Northern Ireland
Suckler scheme under threat if numbers rise
David Wright reports from a Sustainable Agriculture Programme awareness event held at Greenmount on Tuesday.
26 February 2025 Northern Ireland
New beef schemes for NI farmers in 2025
Money is to be paid out in the beef carbon reduction scheme in March 2025.
26 December 2024 Northern Ireland
Suckler scheme put back to April 2025
Minister Muir said the headage payment was “subject to budget and legislation” although he still intends to proceed with the scheme.
4 December 2024 Northern Ireland