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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
2 April 2025 Northern Ireland
Feed deliveries to NI farms down 93,000t
Overall, NI farmers bought 2.56m tonnes of concentrates during 2024, which is 3.5% less than the year previous.
2 April 2025 Northern Ireland
AFBI chief ‘cautious’ on new bovine TB test
Work on a new bovine TB test in England centres around the ability to test vaccinated cattle.
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CCTV proposed for all NI slaughterhouses
Agriculture Minister Andrew Muir has proposed that CCTV is made compulsory in all slaughterhouses in NI.
2 April 2025 Northern Ireland
TB rates in NI off to a bad start in 2025
The latest TB statistics for January 2025 have been published by DAERA.
2 April 2025 Northern Ireland
Entitlement transfer service to open for Northern Irish farmers
Farmers can make these entitlement transfers by logging into their DAERA Online Services account and any transfers via lease during the 2025 trading period will be restricted to one year only.
2 April 2025 Northern Ireland
DAERA to clarify entitlement values
The Basic Payment Scheme in Northern Ireland has been renamed the Farm Sustainability Transition Payment this year.
26 March 2025 Northern Ireland
Start date for the new suckler cow scheme
Letter to the NI Editor: Concerned suckler farmer, name and address with the editor
26 March 2025 Northern Ireland
News round-up from Northern Ireland
Weekly round-up of news from the farming industry in Northern Ireland.
26 March 2025 Northern Ireland
Tirlán consolidates position at top of NI milk league
There is a gap of over 1p/l between first placed Tirlán and other milk processors in NI.
26 March 2025 Northern Ireland
Over 20,000 bovine TB reactors in 2024
Bovine TB reactor numbers have continued on an upward path in NI, with new records set in 2024
19 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